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under the name of worm seed, are 

 used as anthelmintics and tonics: 

 A. mutellina and spicata, mut- 

 til-lln'-a spik-dt'd (unascertained: 

 L. splcdtus, furnished with a 

 point), plants used in the prep- 

 aration of tincture or distilled 

 spirit, much in use and called in 

 France 'eau'or'cremed'absinthe'(<5 

 krdmddb-sdngt) : A. dracunculus, 

 drd-kung'Jcul-us (L. dracunculus, 

 a small serpent, a dragonet), the 

 plant Tarragon, used in pickles 

 and salads, and in the medication 

 of vinegar : A. abrotanum, db- 

 rdt'dn'Um (L. ahrotonum, Gr. 

 abrottinon, southernwood), the 

 plant southernwood, used on the 

 Continent in the preparation of 

 beer: A. Indica, md'ik-a (L. 

 Indicus, Indian), the plant Sik- 

 kim- worm seed, grows twelve feet 

 high at elevations of from 2000 

 to 6000 feet. 



arteria centralis retinae, drt-er r -i-d 

 sent-rdl f -is ret'in-e (L. arteria, an 

 artery; centrdlis, central; retinae, 

 of the retina from rete, a net), 

 one of the smallest branches of 

 the ophthalmic artery, arising 

 near the optic foramen : arteriae 

 propriaa renales, drt-er'-i-e prop'- 

 ri-e ren-dl'ez (L. arteries, arteries; 

 proprice, proper, plu. ; renales, 

 renal, plu. from renes, the kid- 

 neys), the proper renal arteries 

 which enter the kidney proper in 

 the columns of Bertini : arterise 

 receptaculi, res'-ep'taMul'l (L. 

 arterice, of an artery; receptaculi, 

 receptacles), the receptacles of an 

 artery ; numerous small vessels 

 derived from the internal carotid 

 artery in the cavernous sinus. 



arteriolse rectse, drt-er'i'dl'e rekt'-e 

 (L. arteriolce, small arteries; rectce, 

 straight, plu. ), the straight small 

 or branch arteries ; the second 

 set of arteries which branch off 

 from the 'arterise proprise renales' 

 for the supply of the medullary 

 pyramids, which they enter at 

 their bases. 



arteritis, n.,4rf$r*ife (L. arteria, 

 an artery ; itis, denoting inflam- 

 mation), inflammation of an ar- 

 tery. 



artery, n., drt'Zr-i (L. arteria, an 

 artery from Gr. aer, air, and 

 tereo, I preserve, because believed 

 by the ancients to circulate air), 

 one of the vessels that convey the 

 blood from the heart to all parts 

 of the body, having valves only 

 at their origin : arteriotomy, n. , 

 art'er'-i'dt'-dm-i (Gr. tome, a cut- 

 ting), the opening of an artery for 

 the purpose of drawing blood from 

 it. 



arthritic, a., Ar-tivrtittk (Gr. arth- 

 ron, a joint), pert, to the joints 

 or to the gout : arthritis, n., 

 dr-thrU'is, inflammation of a 

 joint; the goutj a chronic rheum- 

 atic disease. 



arthrodia, n., dr-throcM-ft (Gr. 

 arthron, a joint ; arthrodes, like 

 joints), that kind of joint which 

 admits of a gliding movement, 

 and is formed by the approxima- 

 tion of plane surfaces, or of one 

 surface slightly concave and the 

 other slightly convex ; the three 

 principal forms of articulation 

 are the Diarthrosis or moveable 

 joints, the Synarthrosis or ini- 

 moveable joints, the Ainphi-arth- 

 rosis or mixed joints. 



arthrosterigmata, n. plu., ar'thro- 

 ster'ig f >mat'd (Gr. arthron, a 

 joint; sterigma, a joint), jointed 

 Sterigmata, which see. 



articular, a., drt-ik'-ul-er (L. artic- 

 ulus, a joint), relating to the 

 joints : articulation, n., drt-ik- 

 ul-d'shun, the particular mechan- 

 ism by which the bones are 

 united to each other in the skel- 

 eton : articular surfaces, the 

 peculiar gristly surfaces of bone 

 joints : articularis, a., drt>ik'- 

 ul'dr f -is, relating to joints ; ap- 

 plied to the arteries branching 

 off from the popliteal : Artier 1- 

 ata, n. plu., drt-ik'-ul-at'-c, 

 a division of the Animal king- 



