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GLOSSARY. 



An animal tissue composed of 

 fibrous tissue mixed with cartilage. 



Fi'bro-se'rous (Fibre ; serum). Con- 

 sisting of fibrous tissue covered by 

 a serous membrane. 



Fi'brous (Lat. fibra, a small sprout 

 or fibre). Containing or consisting 

 of fibres. 



Fib'ula (Lat. a buckle). The outer 

 or small bone of the leg. 



Fib'ular (Fib'ula). Belonging to or 

 situated near the fibula. 



Fic'tile (Lat. Jingo, I mould). Manu- 

 factured by the potter's art. 



Fig'urate Numbers. A series of 

 numbers, the units of which are ca- 

 pable of being placed in such order 

 as to represent a geometrical figure. 



FiTament (Lat. filum, a thread). A 

 thread; in anatomy, a thread-like 

 structure ; in botany, the part of the 

 stamen which supports the anther. 



FiTicoid (Lat. Jilix, fern ; Grr. etSos, 

 eidos, form). Resembling fern. 



Fi'lifonn (Lat. filum, a thread ; forma, 

 shape). Like a thread. 



Filter (Felt, fulled wool). A strainer : 

 to strain, in order to separate fluid 

 from solid matter. 



Filtrate. The liquid which has passed 

 through a filter. 



Filtra'tion. The act of filtering or 

 straining. 



Fim'briae (Lat. Jim'bria, a fringe). 

 In anatomy, a structure resembling 

 a fringe. 



Fim'briated (Lat. Jim'bria, a border 

 or hem). Having a fringed edge. 



Fi'nite (Lat. finis, an end). Having 

 a limit. 



Fire-damp. Light carburetted hy- 

 drogen : the explosive gas of coal- 

 mines. 



Firestone. A stone that stands heat ; 

 in geology, a stone of lime and 

 sand. 



First Intention. In surgery, the 

 process by" which wounds heal by 

 direct union. 



Fis'sile (Lat. findo, I cleave). Capable 

 of being split. 



Fissip'arous (Lat. findo, I cleave ; 

 par'io, I produce). Multiplying 

 the species by the division of the 

 individual into two parts, as in 



polygastric animalcules and po- 

 lypes. 



Fissiros'tres (Lat. findo, I cleave ; 

 rostrum, a beak). A tribe of in- 

 sessorial or perching birds, having 

 the beak much depressed or flat- 

 tened horizontally, so as to give a 

 wide opening, as the swallows and 

 kingfishers. 



Fis'sure (Lat. findo, I cleave). A 

 cleft ; in anatomy, an opening in a 

 bone or other part resembling a 

 cleft. 



Fis'tula (Lat. a pipe). In surgery, a 

 deep, narrow, callous ulcer. 



Fis'tulous (Lat. fistula, a pipe). Like 

 a pipe ; in botany, applied to cylin- 

 drical bodies which are hollow but 

 closed at each end. 



Fixed (Lat. figo, I fix). Firm ; fixed 

 air, carbonic acid gas ; fixed stars. 



Fixed Oils. Oils which are not capable 

 of being distilled without decompo- 

 sition. 



Flaberiiform (Lat. flabel'lum, a fan ; 

 forma, shape). Like a fan. 



Flat'ulency (Lat. flatus, a blast). A 

 generation of gases in the stomach 

 and intestines. 



Flexible ( Lat. flecto, I bend). Capable 

 of bending ; a changing form in 

 obedience to a force exerted across 

 the length of the material. 



Flex'ion (Lat. flecto, I bend). A 

 bending. 



Flex'or (Lat. flecto, I bend). A 

 bender ; applied to the muscles 

 which bend the limbs. 



Flex'ure (Lat. flecto, I bend). The 

 bending or curve of a line or surface. 



Flex'uose (Lat. flecto, I bend). Wind- 

 ing. 



Floc'culent (Lat. floccus, a lock of 

 wool). Consisting of or containing 

 flocks, as of wool. 



Flora (Lat. the Goddess of Flowers). 

 The entire collection of plants be- 

 longing to a country. 



Flo'ral (Lat. flos, a flower). Belong- 

 ing to a flower. 



Flower-bud. A bud which becomes 

 developed into a flower. 



Flu'ate (Flu'orin). A compound of 

 fluoric acid with a base. 



Fluid (Lat. Jluo, I flow). Capable of 



