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POLYMORPHONUCLEAR 



swimming bladder of fish. P., Indian, Veratrum 

 viride. 



Polariscopist {po-lar-is'-ko-pist). An adept in the use 

 of the polariscope. 



Pole-bark. The bark of Alslonia spectabilis, R. Br., 

 used as a stomachic. 



Poleozone i^po-le'-o-zon). A bactericide said to be ob- 

 tained from potassium chlorate by action of sulfuric 

 acid. 



Poliomyelitis. (See Illus. Diet.) P. anterior pro- 

 gressiva longissima. Synonym of Atrophy, Pro- 

 gressive Muscular. P. anterior subacuta et chron- 

 ica [Erb]. See Paralysis, Subacute Atrophic Spinal. 



Poliosis. (See Illus. Diet.) Sjm. , Achromatosis con- 

 genitalis. P. circumscripta, vitiligo, or partial 

 albinism. 



Politobiotherapy (pol-it-o-bi-o-ther* '-ap-e) [no'/irijc, 

 citizen; fiior, life; tiepenreia, therapy]. The medical 

 and sanitary supervision of citizens. 



Politzer's Luminous Cone. A brightly illuminated 

 area in the shape of an isosceles triangle which has its 

 base near the lower circumference and its apex at the 

 umbo of the membrana tympani. P.'s Test. See 

 under Signs. 



Pollicar {pol' ' -ik-ar) [pollex, the thumb]. Relating to 

 the thumb, pollical. 



Pollodic (poI-(/-(fik) [ttoa/.o'i, many; 6(5oc, a way]. 

 Panodic; applied by Marshall Hall to nervous force 

 proceeding from one point to any other point of the 

 spinal nervous system. 



Polonium (pol-o'-ne-urn) [ Poland, country of the dis- 

 coverers]. A radioactive element isolated by M. and 

 Mine. Curie from pitchblende in 1898. 



Poltfoot {polt'-fut). Club-foot. 



Polus {po'-lus). See Pole (Illus. Diet.). 2. The 

 patella. P. temporalis, Thane's term for the starting- 

 point of the boundary-line of the temporal lobe of the 

 brain, 20 mm. above the arcus zygomaticus and 15 mm. 

 behind the processus marginal is (the external angular 

 process ) . 



Polyacid (pol-e-as'-id) [no? be, many; acid~\. Applied 

 to a base or basic radicle capable of saturating several 

 molecules of the acid radicle. 



Polyadenitis. (See Illus. Diet.) P., Malignant, 

 bubonic plague. 



Y > o\ya.\c6ho\ism( pol-e-al'-ko-hol-izm). Poisoning by a 

 mixture of alcohols. 



Polyanemia {pol-e-an-e'-me-ah) [ttoXvc, much; avaiuia, 

 want of blood]. Excessive anemia. 



Polyarthritis. (See Illus. Diet.) P. anginosa, 

 articular rheumatism with angina. P. deformans. 

 See Arthritis deformans (Illus. Diet.). P. scarla- 

 tinosa, that occurring in the desquamative stage of 

 scarlet fever and of short duration. Syn., Synovitis 

 scarlatinosa. P., Vertebral, inflammation of the in- 

 tervertebral discs without caries of the bones of the 

 vertebras. 



Polyatomicity ( pol-e-at-om-is'-it-e). The capacity to 

 combine with more than two atoms of a univalent 

 element Syn., Mitftwaleney. 



Polyaxon. (See Illus. Diet.) 2. A neuron having 

 more than two axons. 



Polybaphia ( pol-e-ba' f -fe-ah) [-o/i'c, many; fiafyt), 

 dye]. The condition of being many colored. Cf. 

 PUteckromia, 



Polycardia ( pol-e-kar'-dc ah\. See Tachycardia (Illus. 

 Diet ). 



Polychroma ( pol-e-kro , -viah) [tto'avc, many; jpu/za, 

 color]. See Esculin (Illus. Diet.). 



Polychromatophil, Polychromatophile (pol-e-kro- 

 mat'-o-fil, -/il) [ttoaic, many ; xP^t ia i color; 0iAelv, to 

 love]. I. An erythrocyte which has lost its affinity 



for acid stain and which with mixtures of acid and 

 basic dyes is stained atypically by either or both ele- 

 ments. 2. See Polycroviatpphilic. 



