APPARITION 



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ARACHNITIS 



A., Sound-perceiving, that part of the organism con- 

 cerned in the perception of sound, consisting of the 

 auditory nerve, and its center of origin and peripheral 

 distribution, or the organs of the labyrinth. A., 

 Urinary, the kidneys, ureters, bladder, and urethra. 

 A., Uropoietic, the kidneys. 



Apparition. (See Illus. Diet.) 2. The sudden aggre- 

 gation of scattered principles into an element or cor- 

 puscle. 



Appendage. (See lllus. Diet.) A., Auricular. (See 

 Illus. Diet.) 2. Virchow's name for a round or 

 elongated cartilaginous prominence in front of the 

 tragus A.s, Cutaneous, A.s, Dermal, the nails, 

 hair, sebaceous glands, and sweat-glands. A.s, 

 Fetal, the placenta, amnion, chorion, and umbilical 

 cord. A., Pineal, the epiphysis. A., Pituitary, 

 the hypophysis. A.s, Uterine, the ovaries and ovi- 

 ducts. 



Appendalgia {ap-end-aP -je-aft) [appendix ; a'Ayoc, 

 pain]. Pain in the appendicial region. 



Appendectomy (ap-en-dek'-to-me). See Appendicec- 

 tomy. 



Appendical, Appendicial (ap-en'-di/e-al, ap-en-dish f - 

 al). See Appendicular (Illus. Diet.). 



Appendicectomy (ap-en-dis-e/P-fo-me) [appendix; 

 inroiiij, excision]. Excision of the vermiform appendix. 



Appendiciform \ap-en-duf -e-fortn) [appendix ; forma, 

 form]. Having the form of an appendage. 



Appendicitis. (See Illus. Diet.) Syn., Ecpliyadilis ; 

 Skolikoiditis ; Paratyphlitis ; £pifvpli litis ; Miserere; 

 Abscess of iliac form. A., Gangrenous. See Ap- 

 pendix, Gangrenous. A. larvata, an incipient or 

 latent form of appendicitis. A. obliterans, that re- 

 sulting in the obliteration of the lumen of the appendix. 



Appendicostomy. See Operation, Wier" 1 s. 



Appendiculate (ap-en-dild -ti-lat) . Having appendages 

 or protruding accessory parts. 



Appendix. (See Illus. Diet.) A. epididymidis, the 

 vas aberrans. A. fallopianae. See A. epiploiae (Illus. 

 Diet.). A., Gangrenous, that in which the appen- 

 dix is found gangrenous and sloughing, usually with 

 one or more perforations and free leakage, a large sec- 

 tion of the right groin full of lemon-colored or septic 

 fluids, a puddle of filth underneath the cecum and 

 ileum, the omentum fixed with a cluster of bowel ad- 

 hesions beneath. [Price.] Syn., Green groin. A. 

 lobularis, the flocculus. A., Suprasphenoid, A. 

 ventriculi, the hypophysis. 



Apple. (See Illus. Diet.) A. -head, broad, thick 

 frontal regions. The name applied to the skull in 

 dwarfs. Cf. Cat-head. A. -scab, the fungus Fusicla- 

 diitm dendriticum. 



Applicate, Applied (ap'-lik-at, ap-lid f ). See Ap- 

 pressed. 



Apposition. (See Illus. Diet.) 2. An addition of 

 parts. 3. Development by accretion. 



Appressed (apresP) [appriiuere, to press to]. Having 

 a surface laid closely to something, but without adhe- 

 sion. Syn., Applicate; Applied; Adplicatns ; Ad- 

 pressus. 



Appropriation. (See Illus. Diet.) 2. The chemic 

 combination of two substances. 



Approximation (ap-roks-im-a f -shiin) [approximare, to 

 approach]. A pretense of delivering a patient from 

 disease and of causing him to communicate it to some 

 other organism brought close to him. 



Apron. (See Illus. Diet.) A., Masonic, a rapport, 

 attached to the waist, for the penis and testicles in 

 gonorrheal cases. A., Pudendal. See A., Hotten- 

 tot (Illus. Diet.). 



Apselaphesis • (ap-sel-af'-e-sis). See Apselaphesia 

 (Illus. Diet.). 



Apsyxia (ap-siks'-e-ah). See Apsychia (Illus. Diet.). 



