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de, down ; odorans, giving a 

 smell to from odor, a smell, good 

 or bad), a substance which puri- 

 fies the air and removes noxious 

 vapours or gases which may be 

 injurious to human life: deod- 

 orise, v., de-od'dr-iz, to dis- 

 infect : deodorisation, n., de-8d'- 

 dr-lz-d'shun, the art or act of 

 depriving of odour or smell. 



depilation, n., dep'-il-d'-shun (L. 

 depildtum, to pull out the hair 

 from de, down ; pilus, a hair), 

 loss of hair, naturally or by art : 

 depilatory, a., de-pil'at-dr-i, 

 having the quality or power of 

 removing hair : n. , any ointment 

 or lotion to take off hair without 

 injuring the skin. 



deplanate, a., d$p*ldn'&t (L. de, 

 down ; pldndtum, to make level), 

 in bot., flattened. 



deplete, v., de-plet' (L. depletum, 

 to empty out from de, down ; 

 pleo, I fill), to reduce in quantity 

 by taking away : depletion, n., 

 de-pie' shtin, the act of emptying ; 

 the act diminishing the quantity : 

 depletives, n. plu., de-pletf-ivs, 

 substances calculated to diminish 

 fulness of habit. 



depressed, a., de-prZst' (L. depres- 

 sum, to press or weigh down 

 from de, down ; pressum, to 

 press), in bot. , applied to a solid 

 organ having the appearance of 

 being flattened from above down- 

 wards : depression, n., dZ-presh'- 

 tin, a hollow ; the hollow formed 

 by the fractured portion of the 

 cranial bone. 



depressor, n., d$-pres'sor (L. de- 

 pressum, to press or weigh down), 

 applied to certain muscles which 

 draw down the parts on which 

 they act : depressor alse nasi, 

 de-pres'sor al'e ndz'i (L. depres- 

 sor, that which depresses : dla, a 

 wing, alee, of a wing ; ndsus, the 

 no^e, ndsi, of the nose), a short 

 radiated muscle whose fibres are 

 inserted into the septum and back 

 part of the ala of the nose : 



depressor anguli oris, ang'gul>i 

 6r f -is (L. angulus, an angle, an- 

 guli, of an angle ; os, the mouth, 

 oris, of the mouth), a triangular 

 muscle arising from its broad 

 base from the external oblique 

 line of the lower jaw, and passing 

 upwards into the angle of the 

 mouth. 



depurant, n., d&p'ur-dnt (L. de- 

 purans, purifying or cleansing 

 from de, down ; purus, clean, 

 pure), a medicine supposed to be 

 capable of purifying the blood : 

 depuration, n., dep'ur-d'shun, 

 the act or process of freeing from 

 impurities ; the cleansing of a 

 wound. 



derma, n., derm'a (Gr. derma, a 

 skin, dermatos, of a skin), the 

 true skin; see 'cutis vera' : dermal, 

 a., derm'al, belonging to or con- 

 sisting of the true skin : dermat- 

 oid, a., derm'at-oyd (Gr. eidos, 

 resemblance), resembling the 

 skin : dermatitis, n., derm'-at-U'- 

 is, inflammation of the skin : 

 dermatogen, n., derm-at'ti-jgn 

 (Gr. gennao, I beget, I produce), 

 the outermost layer or covering 

 of the skin in plants which be- 

 comes the epidermis. 



Dermatodectes, n. plu., derm'at- 

 o-dek'-tez (Gr. derma, skin, der- 

 matos, of a skin; deletes, a biter), 

 a genus of parasites of the horse, 

 ox, and sheep, so called because 

 they simply bite and hold on to 

 the skin. 



dermoid, a., derm'oyd (Gr. derma, 

 skin; eidos, resemblance), resem- 

 bling skin ; dermatoid : dermoid 

 papilla, pap-il'-la (L. papilla, a 

 nipple), in surg., a small emin- 

 ence, covered with a skin-like 

 substance. 



dermosclerites, n. plu., derm- 8s' 

 kl&T'tt'-ez (Gr. derma, skin ; 

 skier os, hard), masses of spicules 

 found in the tissues of some of 

 the Alcyonidse. 



dermo-skeleton, n., derm'-o-ske'l' 

 et-dn (Gr. derma, skin ; Eng. 



