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PSEUDOHYDRARTHROSIS 



Prurigo. (See Illus. Diet.) Syn., Cnesmos ; Scabies 

 sicca papulosa. P. secandi, a mania for performing 

 operations. P. simplex. P. vulgaris, the mild type 

 with isolated papules. P., Winter. See Pruritus 

 hiemalis (Illus. Diet. ). 



Pruritus. See Illus. Diet.) P., Bath, Stel wagon's 

 term for a burning sensation varying from a slight 

 pricking to an intense itching experienced by some 

 persons after a bath. It is usually confined to the 

 lower extremities, but is sometimes on the arms and 

 occasionally general, the attack lasting from a few 

 minutes to half an hour or more. P., Duhring's, P., 

 Duncan's. See P. hiemalis (Illus. Diet.). P., 

 Senile, of the Tongue, a form of glossitis described 

 by Baumgarten, characterized by itching and burning 

 of the tongue. P. vulvae, hyperesthesia of the nerves 

 of the vulva accompanied by intense itching (Balloch;. 

 See Littaua" s Lotion. 



amma (sam'-ah) [rj/duur/, sand]. Sand occurring as 

 a urinary deposit. Syn., Psammus; Psammodes ; 

 Arennia. 



sellismus. (See Illus. Diet.) P. mercurialis, the 

 unintelligible, hurried, jerking speech accompanying 

 mercurial tremor. P. nasitas, rhinophonia. P. 

 rhotacismus. See Rhotacism (Illus. Diet.), 

 seudalbuminuria. See Pseudo-albuminuria (Illus. 

 Diet.). 



( su-def-ed'-rin ) . 



Pseudephedrin 



Pseudo-. 

 Pseudiphtheric 



theria. 

 Pseudleukemia. 



(su-dif'-ther-ik). 



See Ephedrin, 

 Simulating diph- 



See Pseudoleukemia (Illus. Diet). 



Pseudoacromegaly (su-do-ak-ro-meg'-al-e) [i/ierr)/;c, 

 false ; anpog, extremity ; uey d'/.r;, large] . See Osteo- 

 arthropathy, Hypertrophic Pulmonary (Illus. Diet.). 



Pseudoagraphia (su-do-ah-graf'-e-ah). The form of 

 agraphia in which meaningless or disconnected words 

 can be written. 



Pseudoalveolar (su-do-al-ve'-o-lar). Simulating alveo- 

 lar tissue. 



Pseudoanorexia (su-do-an-or-eks / -e-ah) [i/>m5j?c, false; 

 a, priv. ; bpii-ic, appetite]. Rejection of food because 

 of gastric distress. 



seodoappendicitis I su-do-ap-en-dis-i' '-tis). A condi- 

 tion simulating appendicitis but without any lesion of 

 the appendix. 



eudoappendix {su-do-ap-en' -diks). Condamin and 

 Voron's name for a condition simulating appendicitis 

 occurring in hysteric subjects or associated with secon- 

 dary syphilis. Cf. Typhosis, Syphilitic. 

 seudoataxia (su-do-ah-tah? '-e-ah). See Pseudotabes 

 (Illus. Diet.). 



seudobacillus. (See Illus. Diet) Pseudobacilli 

 (of Hayem), very minute, pedetic, rod-shaped prod- 

 ucts of corpuscular fragmentation observed in poikilo- 

 cytosis. 



eudocarcinoma. (See Illus. Diet.) P. labii, can- 

 crum oris. 



eudocartilaginous (su-do-kar-til-aj'-in-us). Simu- 

 lating cartilage in structure. 



seudoceliotomy (su-do-se-le-ot'-o-me) [tyevdjjs, false ; 

 Koi/ia, belly; rouij, a cutting]. The pretended per- 

 formance of abdominal section. 



eudochalazion \su-do-kal-a f -ze-on). A malignant 

 lesion of the conjunctiva resembling chalazion, 

 seudochancre stt-do-shang f -ker). An indurated sore 

 simulating chancre. 



eudochlorosis (su-do-klo-ro* '-sis). Leache's term for 

 a form of chlorosis in which there was no diminution 

 of the number of erythrocytes. 



Pseudochromatin {su-do-krc/ -mat-in). See Pyrenin 

 (Illus. Diet.). 



