GLOSSARY. 



Inflec'tion (Lat. in, towards ; facto, 

 I bend). A turning from a straight 

 course: in optics, the effect pro- 

 duced by the edges of an opaque 

 body on the light passing in con- 

 tact with them, by which the rays 

 are bent out of their course either 

 inwards or outwards ; in grammar, 

 the variation of words by changes 

 of termination. 



Inflexible (Lat. in, not ; facto, I 

 bend). Incapable of being bent. 



Inflorescence (Lat in, in; flos, a 

 flower). The arrangement of flow- 

 ers on the flowering stem or 

 branch. 



Influen'za (Italian, influenza, in- 

 fluence). An epidemic catarrh or 

 cold, attended with great loss of 

 strength and severe fever. 



Influx (Lat. in, into ; fluo, I flow). 

 A flowing into. 



Infracos'tal (Lat. infra, beneath ; 

 costa, a rib). Beneath ribs. 



Inframaxil'lary (Lat. infra, N be- 

 neath ; maxil'la, a jaw). Beneath 

 the jaw. 



Infraor'bital (Lat. infra, beneath ; 

 or'bita, an orbit). Beneath the 

 orbit. 



Infraspi'nous (Lat. infra, beneath ; 

 spina, a spine). Beneath a spine 

 or spinous process. 



Infundib'uliform (Lat. infundib'u- 

 lum, a funnel ; forma, shape). 

 Shaped like a funnel. 



Infu'sion (Lat. in, on; fundo, I 

 pour). The process of steeping 

 substances in liquid, so as to ex- 

 tract certain qualities from them ; 

 the liquid thus prepared. 



Infuso'ria (Infusion). A term given 

 to microscopic animals of several 

 orders, found in water in which 

 organic matter has been infused. 



Inges'ta (Lat. in, in ; gero, I carry). 

 Things taken in ; applied to food. 



Inglu'vies (Lat. a crop). A crop or 

 partial dilatation of the oesophagus. 



In'guinal (Lat. in'guen, the groin). 

 Relating or belonging to the groin. 



Inhala'tion (Lat. in, into ; halo, 1 

 breathe). A breathing in ; the 

 act of drawing in fumes or vapours 

 with the breath. 



Inhale (Lat. in, into ; halo, I 

 breathe). To draw in air or va- 

 pours by means of the breathing 

 organs. 



Inject 7 (Lat. in, into ; jadio, I throw). 

 To throw into. 



Injec'tion (Lat. in, into ; jac'io, I 

 throw). A throwing in ; a medi- 

 cine thrown into the body : the 

 act of filling the vessels of a body 

 with some coloured substance, so 

 as to render them distinct ; also 

 the substance thrown in. 



Inna'te (Lat. in, into or en ; nascor, 

 I am born). Natural ; applied to 

 ideas supposed to exist in the rniud 

 from birth ; in botany, applied to 

 anthers when attached to the top of 

 the filaments. 



Innerva'tion (Lat. in, into ; nervus, 

 a nerve). The properties or func- 

 tions of the nervous system. 



Innom'inate (Lat. in, not ; nomen, a 

 name). Without a name ; applied 

 to a bone forming the pelvis, con- 

 stituted of three bones which grow 

 together ; also to a large arterial 

 trunk arising from the aorta. 



Inoc'ulate (Lat. in, into ; oc'ulus, an 

 eye). To engraft buds ; to com- 

 municate disease to a person by in- 

 serting infectious matter into his 

 skin. 



Inoper/cular (Lat. in, not ; oper'cu- 

 lum, a lid). Without an opercu- 

 lum or lid. 



Inor'dinate (Lat. in, not ; or'dino, I 

 put in order). Irregular : iumathe- 

 matics, applied to two ranks of 

 quantities, which are proportionate 

 in a cross order. 



Inorganic (Lat. in, not ; organ'ic}. 

 Without the organs or instruments 

 of life ; in medicine, not apparently 

 connected with change in structure. 



Inos'culate (Lat. in, into ; os'culum, 

 a little mouth). To open into, as 

 by little mouths. 



Insallvation (Lat. in, into ; saliva). 

 The blending of the saliva with the 

 food. 



Insa'ne (Lat. in, not ; sanus, sound 

 or healthy). Unsound in mind. 



Insanity (Lat. in, not ; sanus, sound 

 or healthy). A term used to express 



