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ammonia, of ammonia), a solution 

 of ammoniacal gas in water: 1. cal- 

 cis, kdl'-sis (L. calx, lime ; calds, 

 of lime), lime-water : 1. Cotunnii, 

 ko-tun'ni'i (first described by 

 Cotunnius), a thin, slightly alb- 

 uminous or serous fluid which 

 separates the membranous from 

 the osseous labyrinth in the 

 vestibule and semicircular canals 

 of the internal ear ; the perilymph : 

 1. pericardii, per'-i-kdrd'-l-i (new 

 L. of the pericardium), a serous 

 fluid contained in the pericardium : 

 1. sanguinis, sang'gwm-is (L. 

 sanguis, blood, sangumis, of 

 blood), the liquor of the blood ; 

 the transparent colourless fluid 

 part of the blood, in which the 

 red corpuscles float during life : 

 1. seminis, sem'in-ts (L, semen, 



. seed, seminis, of seed), the trans- 

 parent albuminous fluid contain- 

 ing the seed. 



lirella, n., lir-tl'-la (dim. of L. 

 lira, a ridge of land), in hot., the 

 apothecia of lichens when they 

 are linear, as in Graphidese : lirel- 

 late, a., lir-rel'ldt, like a furrow 

 also lirelliform, a., Mr -Wit- 

 ftirm (L. forma, shape), formed 

 like a furrow. 



Liriodendron, n., lir'-i-0'd%n'dro'n 

 (Gr. leirion, a lily ; dendron, a 

 tree), a genus of trees, Ord. 

 Magnoliacese, whose flowers bear 

 some resemblance to the lily and 

 tulip : Liriodendron tulipifera, 

 tuV-ip-lf-er-a (F. tulipe, a tulip ; 

 Pers. tuliban, a turban ; L. fero, 

 I bear), the tulip tree, marked by 

 its truncate leaves, used as a 

 febrifuge, the wood used in orna- 

 mental and carved work. 



Listera, n., lister -a (after Dr. 

 Lister, an English naturalist), a 

 genus of curious little plants, 

 Ord. Orchidiacese, in which the 

 viscid mass of the rostellum bursts 

 with force, allowing the pollinia 

 to escape. 



lithate, n., lith'-dt (Gr. lithos, a 

 stone), a salt formed by lithic 



acid with a base ; the red or pink, 

 sandy deposit which settles from 

 the urine on cooling, often found 

 in dyspepsia also named 'urate': 

 lithia, n., lith'-i>a, an alkali, 

 allied in its properties to potass, 

 used as a remedy in gout : lithic, 

 a., lith'ik, a term equivalent to 

 uric, which see : lithiasis, n., 

 lith-i'-as-is, gravel or urinary cal- 

 culi, deposits of solid elements in 

 the parts of the urinary apparatus: 

 lithocysts, n. plu., ltth'6-sists 

 (Gr. kustis, a cyst), in zool, the 

 sense organs or marginal bodies 

 of such as the * Lucernarida ' : 

 lithology, n., Wh-M'-ti-ji (Gr. 

 logos, discourse), a treatise on the 

 stones or calculi found in the 

 body : litholysis, n., lith>8l f -is-is 

 (Gr. lusis, a loosening or release), . 

 the treatment for the solution of! 

 the stone in the bladder. 



lithontriptic, n., liiti.$n-trip'-tik 

 (Gr. lithos, a stone ; tribo, I grind i 

 or wear by rubbing), a medicament 

 supposed to act as a solvent ofl 

 urinary calculi in the natural: 

 passages. 



lithotomy, n., Itih-titf&m-t (Gr. 

 lithos, a stone ; to me, a cutting), 

 the operation of cutting into the 

 bladder for the removal of a cal- 

 culus or stone : lithotrity, n. , 

 tith-ftt'ri'ti (L. tritus, bruised or 

 ground), an operation in which 

 the stone is crushed or broken, 

 and removed without cutting. 



litmus, n., Utf-mus (Dut. lakmoes, 

 an infusion of a lake or purple 

 colour), a peculiar blue colouring 

 matter extracted from lichens, 

 the ' Rocella tinctoria, ' ' R. fuci- 

 formis, ' and ' R. hypomecha, ' used 

 as delicate tests for acids and 

 alkalies, turned red by the former, 

 and blue by the latter. 



liver, n., Uv'-er (AS. lifere; Ger. 

 leber, the liver), the largest gland 

 in the body, seated on the right 

 side of the abdomen, below the 

 diaphragm, one of whose func- 

 tions is to secrete bile : liver 



