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instead of ligatures for arresting 

 hsemorrhagefroma cut or wounded 

 vessel, by pressing a needle 

 through it and pinning it against 

 an adjacent tissue or bone. 



acupuncture, n., ak'u-pungk'tur 

 (L. acus, a needle ; punctum, to 

 prick or puncture), a method of 

 lessening pain in a diseased part, 

 as in neuralgia, by running into 

 it one or more long fine needles. 



acute, a., ak-ut' (L. acutus, sharp, 

 pointed), in bot., terminating 

 gradually in a sharp point. 



acyclic, a., a-sik'-tik (Gr. a, with- 

 out ; Eng. cyclic), without a cycle 

 or circle. 



ad deliquium, ad de-ttk'-wi-um 

 (L. ad, to ; deliquium, a want or 

 defect), to fainting a direction 

 in medicine given for venesection. 



adduction, n., ad-dukf-shtin (L. 

 ad, to ; ductus, led), the act 

 of moving towards ; the move- 

 ment of a limb towards the 

 median or middle line of the 

 body. 



adductor, n., ad-duct'- or (L. ad- 

 ductor, that which draws to- 

 wards from ad, to ; ductus, led), 

 a muscle that brings one part 

 to wards another : adductor brevis, 

 brev'is (L. brZvis, short), the 

 name of a muscle which brings 

 one part towards another, so 

 called from its shortness : 

 adductor longus, l$ng'-gus (L. 

 longus, long), a muscle which 

 brings one part towards another, 

 so called from its length : ad- 

 ductor magnus, mag'-nus (L. 

 magnus, great), a muscle, so 

 called from its size, which brings 

 the thigh inwards and upwards : 

 adductor minimi digiti, min'-im-l 

 didf-it-i (L. minimus, the least, 

 minimi, of the least ; digitus, a 

 finger, digiti, of a finger), the 

 adductor of the little finger ; the 

 deepest of the muscles of the little 

 finger, which arises from the 

 unciform process and the annul- 

 ar ligament: adductor pollicis 



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manus, pSl'lis-is man'-us (L. 

 pollex, the thumb, pollicis, of the 

 thumb ; manus, the hand, manus, 

 of the hand), the adductor of the 

 thumb of the hand ; the muscle 

 that draws inwards the thumb of 

 the hand : adductor pollicis pedis, 

 p&d'-fe (L. pes, a foot, pedis, of 

 a foot), the adductor of the great 

 toe or thumb of the foot ; a muscle 

 arising from the bases of the 

 second, third, and fourth meta- 

 tarsal, which draws the great toe 

 inwards. 



Adelarthrosomata, n. plu., d-del- 

 ar-thro-sd'm'at-a (Gr. adelos, 

 hidden ; arthros, a joint ; soma, 

 a body), in zooL, an order of the 

 Arachnida, comprising the harvest 

 spiders, the book scorpions, etc. 



adelphous, a., ad-Zlf-us (Gr. adel- 

 phos, a brother, a blood relation), 

 related; having an affinity ; in com- 

 position, a union of filaments. 



adesmy, n., a-des'-mi (Gr. a, with- 

 out ; desmos, a bond or ligament), 

 in bot., a break or division in an 

 organ usually entire. 



adherent, a., ad-her'e'nt (L. ad- 

 hwrens, cleaving or sticking to, 

 adhcerentis, gen. from ad, to ; 

 hcereo, I stick), in bot., denot- 

 ing the union of parts that are 

 normally separate, and in differ- 

 ent verticils, as the calyx when 

 united to the ovary : adhesion, 

 n., dd-hezh'un (L. ad, to ; 

 hcesum, to stick), a union of parts 

 of any body by means of cement, 

 glue, growth, etc. ; in surg. t the 

 reunion of parts that have been 

 severed. 



adiantum, n., ad'-i-ant'tim (Gr. 

 adianton, the herb maidenhair 

 from adiantos, not moistened ; so 

 called from the belief that they 

 will remain dry, though plunged 

 among water), maidenhair, an eleg- 

 ant species of ferns with beauti- 

 ful leaves: Adiantum capillus 

 Veneris, kap-il'-lus vZn'-e'r-is (L. 

 capillus, hair ; Venus, goddess of 

 love, vZneris of Venus), systematic 



