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VOANDZEIA 



Vincin (vin'-sin). A principle found in Vine a minor, 



Vinculum [vin'-ku-lum) [L., pi. vinculo']. A liga- 

 ment, a band, a frenum. Vincula lingulae cere- 

 belli. See Folia (2) (Illus. Diet.). 



Vinic (vi'-nik) [yinum, wine]. Pertaining to wine, 

 obtained from wine. 



Vinyl. (See Illus. Diet.) V. Trichlorid. See 

 Ethylene Chlorid, Monochlorinaied. 



Vioform (vi'-o-form). See Iodochloroxyquinolin. 



Viola. (See Illus. Diet.) V.-quercitrin, C 4 ,H 4 j0 2i , 

 a glucosid analogous to quercitrin, from Viola tricolor, 

 L. , var. arvensis ( V. arvensis, Murray). From hot 

 water it crystallizes in fine yellow needles. By boiling 

 with dilute mineral acids it decomposes into quercitrin 

 and a fermentable glucose. 



Violet. (See Illus. Diet.) V. -crystals. See Hexa- 

 methylenerosanilin. V.-cure, the popular use of 

 violet leaves in the treatment of cancer, in the belief 

 that they constitute an infallible remedy. The 

 "cure" was widely exploited in 1901, and the fol- 

 lowing is the formula as given by a newspaper of that 

 year : ' • Take a handful of fresh green violet leaves 

 and pour a pint of boiling water upon them, cover 

 them and let them stand 12 hours, until the water is 

 discolored and green. Then strain off the liquid, dip 

 a piece of lint into the infusion, of which a sufficient 

 quantity must be warmed. Put on the wet lint hot 

 wherever the malady is. Cover the lint with oil silk 

 or thin mackintosh and change it whenever dry or 

 cold. The infusion should be fresh about every alter- 

 nate day." V., Hoyer's, V., Lauth's. Syno- 

 nym of Thionin. See Pigments, Conspectus of 

 (Illus. Diet.). 



Viper, Russell's. See Daboia russellii. 



Viperin (vi'-pur-in). A toxalbumin extracted from 

 the venom of vipers by Prince Louis Bonaparte, 1843. 

 Syn., Echidnin. 



Viraginity (vir-aj-in' -it-e) \yirago, a woman]. A 

 form of sexual perversion in which the female individ- 

 ual is essentially male in her feelings and tastes. 



Virgula (vir' '-gu-lah) \yirga, a rod]. The penis. 



Viriculture (yir-e-kul'-chur) [vir, a man; cultura, a 

 cultivating]. Experimental evolution as applied to 

 the purposive breeding of mankind for purposes of 

 racial improvement. Cf. Puericulture. 



Viripotent [yir-ip' -o-tent) [vir, a man ; potens, able]. 

 Marriageable. 



Virola Tallow. An oil or fat from the seeds of My- 

 ristica sebifera, Sw. ; a remedy for rheumatism. 



Virus. (See Illus. Diet.) V., Fixed, V. fixe, rabies 

 virus which, having been passed from rabbit to rabbit 

 through a long series, finally reaches a fixed incubation 

 period and no increase of virulence can be obtained. 



Visceralism (vis'-ur-al-izm). The doctrine that all 

 disease has its origin in the viscera. 



Visceroinhibitory {vis-ur-o-in-hib / -it-o-re). Inhibiting 

 the movements of viscera. 



Visceropericardial. See Visceripericardial (Illus. 

 Diet.). 



Visceroptosis {vis-ur-o-tc/ -sis) [viscera, viscera ; irrtj- 

 mc, a fall]. Abdominal ptosis, Glenard's disease. 



Viscerosomatic (iris-ur-o-so-mat'-ik) [viscera; oufia, 

 body]. Relating to the viscera and the body. 



Viscogen (vis'-ho-jen). A milk adulterant of syrupy 

 consistency, composed of sugar, lime, and water. 

 When added to milk or cream, the lactic acid acting 

 upon the lime gives rise to a white coagulum, which 

 assimilating with the milk gives it a rich appearance 

 and taste. 



