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septate, -s&pt'dt (L. septum, a 

 hedge), having many septa. 



pluteus, n., plot'&'US (L. pluteus, 

 a pent-house, a shed), the larval 

 form of the Echinoidea. 



pneumatic, a., nu-mat'-ik (Gr. 

 pneuma, air), pert, to air, or air- 

 breathing organs ; filled with 

 air: pneumatica, n., nu-mat f -ika, 

 a diseased state of the respiratory 

 functions ; an agent that acts on 

 them : pneumatics, n. plu. , nu- 

 mat'-iks, the science which treats 

 of the mechanical properties of 

 air, and of similar elastic fluids : 

 pneumatocele, n., nu-mat'-d-sel 

 (Gr. kele, a tumour), a tumour or 

 distension filled with air : pneu- 

 matocyst, n., nu-mat'6-sist (Gr. 

 kustis, a cyst), the air-sac or float 

 of certain of the Ocean Hydrozoa : 

 pneumatophore, n., nu-mat'd- 

 for (Gr. phore'd, I bear), the 

 proximal dilatation of the coeno- 

 sarc in the Physophoridse which 

 surrounds the pneumatocyst. 



pneumatosis, n., nu'mat-oz'is (Gr. 

 pneuma, air, breath, pneumatds, 

 of air), in med., a windy swelling. 



pneumogastric, a., nyf-mo-gast'-rik 

 (Gr. pneumon, the lungs; gaster, 

 the belly), of or pert, to the 

 lungs and stomach ; denoting 

 the principal nerve of the 

 stomach, which extends over the 

 viscera of the chest and abdomen, 

 and regulates the functions of 

 respiration and digestion ; also 

 called 'vagus' from its wide 

 distribution. 



pneumonia, n., nu-mon'-i-a, also 

 pneumonitis, n. , nil'-mon-it'-is 

 (Gr. pneumon, the lungs), in- 

 flammation of the lungs : pneu- 

 monic, a., nu-m6n r 'ik, pert, to the 

 lungs ; pulmonic : n. , a medicine 

 for affections of the lungs. 



pneumo-skeleton, n., nu'mo-skel' 

 H-ftn (Gr. pneumon, the lungs ; 

 Eng. skeleton], the hard structures 

 connected with the breathing 

 organs of certain animals, as the 

 shell of Molluscs. 



pneumothorax, n., nu'mo-thdrl 

 aks (Gr. pneumon, the lungs ; . 

 thorax, the trunk of the body), a 

 condition in which there is air in 

 the cavity of the pleura, produc- 

 ing collapse of the lungs, in 

 which state the patient is unable 

 to use the lung on the affected . 

 side. 



poculiform, a. , polc-uV-i-form (L. 

 poculum, a cup ; forma, shape), 

 in hot., cup-shaped. 



podagra, n., p8d'-ag-ra (L. and 1 

 Gr. podagra, gout in the feet 

 from pous, a foot, podes, feet ; 

 agra, a seizing), gout in the 

 feet: podagric, a., pod-tig' rik, 

 pert, to the gout ; gouty. 



podetium, n., p8d-e'shi-um, pod- 

 etia, n. plu., pod-e'shi-a (Gr. 

 pous, a foot, podes, feet), in bot., . 

 a stalk-like elevation, simple or 1 

 branched, rising from the thallus 

 in some lichens : podetiiform, a. , 

 pdd-esh'i'i'fdrm (L.forma, shape), , 

 resembling a podetium. 



podocarp, n., pdd'o-Mrp (Gr. . 

 pous, a foot, podos, of a foot ; . 

 kdrpos, fruit), in bot., a stalk 

 supporting the fruit: Podocarpus, 

 n., pdd'o-kdrp'us, a genus of! 

 plants, Ord. Conifers : Podo- 

 carpus totarra, tot-ar'ra (New 

 Zealand name), a species which 

 supplies good timber in New 

 Zealand. 



podogynium, n., pdd'o-jin^-um 

 (Gr. pous, a foot, podos, of a 

 foot ; gune, a female), in bot. , a 

 fleshy and solid projection serving 

 to support the ovary. 



podophyllum, n., pod'-d-flV-lum 

 (Gr. pous, a foot, podos, of a 

 foot ; phullon, a leaf), the Duck's 

 Foot, a genus of plants, Ord. 

 Eanunculaceae : Podophyllum 

 peltatum, pelt-at-um (L. peltdtus, 

 armed with a small half-moon- 

 shaped shield from pelta, a 

 shield), the May Apple, employed 

 in America as a purgative and 

 cathartic : P. emodi, em'-od-l (a 

 probable native name), an Indian 



