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matter from a sore), a small 

 elevation of the skin or cuticle 

 containing pus : pustular, a., 

 pust'ul-dr, covered with or re- 

 sembling pustules : pustula mal- 

 igna, pust'ul-a mdl-ig'nd (L. 

 mdlignus, of an evil nature), 

 anthrax or carbuncular fever. 



putamen, n., put-dm'en (L. put- 

 amen, a pod or shell), in bot., 

 the hard endocarp, or bony stone, 

 of some fruits, as the peach. 



putrid, a., put' rid (L. putridus, 

 decayed from putris, rotten), 

 rotten ; corrupt : putrid fever, 

 formerly applied to typhus fever, 

 but now used to designate any very 

 bad form of scarlet or typhus 

 fever, or small-pox. 



pyaemia, n., pi-em' i- a (Gr. puon, 

 pus ; haima, blood), a disease 

 supposed to be due to the intro- 

 duction of pus into the blood, or 

 of some morbid poison is often 

 accompanied with inflammation 

 of one or more veins, and the 

 formation of abscesses in other 

 parts of the body than those 

 originally affected ; blood poison- 

 ing. 



pycnide, n. , pik'md-e (Gr. puknos, 

 dense), a wart-like, minute, cel- 

 lular, reproductive body in the 

 thallus of Lichens : pycnidia, n. 

 plu., pik-nid f -i-d, cysts containing 

 stylospores, found in Lichens and 

 Fungi. 



pyelitis, n. , pl'-til-U'fa (Gr. puelos, 

 a basin, a trough), a disease of 

 the kidney, in which pus is 

 formed in that organ, or in the 

 ureter. 



pylorus, n., pil-dr'us(Gi\ puloros, 

 a gate-keeper from pule, a gate), 

 the lower and right hand orifice 

 of the stomach leading to the 

 intestines: pyloric, a., pil-or'-ik, 

 pert, to the pylorus. 



pyramid, n., pir'dm-id (L. pyr- 

 dmis, a pyramid, pyramidis, of 

 a pyramid of Egyptian origin), 

 a conical and laminated projection 

 on the under surface of the cereb- 



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ellum ; a small conical eminence 

 on the posterior wall of the 

 tympanum : pyramidalis abdom- 

 inis, pir'dm-id-dl'-is db-ddm'-in-is 

 (L. the pyramidal of the abdom- 

 en), a muscle arising from the 

 pubes, which assists the lower 

 part of the rectus : pyramidalis 

 nasi, ndz'-i (L. ndsus, the nose, 

 ndsi, of the nose), a muscle of 

 the nose ; also applied to the 

 conoidal division of the kidney, 

 seen in the section of that organ. 



pyrena, n., pir-en'd, pyrenae, n. 

 plu., pir-en'-e (Gr. piiren, the 

 kernel or stone of fruit), in bot. t 

 stony coverings of the seeds, as 

 in the medlar ; the putamen : 

 pyrenous, a., pir-en'us, full of 

 fruit stones. 



pyrenocarpous, a., pir-en'-d-Mrp'* 

 us (Gr. puren, the stone of fruit ; 

 karpos, fruit), having fructifica- 

 tion, like certain Lichens. 



Pyrethrum, n., pir-eth'-rtim (L. 

 pyrethrum, Spanish chamomile ; 

 Gr. pur, fire), a genus of plants, 

 Ord. Composite, Sub-ord. Corym- 

 biferse ; the pellitory of Spain, 

 whose roots, hot to the taste, are 

 used in medicine : Pyrethrum 

 parthenium, pdrth-en'i-um (Gr. 

 parthenos, a virgin), common 

 feverfew, is aromatic and stimul- 

 ant. 



pyrexia, n., pir-eks'i-a, pyrexiaa, 

 n. plu., pir-^ks'-i-e (Gr. puretos, 

 a fever from pur, fire), fever, or 

 the febrile condition ; febrile 

 diseases. 



pyriformis, a., pir<i-fdrm'-is (L. 

 pyrum, a pear ; forma, shape), 

 pear-shaped ; applied to a muscle 

 which moves the thigh, taking 

 its rise from the hollow of the 

 sacrum, it is inserted into the 

 cavity at the root of the trochanter 

 major: pyriform, a., pir'i-fdrm, 

 having the shape of a pear : 

 pyridium, n., pir-id'i-um, a 

 synonym of 'pome.' 



pyroligneous, a., pir'o-liy'-ne-us 

 (Gr. pur, fire, puros, of fire ; L. 



