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aspect towards the side where the 

 radius is placed: radialis indicia, 

 rdd'4'dl-te in'-dis-is (L. radmlis, 

 radial ; index, the forefinger, m- 

 dicis, of the forefinger), the radial 

 artery of the forefinger of the 

 hand, runs along the radial side 

 of the index finger : radiant, a. , 

 rdd'-i-ant, in lot., having flowers 

 which form a ray -like appearance, 

 as in Umbelliferse, and Viburn- 

 um. 



BafflesiaceaB, n. plu., 

 s$-e (after Sir Stamford Baffles), 

 an Order of singular flowering 

 Fungi: Kafflesia, n., raf-flezli'4-a, 

 a genus of gigantic parasites, the 

 perianth being sometimes three 

 feet in diameter, and capable of 

 holding twelve pints of fluid : 

 Raffiesia patma, patf-ma (un- 

 ascertained), a species em- 

 ployed in Java as an astringent 

 and styptic : R. Arnold!, dr> 

 nold'-l (alter Arnold, a botanist), 

 a species weighing sometimes 

 more than 14 Ibs., parasitic on 

 Cissus Augustifolia. 



rale, n. , rdl (F. rale, a rattling in 

 the throat), every kind of noise 

 attending the breathing in the 

 bronchia and vesicles of the lungs 

 different from the sound of the 

 breathing in health ; also called 

 ' rhonchus. ' 



ramal, a., rdm f >al (L. ramus, a 

 branch), in lot., belonging to 

 branches ; growing on a branch 

 or originating on it. 



ramenta, n., ram-Zntf-a (L. ram- 

 enta, scrapings, shavings), in bot. , 

 the thin, brown, leafy scales with 

 which the stems of some plants, 

 especially ferns, are covered : 

 ramentaceous, a., ram'-ent-af- 

 shus, covered with ramenta or 

 scales. 



ramification, n., ram'-i-fiTc'd'shun 

 (L. ramus, a branch ; fado, I 

 make), in bot. , the subdivisions of 

 roots or branches ; the manner 

 in which a tree produces its 

 branches j in anat., the issuing 



or spreading of small vessels fron 

 a large one. 



ramollissement, n., ram''0l>l\ 

 ment (F. ramolUr, to soften ; L. 

 mollio, I soften), in anaL, a dis- 

 eased condition of a part of the 

 body in which it becomes softer 

 than natural, usually limited in 

 its application to the nervous 

 system. 



ramose, a., rdm-oz', or ramous, a., 

 rdm'us (L. ramus, a branch), in 

 bot. , producing branches ; very 

 much branched: ramus, n., rdm'- 

 us, in anat., each half or branch 

 of the lower jaw or mandible oi 

 vertebrates, of a quadrilateral 

 form ; the thin, flattened part of 

 the ischium : rami, n. plu., 

 rdm''i, the two parts into which 

 the pubes is divisible, namely, a 

 horizontal and a perpendicular 

 ramus : ramulus, n., ram'ul-us, 

 a small branch : ramulous, a., 

 rdmf-ul'US, having many small 

 branches. 



ranine, a., rdn'in (L. rdna, a 

 frog), a continuation of the ling- 

 ual artery which runs along the 

 under surface of the tongue: 

 ranula, n., rdn'-ul-a (L. rdnulus, 

 a little tongue), a tumour situated 

 below the tongue, of a bluish 

 colour, and cystic. 



Ranunculacese, n. plu., rdn-Ung' 

 kul'a'-s&'e (L. ranunculus, a little 

 frog from rdna, a frog), the 

 Crowfoot family, an Order of 

 plants having narcotico - acrid 

 properties, and usually more or 

 less poisonous : Ranunculese, n. 

 plu., ran'-ung'Tcul'-e-e, a tribe or 

 Sub-order of plants : Ranuncul- 

 us, n., ran-ung'kul'US, an extens- 

 ive genus of plants, so named as 

 found in moist places frequented 

 by frogs: Ranunculus sceleratus, 

 stl'-Zr-dt'-us (L. sceleratus, pollut- 

 ed); R. Alpestris, alp-estfris, 

 (new L. Alp'estris, of or from the 

 Alps)-, R. bulbosus, bulb-oz^us 

 (L. bulbosus, bulbous from 

 bulbus, a bulb); R. gramineus, 



