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PUN 



at maturity; in lot., covered 

 with soft hair or down. 



NOTE. Although pubes is the correct 

 Latin nominative, and pubis the genit- 

 ive, late Latin authors have written 

 pubis for pubes, and accordingly we now 

 find both pubes and pubis used in the 

 nominative, and pubis the genitive. 



pubo-, pub'-d (L. pubes, the signs 

 of manhood, the privy parts), of 

 or connected with the pubis os or 

 share-bone : pubo-femoral, f&ml 

 tir-al, applied to a ligament 

 which enters into the formation 

 of the capsule of the hip joint : 

 pubo - prostatic, prd'Stat'-ik, ap- 

 plied to the anterior ligaments of 

 the bladder. 



pudendum, n., pud-end'um, pud- 

 enda, n. plu., pud'Znd'a (L. 

 pudendus, of which one ought to 

 feel ashamed frompudeo, I am 

 ashamed), the external organs or 

 parts of generation ; the labia 

 majora ; the vulva : pudendal, 

 a., pud'$nd'al, applied to a 

 branch of the small sciatic nerve ; 

 pert, to the pudenda. 



pudic, a., pud'-ik (L. pudlcus, 

 shamefaced, modest), pert, to 

 the pudenda or private parts ; 

 applied to arteries, nerves, and 

 veins connected with the gener- 

 ative organs. 



puerperal, a., pu-er f >p%r-al (L. 

 puerpera, a woman in child-bed 

 from puer, a child ; parw, I 

 bring forth), relating to or 

 following child-birth ; applied to 

 a fever coming after child-birth. 



pulex irritans, pul f -%ks ir-lt'-am 

 (L. pulex, a flea, pullcis, of a 

 flea ; irritans, exciting, inflam- 

 ing), the common flea, a torment 

 common to men and animals : 

 PulicidsB, n. iplu., pul-ts'id-e, the 

 genus or group of insects which 

 comprises the fleas. 



Pulmo-gasteropoda, pul'-mo-gasi'- 

 Zr'dp'dd'O, (L. pulmo, a lung, 

 pulmonis, of a lung ; Gr. gaster, 

 the stomach ; Gr. pous, a foot, 

 podos, of a foot), in zool., a 



division of the Mollusca, com- 

 prising those creatures which 

 breathe air directly by means of a 

 pulmonary sac or chamber ; also 

 called Pulmonifera, pW!m8n4f* 

 %r-a (L. fero, I bear) : Pulmon- 

 aria, n. plu., pul'mon-dr'-i'd, a 

 division of Arachnida which 

 breathe by means of pulmonary 

 sacs : pulmonate, a., pul'mon^df, 

 possessing lungs : pulmograde, 

 a., pul f -mo-grdd (L. gradi, to 

 walk), having a lung-like move- 

 ment ; moving by the alternate 

 expansion and contraction of the 

 body, especially of the disc, as in 

 the case of the Medusae : pulmon- 

 ary, a., pul'-mftn-ar'i, pert, to or 

 affecting the lungs. 



pulsation, n., puts -of- shun (L, 

 pulsattim, to beat, to strike ; 

 pulsus, a beating), the beating or 

 throbbing of the heart, or of an 

 artery ; vibration : pulse, n., 

 puls, the beating or throbbing 

 of an artery, perceptible to the 

 touch, and caused by the action 

 of the heart. 



pulverulent, a., pul-v$r<ul-Znt 

 (L. pulvZrulentus, full of dust 

 from pulvis, dust), also pul- 

 veracious, a., pul'-vgr-d'shus (L. 

 pulvZreus, full of dust), and pul- 

 verous, a., p&l'v&r-fy, in bot., 

 covered with dust or fine powdery 

 matter ; powdery. 



pulvinate, a., pul'-vin-dt (L. 

 pulvlndtus, cushion-shaped from 

 pulvlnus, a cushion), in bot., 

 shaped like a cushion or pillow : 

 pulvinuli, n. plu., pul-wn'-ul'l, 

 excrescences on the surface of the 

 thallus of certain Lichens : pul- 

 vinus, n., pul-vin'us, in bot., a 

 cellular swelling at the point 

 where the leaf-stalk joins the 

 axis ; a sort of cushion at the 

 base of some leaves : pulvinar, 

 n., pul-vm'ar, in anat., a 

 cushion-like prominence on each 

 * thalamus opticus ' of the brain. 



puncta vasculosa, plu., pungk'-tci 

 vask'-ul>6z r -a,&]Q puncta cruenta, 



