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N 

 Nebulous. Cloudy. 

 Nephralgia. Pain in the kidney. 

 Nephritis. Inflammation of the kidney. 

 Nervine Affecting the nervous system. 

 Neuralgia. Pain, the seat of which is principally in the 



nerves. 

 Neuroma. A morbid enlargement of a nerve. 

 Neurosis. A nervous affection. 

 Nisus. Effort ; attempt ; active process. 

 Normal. Natural ; regular : healthy. 

 NosoGRAPHY. The description of diseases. 

 Nosology. The classification of diseases. 

 NosoPHYTE. A vegetation connected with, or causative of 



disease. 

 Nucleolus. A central granule or spot within a nucleus. 

 Nucleus. The central body within a cell ; being itself, 



frequently, hollow. 



O 

 Ochlesis. Crowd poison. 

 OcTOHEDRAL. Eight-sidcd. 

 Odontalgia. Toothache. 

 CEdema.» Swelling, from watery effusion in the cellular 



tissue. 

 Ophthalmia. Inflammation of the eye. 

 Opisthotonos. Arching of the body backwards. 

 OptimiSxM. Tendency to the best possible result. 

 Organography. Delineation of the organs in their posi- 

 tion. 

 Osteosarcoma. Cancerous tumor of bone. 

 Otalgia. Earache. 

 Otitis. Inflammation of the ear. 

 Otorrhcea. Discharge from the ear. 

 OxALURiA. Presence of oxalic acid (as oxalate of lime) 



in the urine. 

 Ozone. Oxygen in the nascent state, or with its chemical 



activity otherwise intensified (dynamized). 



P 

 Palpation. Examination (of the chest, etc.) by the touch. 

 Papula. A pimple. 



