THE STUDENT'S MANUAL 



SCIENTIFIC TERMS. 



ABA 



abaxial, a., ab-alcs'i-al (ab, from, 

 and axial), not in the axis ; in bot. , 

 applied to the embryo which is 

 out of the axis of the seed : abaxile, 

 a., db'dks'tt, in same sense. 



abbreviated, a., db-brev't-dt-Zd, 

 also abbreviate, a., ab-brev'i-dt 

 (L. ab, from; brevis, short), in bot., 

 applied to one part when shorter 

 than another. 



abdomen, n. , ab-ddm'$n(L. abdom- 

 en, the belly from abdo, I con- 

 ceal), the lower belly : abdom- 

 inal, a., ab-dom'm-al, belonging 

 to the lower belly. 



bbdticent, a., db-dus'ent (L. ab- 

 ducens, leading away or from), 

 separating ; drawing back : ab- 

 ducens, n. , db-dus'enz (L. ), applied 

 to the sixth cranial nerve, which, 

 distributed to the external rectus 

 muscle, turns the eyeball out- 

 wards ; hence it is called the ab- 

 ducens oculi, 61c f -ul-l (L. oculi, of 

 the eye). 



abduction, n., ab-duk'-shun (L. ab, 

 from; duco, I lead, ductus, led), 

 the act of drawing away from ; 

 the movement of a limb from 

 the median line that is, the 

 middle line of the body ; see 

 ' median line. ' 



abductor, n., tib-dtikt&r (L. ab- 

 ductor, that which draws out- 



ABE 



wards), a muscle that draws a 

 limb or part outwards : abductor 

 indicia manus, m'-dis-is mdn'-us 

 (L. index, an index, indicis, of 

 the index ; and manus, the hand, 

 manus, of the hand), the muscle 

 that puts outwards the index 

 finger of the hand : abductor min- 

 imi digiti, mtn'-lm-i didf-tt-l (L. 

 minimus, the least; digitus, the 

 finger), the abductor of the least 

 finger ; the muscle that draws away 

 the little finger from the ring 

 finger : abductor minimi digiti 

 pe3i8,ped'-is (L. pes, a foot, pedis, 

 of a foot), the abductor of the least 

 finger of the foot ; the muscle that 

 draws the little toe away from its 

 neighbour: abductor oculi, 8-ul-l 

 (L. oculus, the eye, oculi, of the 

 eye), the muscle that extends or 

 expands the eye: abductor pollicis 

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

 lex, the thumb, pollicis, of the 

 thumb ; manus, the hand, manus, 

 of the hand), the muscle that draws 

 outwards the thumb of the hand : 

 abductor pollicis pedis, p%d f 4s (L. 

 pes, a foot, p$dis, of a foot), the 

 muscle that extends the thumb 

 or great toe of the foot. 

 aberrant, a., db-er^dnt (L. ab, 

 from ; errans, wandering, gen. 

 errantis), departing from the reg- 