Polychromatophilia [pol-e-kro-mat-o-jil'-e-ah). The 

 presence in the blood of polychromatophils. 



Polychromatophilic ( pol-e-kro-wal-o-Jil'-ik). Ex- 

 hibiting no special affinity for acid or basic dyes. 



Polychromemia, Polychromaemia {pol-e-kro-me'-me- 

 ah) [tto'avc, many; jpw^a, color; al/ua, blood]. The 

 increase in coloring-matter in the blood as a sequel of 

 polycythemia. 



Polychromin (pol-e-kru'-min) [tto'avc, many; xpa/ua, 

 color]. See Aureolin. 



Polychylic ( pol-e-ki' -lik) [tto'avc, much ; ^d Adc, juice]. 

 Relating to an excess of chyle. 



Polyclonia (pol-e-klo'-ne-ah) [ttoavc, many; n'/ovoc, 

 commotion]. An affection said to be distinct from tic 

 and chorea but marked by clonic spasms. 



Polycrotism {pol-e-kro'-thm) [tto'avc, many; k/iotoc, 

 pulse]. Condition of a pulse having more than one 

 secondary rhythm to each heart- beat. 



Polycythemia. (See Illus. Diet.) P. cyanotica, 

 Osier's disease, polycythemia associated with chronic 

 cyanosis, enlargement of the spleen, and constipation 

 without any sign of disease of the heart, lungs, or kid- 

 neys and with no emphysema. 



Polydactylia ( pol-e-dak-til ' -e-ah). See Polydactylism 

 (Illus. Diet.). 



Polyestrous, Polyaestrus (pol-e-es' -frits') [nolvc, 

 many; olarpoc, the gad-fly, hence vehement desire]. 

 Heape's term for such females as have a continuous 

 series of short periods of sexual rest. The human 

 female exhibits a series of diestrous cycles — pioestruni, 

 estrus, metestrum, and diestrum — in succession. 



Polyformin {pol-e-form'-in). An antiseptic compound 

 obtained by dissolving resorcin in aqueous formic alde- 

 hyd and adding an excess of ammonia ; it is an insolu- 

 ble, odorless, amorphous, yellow-brown powder used 

 as iodoform. P., Soluble, (C 6 H 4 (OHj),— (CH 2 ) 6 N 4 , 

 diresorcin hexamethylenetetramin, a combination of 

 two molecules of resorcin with one molecule of hexa- 

 methylenetetramin (urotropini; white crystals, very 

 soluble in water and alcohol, insoluble in ether, benzol, 

 and oils. It is used internally as an anti ferment ; ex- 

 ternally in skin-diseases. 



Polygonia (pol-e-go^-neah) [tto'/ic, many; -/uvia, an 

 angle]. The condition of having many angles. 



Polyhedral (pol-e-he'-dral\ [tto'/ic, many; idpa, a 

 seat, a base]. Having many surfaces. 



Polyhidria {pol-e-hi'-dre-ah'). See Polyhidrosis (Illus. 

 Diet.). 



Polyhygroma [pol-e-hi-gro'-wah). See Polvgroma 

 (Illus. Diet. U 



Polyhyperemia, Polyhypersemia {pole-hi-pur-e'-me- 

 ah). See Polvpercmia or Plethora (Illus. Diet.). 



Polylalia ( pol-e-la'le-ah) [tto'avc, many; ?a/.eir, to 

 speak]. Mimicking. 



Polyleptic ( pol-c-lefS-tik) [tto'/'vc, many ; ?ati. lavar, to 

 sieze]. Characterized by numerous remissions and 

 exacerbations. 



Polymenia ( pole-vie'ne-ah) [zo'/.ic, much; 

 months ]. Menorrhagia. 



Polymeria. (See Illus. Diet.) P. promiscua trans- 

 lativa, transposition of viscera. 



Polymeric. (See Illus. Diet.) 2. Applied to muscles 

 which are derived from two or more myotomes. 



Polymerismic (pol-e-mer-is'-mik). Relating to poly- 

 nierism. 



Polymorphonuclear ( pol-c-inor-fo-uu'-ku at). Ap- 

 plied to polvnuclear leukocytes which have nuclei ex- 

 ceedingly irregular in form, being twisted or knotted 

 or presenting the appearance of being divided into dis- 



