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KIXESIOXEIROSIS 



to produce]. The formation of horny material or 

 growths. 



Keratohelcosis (ker-a/o-hel-ko'-sis) \Ktpac, cornea; 

 e'/.Kuaic, ulceration]. Ulceration of the cornea. 



Keratohyal (ker-at-o-hi'-al) [m/*ic, horn ; ia/.oc, glass]. 

 Relating to a cornu of the hyoid bone. 



Keratohyaline {ker-at-o-hi' -al-en). Both horny and 

 hyaline in structure. 



Keratoid. (See Illus. Diet. ) In the plural, Keratoides. 

 See Canals, Recklinghausen'' s (Illus. Diet.), 

 [eratolysis. (See Illus. Diet.) K. neonatorum. 

 See Dermatitis exfoliativa neonatorum, and Disease, 

 Ruler's (Illus. Diet.). 



Keratoma. (See Illus. Diet.) K. hereditarium 

 palmare et plantare, congenital ichthyosis confined 

 to the palmar and plantar surfaces. 



Keratometry {ker-at-om'-et-re) \jdpaq, cornea; uirpov, 

 measure]. The measurement of curves of the cornea. 



Keratophagia {ker-at-of-a-je* -ah) \jikpac, horn; pa- 

 . to eat]. See Onychomycosis (Illus. Diet.). 



Keratosis. (See Illus. Diet.) K. circumscripta. See 

 Cornu cutaneum (Illus. Diet. ). K. diffusa epider- 

 mica intrauterina. Same as Ichthyosis congenita or 

 Seborrhea squamosa neonatorum (Illus. Diet.). K. 

 linguae. See Ichthyosis lingme (Illus. Diet.). K. 

 pharyngis. See Hyperkeratosis lacunaris pharyngis. 

 K. palmaris, that affecting the palmar surfaces. K. 

 pigmentosa. See Verruca senilis (Illus. Diet.). 

 K. of the Tonsils. See Hyperkeratosis lacunaris 

 pharyngis. K. universalis multiformis, Le win's 

 name for pityriasis rubra pilaris. 



Keraunics \Jier-amn? -iis) [Krpaivoc, thunder]. The 

 branch of physics treating of heat and electricity. 



Kestin (kes / -tin). A proprietary antiseptic and deodor- 

 ant said to contain trinitrophenol, ammonium chlorid, 

 orthoboric acid, and formic aldehyd. 



Key. (See Illus. Diet.) 2. A device for making and 

 breaking an electric circuit. 3. In a system of classifi- 

 cation a table containing the principal divisions and 

 their distinguishing characteristics. 4. See Samara 

 (Illus. Diet.). K., Du Bois-Reymond's, an electric 

 switch bv means of which the circuit may be either 

 closed or the current short-circuited. K., Tetanizing. 

 See A"., DuBois-Reymond' 1 s. 



Khamsin (kam'-sin) [khamsin (Egyptian), fifty ; refer- 

 ring to the fifty days between the Coptic Easter and 

 Pentecost]. A local dry south-southwest wind of 

 Egypt which occurs between the end of February and 

 the end of April. It lasts from two to four days and 

 brings clouds of fine sand with it from the desert. This 

 sand not only obscures the sun like a dense fog, but 

 irritates the eyes and nasal mucous membrane, gets 

 into the clothes, and penetrates into closed rooms. 

 During spring the khamsin is a dry hot wind, the ther- 

 mometer rising, according to Canney, to 100 or even 

 108 F., but when the south or southwest winds occur 

 at Cairo in autumn and winter, they are colder icold 

 khamsin). [Weber.] Cf. Harmat/an, .Mistral, 

 Simoon, Sirocco, Solann, Foihn, Xorther. 



Khanhog [refusing food]. Vernacular name in India 

 for trypanosomiasis. 



Khusk-zahurbad [dry blood-poisoning]. A vernacular 

 name in India for trypanosomiasis. 



Khuther {ku'-thur) [South African]. The leguminous 

 plant, Lotus arabicus, L., reported during the South 

 African war as very poisonous for cattle, sheep, and 

 goats when young, but a good fodder plant when the 

 seeds are ripe. Cf. Lotusin. 



Kibisitome ( ki-bis-it-om) [ni3toic, a pouch ; riuvtiv, to 

 cut], A cystitome. 



