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perg'dnz (L. purgans, clearing 

 or cleaning out), and B. cathart- 

 icus, kath'drtf'ik-us (Gr. kath- 

 airo, I clean or purge), grasses 

 which have purgative properties. 



bronchus, n., brdngk'-us, bronchi, 

 plu., brftngk'-i', also bronchia, n., 

 ortingk'i'd, bronchise, plu., -i-e 

 (Gr. brongchos, the windpipe), the 

 two tubes that branch oft from the 

 bottom of the trachea or wind- 

 pipe, by which the air is con- 

 veyed to the lungs : bronchial, a., 

 brdngk'i-al, pert, to the bronchi: 

 bronchiole,, n., brdngF-i-ol, a 

 small bronchial tube : bronchitis, 

 n., brongk'itf-is, the inflamma- 

 tion of the lining membranes 

 of the bronchial tubes : bronchio- 

 cele, n., brongkti-d'Sel (Gr. kele, 

 a tumour), an enlargement of the 

 thyroid glands, known in Alpine 

 regions as goitre, and in England 

 as Derbyshire neck : bronchot- 

 omy, n., brongk-dt'om-i (Gr. 

 tome, a cutting), the operation of 

 making an opening into the air 

 passages ; when the larynx is 

 cut, the operation is termed 

 ' laryngotomy, ' and when the 

 trachea, 'tracheotomy:' bronch- 

 ial breathing, a term applied to 

 the sound, resembling that pro- 

 duced by blowing, through tubes, 

 which replaces the normal, vesic- 

 ular, respiratory murmur, when 

 the ear is applied over a solidified 

 portion ot lung : broncophony, 

 n., brftngk'ftf'On-i (Gr. phone, 

 sound), the peculiarly distant 

 resonance of the voice heard in 

 similar circumstances to preced- 

 ing ; the muffled and indistinct 

 speech of any one labouring under 

 a bronchial affection. 



Brosimum, n., broz'im-um (Gr. 

 brosimos, eatable, nutritious in 

 allusion to their eatable fruit), a 

 genus of plants, Ord. Moracese : 

 Brosimum utile, ut'-il-e (L. utile, 

 profitable), the cow tree, whose 

 juice can be employed as a substi- 

 tute for milk: B..aubletii, a/fob.- 



lesh't'i; the snake-wood or letter- 

 wood of Demerara: B.alicastrum, 

 al f -ik'astf-rum,& tree which yields 

 bread-nuts, nutritious and- agree- 

 able when boiled or roasted. 



Broussonetia, n., brds'-on-esh'-i-cl 

 (after Broussonet, a French 

 naturalist), a genus of ornamental 

 and fast-growing trees, Ord. 

 Moracese: Broussonetia papyrif- 

 era, . p&p'ir $?&& (L. papyrus, 

 the paper reed ; fero, I bear), the 

 paper mulberry ; the outer bark is 

 used in China and Japan in the 

 manufacture of a kind of paper, 

 the juice as a glue in gilding 

 leather and paper, and the bark 

 produces a fine white cloth. 



bruit, n., brd'i (F. bruit, noise, 

 din), applied to various sounds 

 heard in auscultation in disease 

 of the thorax or its organs. 



Bruniaceae, n. plu., br6n f -i-a'se>e 

 (after Brun the traveller), the 

 Brunia family, an Ord. of plants. 



Brunoniaceae, n. plu., brdn-dn'-i-d'- 

 s&e (after Dr. Robert Brown), 

 the Brunonia family, an Order of 

 plants. 



bruta, n., brdt'-a (L. brutus,. dull, 

 stupid), used to designate the 

 mammalian order of the Edentata. 



Bryaceaa, n. plu., bri-a'se-e (Gr. 

 bruon, moss, seaweed from bruo, 

 I bud or sprout), another name for 

 theMusciorMoss family, so called 

 because the germination of the 

 seed commences on the plant ; 

 flowerless plants known as ' urn 

 mosses.' 



bryology, n., bri'til'-ti-ji (Gr. bruon, 

 moss ; logos, discourse), the study 

 of the division of mosses ; same 

 as ' muscology. ' 



Bryonia, n.,brl-dn^i'd(L. bryonia, 

 Gr. bruon, bryonia, a kind of 

 herb from Gr. bruo, I abound, I 

 bud, so named from its abun- 

 dance),, a genus of plants, Ord. 

 Cucurbitacese : Bryonia alba, 

 alb'-a (L. albus, white), a plant, a 

 powerful purgative, used in medic- 

 ine ; also B. dioica, di-dyV>& 



