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"YiMik (Gr. pathos, feeling, 

 suffering ; gnomon, one that 

 knows), designating a character- 

 istic symptom of a disease ; dis- 

 tinctive : pathognomy, n., path- 

 og'-ndm-i, the science of the signs 

 by which the passions are in- 

 dicated. 



pathology, n., path-Si' o-ji (Gr. 

 (pathos, suffering ; logos, dis- 

 course), that part of medicine 

 which treats of the nature of dis- 

 eases, and their causes and symp- 

 toms : vegetable pathology, in 

 bot. , the study of the functions of 

 plants when vitiated by disease. 



patulous, Si^pdt'-nl'US (L. patulus, 

 standing open from pateo, I lie 

 open), in bot. 9 slightly spreading 

 open. 



Paullinia, n., pa/wl-in'i-a (after 

 S. Paulll of Copenhagen), a 

 genus of plants, Ord. Sapindacese, 

 many of whose species are poison- 

 ous : Paullinia sorbilis, sdrb'-il-is 

 (L. sorbilis, that may be sucked 

 or supped up from sorb$d, I 

 suck up), a species from whose 

 seeds Guarana bread, or Brazilian 

 cocoa, is prepared : P. pinnata, 

 pin>nat''(i (L, pinnatus, winged, 

 feathered from pinna, a feather), 

 a species which exhibits anomal- 

 ous exogenous stems. 



paunch, n., pdwnsh (F. pause, L. 

 pantex, the paunch, the belly), 

 the belly and its contents ; the 

 largest stomach of a ruminant. 



pectic, a., peM-ik (Gr. pektos, 

 coagulated, curdled), denoting 

 an acid obtained by a small 

 addition of potash to pectine, 

 existing in many vegetable sub- 

 stances : pectate, n., pekt'at, a 

 salt of pectic acid : pectine, n,, 

 p'ekt'-m, the gelatinising principle 

 of fruits and vegetables. 



pectinate, a., peWm-at (L. pecten, 

 a comb, pectmis, of a comb), 

 comb-like, applied to the gills of 

 certain Gasteropods ; in bot., 

 divided into narrow segments 

 like the teeth of a comb. 



pectineus, n., ptkt'-m-e'-us (L. 

 pecten, a comb or crest, pectmis> 

 of a comb), a flat, quadrangular 

 muscle, arising from the pectineal 

 line of the os pubis : pectineal, 

 a,., pZU'-m-e'-al, or ptikt-inty-al, of 

 or pert, to the pectineus : pect- 

 ineal line, a line forming a sharp 

 ridge on the pubic bone of the 

 pelvis. 



pectoral, a., pekt'-dr-al (L. pectus, 

 a breast, pectorls, of a breast), 

 connected with or placed upon 

 the chest ; good for the chest or 

 lungs : n., a medicine to relieve 

 complaints of the chest : pectoral 

 fins, the two fore fins near the 

 gills of a fish : pectoralis major, 

 pekt'-8r>al r 'is mddj'or (L. major, 

 greater), a broad, thick, triangular 

 muscle, situated at the upper and 

 fore part of the chest,, in front 

 of the axilla : pectoralis minor, 

 mln'tir (L. minor, less), a thin, 

 flat, triangular muscle, situated 

 at the upper part of the thorax, 

 beneath the pectoralis major. 



pectoriloquy, n,, pZkt'-or-il'd'kwt 

 (L. pectus, the breast, pectftris, of 

 the breast ; loqul, to speak), the 

 apparent issuing of the voice from 

 that part of the chest to which 

 the ear or stethoscope is applied. 



pectosic, a., pekt-ozf-ik, another 

 name for ' pectic, ' which see. 



pectus, n., peM-us (L. pectus, a 

 breast), the breast ; the thorax 

 or chest, 



pedal, a,, pM'al (L. peddlis, of or 

 belonging to a foot from pes, a 

 foot), connected with the foot. 



pedate, a., pZd'at (L. pedatus, 

 footed from pedes, feet), in 

 bot., having divisions like the 

 feet ; ho.ving a palmate leaf of 

 three lobes, the lateral lobes 

 bearing other equally large lobes 

 on the edges next the middle 

 lobe: pedatifid, a., pU-dtf-i-fid 

 (L. findo, I divide), in bot. t 

 applied to a leaf whose parts are 

 not entirely separate, but divided 

 as a pedate one ; having the 



