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Anasarca. General dropsy of the areolar tissue. 



Aneurism. Morbid dilatation of an artery, with or with- 

 out rupture of its coats. 



Anfractuous. Having an irregular, grooved, or broken 

 surface ; applied to a cavity in the lung. 



Angina. A choking or suffocating disease. 



Anodyne. Tending to relieve pain. 



Anorexia. Loss of appetite. 



Anthelmintic. Destructive of, or tending to cause the 

 removal of, worms. 



Anti-arthritic. Curative of gout. 



Anti-lithic. Solvent of stone or gravel. 



Anti-phlogistic Tending to arrest or mitigate inflam 

 mation. 



Anti-psoric. Curative of itch. 



Anti-toxic. Antidotal to poison. 



Apex. The uppermost point. 



Aphonia. Loss of vioce. 



Aphthae. Small whitish ulcers, originating in vesicles ; 

 frequently found in the mouth. 



Aplastic. Inorganizable. 



Apncea. Arrest of respiration. 



Applicata. Things applied to, or brought into contract 

 with, the exterior of the body. 



Apyrexia. Intermission. 



Arachnitis. Inflammation of the arachnoid membrane. 



Arthritis. Gout. 



AscARiDES. Rounds worms. 



Ascites. Peritoneal dropsy. 



Asphyxia. Suspension of breathing, or of the aeration 

 or circulation of the blood. 



Asthenia. Debility. 



Asthenic. Without strength; feeble; attended by prostra- 

 tion. 



Ataxic. Irregular; out of order. 



Atelectasis Pulmonum. Imperfect expansion of the lungs. 



