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NEURITIS 



neum. N. -regeneration, neuranagenesis. N.s, 

 Renal, branches of the renal plexus following the 

 distribution of the renal artery. N., Sappey's, the 

 mylohyoid nerve. N., Second, the optic nerve. N., 

 Sensory. Same as N, Afferent (Illus. Diet.). N., 

 Seventh. See Facial in Table (Illus. Diet.). N., 

 Sixth, N., Sixth Cranial. See Abducens in Table 

 (Illus. Diet.). N., Sixth Sacral, the coccygeal nerve. 

 N., Spiral. See Musculospiral in Table (Illus. 

 Diet.). N. spiralis, the radial nerve. N.s, Sternal, 

 descending cutaneous divisions of the third and fourth 

 cervical nerves. N., Subclavian, a branch of the 

 brachial plexus which supplies the infraclavius muscle. 

 N., Subcostal, the intercostal nerve. N., Sub- 

 lingual, a division of the lingual nerve distributed to 

 the sublingual gland. N., Submaxillary, the infra- 

 maxillary nerve. N., Suboccipital, the anterior 

 division of the first cervical nerve. N., Supragluteal, 

 the superior gluteal muscle. N., Suprapubic, the 

 genitocrural nerve. N., Tenth, N., Tenth Cranial, 

 the vagus nerve. N., Third, N., Third Cranial, the 

 motor oculi. N.s, Thyroid, branches of the middle 

 cervical ganglion distributed to the thyroid. N., 

 Tiedemann's, a plexus of delicate nerve-fibers de- 

 rived from the ciliary nerves, and surrounding the 

 central artery of the retina. N.-tree, a neurodendron. 

 N., Trisplanchnic, the system of sympathetic nerves. 

 N., Twelfth Cranial, the hypoglossal nerve. N., 

 Tympanichordal. See Chorda tympani (Illus. 

 Diet.). N. -unit, a neuron. 



Nervimotility (iiur-vi-mo-til' '-it-e). Capability of nerve 

 motion. 



Nervitone (nur'-vit-dti), A proprietary remedy said 

 to be a mixture of iron, phosphorus, asafetida, jumbul, 

 and nux vomica. 



Nervosanguine (nur-vo-san' '-gwin). Applied to tem- 

 peraments which are nervous and sanguine. 



Nervosine (nur'-vo-sin). A remedy for hysteria said 

 to consist of reduced iron 0.025%, with valerian, 

 orange-peel, angelica, and licorice extract. 



Nervosity (nur-vos'-it-e). Excessive nervousness. 



Nervotabes, Peripheral. Dejerine's name for a dis- 

 turbance of a perfectly intact spinal cord presenting 

 clinically the appearance of tabes; due to parenchyma- 

 tous neuritis of the cutaneous nerves. 



Nervous. (See Illus. Diet.) N. Liquor, a term used 

 by Richard Mead for the luminiferous ether, a universal 

 electric matter. 



Nervuration {nur-vu-ra' 'shun). The distribution of 

 the nervures in the wing of an insect. 



Nest. (See Illus. Diet.) N.s, Brunn's Epithelial, 

 branched or solid groups of flat epithelial cells occurring 

 in all normal ureters. 



Net. (See Illus. Diet.) N. -knots. See Neuro- 

 tomes. 



Nettleship's Dots. Minute white dots scattered in 

 considerable numbers between the macula and peri- 

 phery of the retina ; they are associated with pigment 

 changes and night blindness, and occur in several 

 members of the same family. 



Network. (See Illus. Diet.) N., Purkinje's, that 

 formed by Purkinje's fibers. N. of Terminal Bars, 

 the reticulum formed by the terminal bars on the free 

 surface of many epithelia. 



Neu (nu). See Neurilemma (Illus. Diet.). 



Neuralgia. (See Illus. Diet.) Syn., Desmalgia ; Des- 

 111 tlalgia. See Signs, Seeligmiiller's, Trousseau's. 

 N., Brachial, that affecting one or more branches of 

 the brachial plexus. N., Cervicooccipital, that of 

 the ascending branches of the cervical plexus, the 

 great occipital or posterior division of the second spinal 

 nerve. N., Crural, that of the anterior crural nerve. 