Viscoid (vis'-hoid ). Resembling viscin or the genus 

 Vis cud 1. 



Viscometer. See Viscosimeter. 



Viscometry. See Viscosimetry. 



Viscosimeter (vis-cos-im'-et-ur) [viscosus, viscous; me- 

 tare, to measure]. An apparatus to determine the de- 

 gree of viscosity of a liquid. 



Viscosimetry (vis-kos-im' -et-re). The quantitative 

 estimation of viscosity in liquids. 



Vision. (See Illus. Diet.) V., Blue, cyanopia, a 

 perverted state of the vision rendering all objects 

 blue. V., Field of. See under Held. V., Half, 

 hemiopia. V., Hering's Test, if, on looking with 

 both eyes through a tube blackened inside and having 

 a thread across one end, a small round object be 

 dropped immediately in front of or behind the thread, 

 a subject with binocular vision can at once tell whether 

 it has fallen nearer to his eyes or further away from 

 them than the thread. In the absence of binocular 

 vision a few trials will show that the relative dis- 

 tances of the falling object and the thread cannot 

 be appreciated. 



Visnagol (yis'-nag-ol). A substance contained in 

 Amini visnaga, Lam. 



Visnin (vis / -nin). A substance contained in Amtni 

 visnaga, Lam. 



Visualization (yiz-u-al-iz-a' -shun) [visualitas, the 

 faculty of sight]. The act of rendering a mental per- 

 ception visible to the eye ; the recalling of a mental 

 image with such distinctness that it seems reality. 



Visuoauditory (vis-u-o-aw' '-dit-o-re). Pertaining to 

 both vision and hearing. 



Visuometer (znz-u-om'-et-ur) [visus, sight; metare, to 

 measure]. An apparatus for determining range of 

 vision. 



Visus. (See Illus. Diet. ) V. acrior, nyctalopia. V. 

 acris, acuteness of vision. V. brevior, myopia. V. 

 coloratus, chromopsia. V. debilitas, asthenopia. 

 V. decolor, achromatopsia. V. duplicatus, diplopia. 

 V. habetudo, amblyopia. V. juvenum, myopia. 

 V. lucidus, photopsia. 



Vitalism. (See Illus. Diet.) Cf. Medicine, Dogmatic 

 System of. V., Bordeu's Doctrine of, which held 

 the existence of a general life of the body, — a compos- 

 ite life, resulting from the harmonious working of 

 the individual lives and powers of all the organs, 

 which were supposed to be associated with each other, 

 but each for its own definite function ; the most im- 

 portant — the stomach, heart, and brain — being called 

 the "tripod of life." [Park.] 



Vitascope (vi' '-tah-skof) [vita, life; OKo^eh; to view]. 

 An apparatus for showing stereopticon pictures of 

 beings in motion ; a kinetoscope. Cf. Stroboscope, 

 rhenakistoscope, Zvetrope. 



Viticide (vit'-is-id) [vitis, a grapevine; ardere, to 

 kill]. An agent destructive to the grape or grape- 

 vine. 



Vitiligo. (See Illus. Diet. ) In the plural, Vitiligines, 

 the linere albicantes. 



Vitiligoid {rit'-il-ig-oid). Resembling vitiligo. 



Vitodynamic {vi-to-di-nam'-ik) [vita, life; ttira/uc, 

 energy]. Relating to vital forces. 



Vitreocapsulitis (vil-re-o-hap-su-ii'-tis). See Hyalitis 

 (Illus. Diet.). 



Vitrescence (vil-rcs' -ens) [vitrum, glass]. The eon- 

 dition of becoming hard and transparent like glass. 



Vitric {vit'-rik). Relating to glass or any vitreous 

 substance, 



Vitriolated (vit-re-ol-a'-tcd). Containing vitriol; con- 

 taining sulfur or sulfuric acid. 



Vitriolation (vit-re-ol-a'-shun). Conversion into glass 

 or into a hyaloid structure. 



Vitriolic. Relating to or obtained from vitriol. 



Voandzeia {vo-and-zc-e'-ah) [native Madagascar 