Pseudocirrhosis {su-do-sir-c/sis). A condition marked 

 by ascites, dyspnea, and cyanosis, believed to be due 

 to combined cirrhosis and peritoneal disease. 



Pseudoclump (su? -do-klump). A clump of bacteria in 

 broth typhoid cultures, which simulates closely the 

 clumps formed by specific typhoid agglutinins. 



Pseudocodein (su-do-ko'-de-in). C, 8 H„NOj. A de- 

 rivative of eddein obtained by Merck ; in physiologic 

 action analogous to codein but weaker, and differing 

 from codein in a higher melting-point, 182 C, and in 

 being precipitated instantly by ammonia in fine needles. 



Pseudocyesis. (See Illus. Diet.) P. molaris, molar 

 pregnancy. , 



Pseudocylindroid isu-do-sil' -in-droid). A band of 

 mucus or any substance in the urine simulating a renal 

 cast. 



Pseudodiascope (su-do-di / -ah-skop) [-tyevdrjc, false; 

 iiaonoTTEiv, to look through]. An instrument invented 

 by Ward to demonstrate the persistence of visual im- 

 pressions made upon the retina. 



Pseudodiastolic (su-do-di-as-tol' '-ik). Apparently di- 

 astolic. 



Pseudodyspepsia (su-do-dis-pep* -se-ah). Nervous dys- 

 pepsia or gastric neurasthenia. 



Pseudoedema [su-do-e-de' -mah). A condition simu- 

 lating edema. 



Pseudoendometritis (su-do-en-do-met-ri'-tis). A con- 

 dition resembling endometritis marked by changes in 

 the bloodvessels, hyperplasia of the glands, and 

 atrophy. 



Pseudoephedrin {su-do-ef-ed r -rin). See Ephedrin, 

 Pseudo-. 



Pseudoepilepsy (su-do-ep-e-lep/se). Disorders simu- 

 lating epilepsy, wholly or partially of rachitic origin. 



Pseudoepithelioma (su-do-ep-iih-e-le-o'-mah). An 

 affection of the skin simulating epithelioma. P. with 

 Blastomyces. Synonym of Blastomycetic dermatitis. 



Pseudoesthesia (su-does-the* -ze-ah). See Pseudesthe- 

 sia (Illus. Diet.). 



Pseudofluctuation [su-do-Jluk-tua'-shun). A tremor 

 simulating fluctuation, sometimes observed on tapping 

 lipomas. 



Pseudoform {su' -do-form). In chemistry an unstable 

 form of a derivative. 



Pseudofracture (su-do-frak'-chur). A spontaneous 

 fracture. 



Pseudogelatin (su-dojel'-at-in). Any gelatinous sub- 

 stance obtained from vegetable tissues. 



Pseudogeusesthesia {su-do-gus-es-the' -ze-ah) [^evdr/c, 

 false; ytioic, taste; aiadrjaic, sensation]. Color-gusta- 

 tion ; a state in which gustatory impressions also occa- 

 sion color perceptions. 



Pseudohelminth (su-do-hel'-minth). See Pseudel- 

 minth 1 Illus. Diet.). 



Pseudohematocele (su-do-hem-af 'o-sel). Hematocele 

 occurring outside of the peritoneal cavity. 



Pseudohemoglobin (su-do-hem-o-glo' '-bin). Ludwig 

 and Siegfried's name for a loose combination of hemo- 

 globin and oxygen believed to be an intermediate step 

 between hemoglobin and oxyhemoglobin, on the re- 

 duction of the latter. 



Pseudohernia \su-dohur / -ne-ah). An empty hernia 

 sac resembling strangulated hernia when inflamed. 



Pseudoheterotopia (sn-dohet-ur-o-to'-pe-ah) [ipevdrK, 

 false ; erepoc, other ; ro-og, place]. Misplacement of 

 cerebral alba or cinerea by unskilful manipulation in an 

 autopsy. 



Pseudohydrarthrosis (su-do-hi-drar-thrc/sis). Of 

 Dubrenil, an apparent dropsy of the knee-joint from 

 effusion into the ligament between the patella and the 

 tuberosity of the tibia, and especially into the fat tissue 

 of the svnovial bursa. 



