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so named as first found near the 

 nitre works of Siberia : Nitraria 

 tridentata, trid'ent-dt'a (L. trid- 

 ens, having three teeth or tines), 

 a species found in the desert of 

 Soussa near Tunis, is said to be 

 the true Lotus- tree of the anc.. 

 Lotophagi. 



nitre, n., mt'-er (L. nitrum, Gr. 

 nitron, F. nitre, a mineral alkali)^ 

 saltpetre or nitrate of potash, a 

 crystalline substance having the 

 appearance of salt, used extens- 

 ively in the manufacture of gun- 

 powder : nitrate, n.,. nit' rat, a 

 salt formed by the union of 

 nitric acid with a base, as nitrate 

 of soda : nitrite, n., mt f -rlt, 

 salt 



having knots or swollen 

 joints: nodosity, n., ndd-tis'i-ti, 

 a knot of wood in the bark of 

 certain trees formed of concentric 

 layers ; in surg. t a calcareous 

 concretion found in joints in 

 gout, etc. 



nodule, n., nod r >ul (L. nodulus, a 

 little knot), in anat., the anterior 

 pointed termination of the infer- 

 ior vermiform process which 

 projects into the fourth ventricle 

 of the cerebellum ; in bot., any 

 knot-like body ;. in geol., any 

 irregular concretion of rock- 

 matter collected around some 

 central nucleus: nodulose, a., 

 nftd'-ul'dz' ', in bot., applied to roots 

 having thickened knots at inter- 

 vals. 



noli-me-tangere, ndl'i-me-tanj' 

 er-'e (L. noli, do not wish ; me, 

 me ; tang ere, to touch), do not 

 touch me ;. the deeply-ulcerating 

 lupus. 



noma, n. ,, nomf-a (Or. nome, corro- 

 sion from nemo, I corrode), a 

 gangrenous form of stomatitis ; 

 may also affect the labia pudenda, 

 resembling gangrene of the 

 mouth: nomae, n. plu., nomf-e, 

 eating, corroding, or cancerous 

 sores. 



non compos mentis,, non komp'os 

 ment'-is (L. non, not; compos, able, 

 possessed of ; mens, mind, mentis, 

 of mind), not sound of mind ; not 

 in his right senses ; incapable of 

 conducting their own affairs owing 

 to a morbid condition of intellect. 



norma verticalis, norm'd vert'-ik- 

 dV-is (L. norma, a rule ; vertical- 

 is, vertical from vertex, the 

 top or crown of the head), the 

 examination of skulls by looking 

 perpendicularly down upon them 

 as a method of comparing skulls 

 of different races. 



normal, a. , norm'-al (L. normdlis, 

 according to rule from norma, 

 a rule), conforming to the usual 

 standard ; adhering to the ordin- 

 ary structure. 