Aptyalia. (See Illus. Diet. ) 2. Psychic salivation ; 

 debility and general disorder from loss of oxydases due 

 to excessive expectoration. 



Apyknomorphous (ah-pik-no-morf -us) [a, priv. ; 

 voc, compact; /J-opyi/, form]. Applied by Nis 

 feebly stained cells, or those in which the stainable 

 portions are not arranged in close proximity. 



Apyous (a/P-pi-us) [a, priv.; ttvov, pus]. Nonpuru- 

 lent; wanting in pus. 



Apyrectic (ah- pir- ek'- tik). See Apvretic (Illu? 

 Diet.). 



Apyrenus (ah-pir-e / -nus) [a, priv. ; vvpi/v, the stone of 

 a fruit]. Without a stone or pit. 



Apyrin (ah-pi'-rin). An alkaline substance said to be 

 contained in cocoanuts. 



Apyrous (a/P-pir-us) [a, priv.; rrvp, fire]. I. Un- 

 changed by extreme heat ; refractory to heat. 



Aqua. (See Illus. Diet.) A. ferrata, a chalybeate 

 water. A. levico, water from springs at Levico in 

 the Tyrol, containing arsenic, iron, and copper. A. 

 nivalis, A. nivata, snow water. A. oculi, the 

 aqueous humor. A. omnium florum, a liquid distil- 

 lation-product of cow dung collected during the month 

 of May ; it was used in pulmonary tuberculosis. A. 

 putealis, A. puteana, well-water. 



Aquapuncture. (See Illus. Diet.) 2. The hypoder- 

 mic injection of water as a placebo. 



Aquate (ak'-waf) [aquatus, mixed with water]. I, 

 Combined with water ; watery. 2. The molecular 

 combination of an element or radicle with water. 



Aqueduct, Aquaeductus. (See Illus. Diet.) A., 

 Communicating, Aquaeductus communicationis, 

 a small canal sometimes found at the junction of the 

 mastoid part of the temporal bone with the petrosa, 

 which transmits a venous branch to the end of the 

 transverse sinus. A., Temporal, an inconstant canal 

 at the dorsal part of the superior angle of the petrosa, 

 transmitting the squamosapetrosal sinus. A., Ventric- 

 ular. See A. sylvii (Illus. Diet.). 



Aqueoigneous {ak-we-o-ig> '-ne-us) [aqua, water ; 



fire]. Relating to or obtained by the action of water 

 and heat, or superheated water. 



Aquiferous (ak-wif'-ur-us) [aqua, water ; ferre, to 

 bear]. Carrying water. 



Aquiform (ak'-wi-form) [aqua, water ; forma, form]. 

 Like water. 



Aquigenous (ak-wif-en-us) [aqua, water ; gi 

 to produce]. Growing in the water. 



Aquiparous. (See Illus Diet.) 2. Depositing ova 

 or bringing forth offspring in the water. 



Aquomembranitis (ak-wo-inem-bran-i'-tis). See Aquo- 

 capsulitis (Illus. Diet.). 



Aquosity. (See Illus. Diet. ) 2. A watery liquid. 



Aquozon (ak'-'ao-zon). Ozonized, distilled, and steril- 

 ized water, containing 3% by volume of ozone. 



Aquula. (See Illus. Diet.) A. acustica, A. auditura, 

 A. labyrinthi, A. labyrinthi externa, tin 

 lymph. A. labyrinthi interna, A. labyrinthi mem- 

 branacei, the endolymph. 



Arachamid (ar-ah'-am-id) [Arachis, a ijemis of plants ; 

 ammonia']. ( C, H. !9 O 2 N 2 )N. A compound obtained 

 from oil of peanuts by action of ammonia. 



Arachidate (ar-a/P-id-at). A salt of arachidic acid. 



Arachin (ar'-ak-in). Cj H 40 O r A glycerid of a 

 acid. It occurs as the chief constituent of Rambutani 

 tallow obtained from the seeds of A'rphclium /«/■ 

 paceum, L 



Arachnitis. (See Illus. Diet.) Syn., T.ef 

 externa ; Arachnodeitis : Arachnoditis : . 

 //v.- Arachnoitis. A., Rhachidian, A., Spinal; 

 spinal meningitis. 