Kidney. , See Illus. Diet.) K., Butter. See K., 

 Fatty (Illus. Diet.). K., Chronically Contracted, 



K., Cirrhotic, K., Coarse. See K., Arteriosclerotic 

 (Illus. Diet.). See Sign, Konig s. K., Confluent, 

 a single kidney formed by fusion of twin kidneys or 

 other congenital malformation. K. Extracts. See 

 Oporenin, Renaden, Renes, etc. K., Formad's, the 

 elongated and enlarged kidney of chronic alcoholism. 

 K., Massage, a state of uremia and renal incompetence 

 due to improper massage of the kidney. K., Movable, 

 Frank's Rule Regarding : •' With the patient lying 

 on the back, the surgeon, standing on the right side, 

 places the four fingers of his left hand beneath the 

 hollow of the loin below the twelfth rib. The thumb 

 in front encircles the abdomen just below the costal 

 arch, but without exercising any pressure. The patient 

 is then directed to draw a full breath. Immediately 

 before expiration the surgeon begins to grasp the loin, 

 and follows the liver as it recedes up below the ribs. 

 If with the right hand a kidney can be felt lying below 

 the grasp of the left hand, this organ is pathologically 

 movable. If the right hand presses on this tumor, 

 while the left hand relaxes its grasp gradually, the 

 tumor can be felt to slip suddenly between the fingers 

 and thumb, and to disappear upward. On the other 

 hand, a kidney which descends so that only its lower 

 half can be felt, but which moves back to its place on 

 expiration, is physiologically movable." [J. Scott- 

 Riddell.] K. -pad, an elastic bandage fitted with a 

 pad and used in the mechanical treatment of movable 

 kidney. K., Sacculated, a condition due to nephry- 

 drosis and absorption of the chief part of the kidney, 

 leaving the irregularly expanded capsule. 



Kiesselbach's Place. See under Place. 



Kikekunemalo {ki-ke-ku-ne-mah'-lo). A gum-resin 

 similar to copal, believed to be a form of chibou (g. v. ) 

 (Illus. Diet.). 



Kikis {ki'-kis) [Malay]. Ichthyosis. 



Kil. A Russian product similar to emol containing 

 silica, aluminium, ferric oxid, and carbonates of lime 

 and magnesium. The white sticky mass formed when 

 it is mixed with water is used by the natives for soap. 

 It is used as an ointment base. 



Kilocalory (kil-o-kal'-or-e). See Calory, Great. 



Kilos (ki'-los) [^ei/.oc, a lip, a rim]. Stroud's name 

 for the thin zone of nervous substance which forms 

 the transition between the substantial parietes and the 

 metatela in the brain of the cat. Syn., J'alz-ula semi- 

 lunaris ; Postvelum. 



Kinematograph (kin-e-maf '-o-graf) [Kivt/ua, a motion; 

 etv, to write]. 1. See Biograph. 2. A machine 

 which passes under the fingers of the blind a series of 

 reliefs representing the same object in different posi- 

 tions, which gives the illusion of moving scenes to the 

 blind just as photographs passing over a luminous 

 screen lend the illusion to those with sight. 



Kinescope (kin'-es-kop) [kivIlv, to move; oko—eIv, to 

 examine]. A device used by Holth to regulate with 

 accuracy the width of an aperture through which rays 

 of light are allowed to pass in measuring ametropia. 



Kinescopy (kin-es / -ko-pe). A form of retinoscopy re- 

 quiring cooperation on the part of the patient; subjec- 

 tive retinoscopy. 



Kinesia. (See Illus. Diet.) 2. See Kinetia (Illus. 

 Diet.). 



Kinesialgia (kin-e-si-al'-je-ak) [kive'iv, to move; a/^oc, 

 pain]. The condition of a muscle giving rise to pain 

 on contraction. Cf. A'inesaJgia. 



Kinesimeter (kin-es-im' -et-ur). See Kinesiometer (Illus. 

 Diet.). 



Kinesiometric (kines-e-o-met '' '-rik) [k/v#<t/c, movement ; 

 uerpov, measure]. Relating to the measurement of 

 motion. 



Kinesioneurosis. (See Illus. Diet.) K., External, 