N. hypogastrica, enteralgia confined to the lowest 

 portion of the intestines. N., Intercostal. 1. That 

 which precedes, accompanies, or follows an attack of 

 zona. It is acute, unilateral, and follows the course of 

 a nerve. 2. The stitch in the side which often comes 

 on in healthy children after running. N., Lumbo- 

 abdominal, surface pain confined to a very sensitive 

 intercostal region. N., Metatarsal, that of the meta- 

 tarsal region ; probably due to flat-foot. Also called 

 Morton's neuralgia and plantar neuralgia. N., 

 Morton's, N., Plantar. See N, Metatarsal. N., 

 Sciatic, that of the great sciatic nerve or some of its 

 branches. N., Supraorbital, that affecting the supra- 

 orbital nerve or its branches. N., Trifacial, N., Tri- 

 geminal, that affecting the trigeminal nerve. 



Neuralgin (nu-ral'-jin). A proprietary antipyretic said 

 to consist of a mixture of antifebrin, sodium salicylate, 

 and caffein. Dose, 8-45 gr. (0.5-3 S m -)- 



Neuralward (nu' -rat-ward). See Neurad (Illus. 

 Diet.). 



Neurarteria [hu-rar-tef -re-ah\ [vtvpov, nerve; apri/pia, 

 artery]. A blending of the smallest nerves and 

 arteries. 



Neurasthenia. (See Illus. Diet.) See Signs, Erben's, 

 Stiller' 's, Rosenbach' s (2). N., Angioparalytic, N., 

 Angiopathic, that attended with vascular disturbance. 

 N. cordis, a neurosis in which the heart symptoms 

 dominate. N., Genitourinary. See N. sexualis. 

 N. retinae. See Asthenopia (Illus. Diet.). N., 

 Sexual, N. sexualis, that due to lesion of the genital 

 tract. 



Neurataxia, Neurataxy (nu-rah-tak'-se-ah) [yevpov, 

 nerve; am!- La, want of order]. I. Ataxia of cerebro- 

 spinal origin. 2. Neurasthenia (Huchard). 



Neuratrophy {nu-rat'-ro-fe). See Neuratrophia (Illus. 

 Diet.). 



Neuraxis. (See Illus. Diet.) Syn., Encephalomyelonic 

 axis; Encephalospinal axis. 3. An axis-cylinder. 



Neuraxon [nu-raks'-on) [yevpov, nerve; aguv, axis]. 

 Kolliker's name for the axis-cylinder process or neurite 

 of a nerve-cell. 



Neure (««/') [vevpov, nerve]. Baker's term for a 

 nerve-cell, including all its appendages. 



Neurexairesis (nu-reks-i-ref -sis) [yevpov, nerve; ki-ai- 

 pilv, to take out]. The operation of extracting a nerve 

 for relief of neuralgia. 



Neurilemma. (See Illus. Diet.) Syn., Neurilyme. 

 2. See Perineurium (Illus. Diet.). 



Neurimotility. See A'ervimotility. 



Neurin. (See Illus. Diet.) N., Gray, Owen's name 

 for the cinerea of the central nervous system. N., 

 White, the embryonic alba of the central nervous 

 system. 



Neurite (m/-rit) [yevpov, nerve]. Fisher and Rau- 

 ber's name for the axis-cylinder process of a nerve-cell ; 

 neuraxon. 



Neuritis. (See Illus. Diet.) Syn., Neurophlegmon. 

 N., Arsenical, that accompanying arsenic poisoning. 

 It is characterized by cutaneous pigmentation, muscular 

 atrophy, extreme weakness, and is apt to be mistaken 

 for alcoholic neuritis. N., Atheromatous, a form in 

 which necrotic, inflammatory processes take place in 

 the parts of the nerves supplied by arteries affected 

 with atheroma, giving rise to symptoms resembling in 

 character those of the toxic form. N. axialis | I Uls- 

 ter], a special form of optic neuritis in which the central 

 fibers of the optic nerve which supply the central part 

 of the retina are diseased. It results in central sco- 

 toma. N., Postocular, that affecting the portion nl 

 the optic nerve behind the eyeball. N., Proliferative, 

 Yin-how's term for that form in which the overgrowth 

 of the connective tissue is so extensive as to convert the 



