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specific affection, the result of 

 contagion. 



Syringa, n. , slr-ing'-ga (G. suringx, 

 a pipe), a genus of trees having 

 long straight branches filled with 

 medulla, Ord. Oleacese : Syringa 

 vulgaris, vulg-ar'-is (L. vulgar is, 

 common, vulgar), common lilac, 

 whose bark is used as a febrifuge. 



systole, n., sist'ol-e (Gr. sustole, a 

 drawing together from sun, 

 together ; stello, I send), the con- 

 traction of the heart expelling 

 the blood, and carrying on the 

 circulation ; the contraction of 

 any contractile cavity. 



Tabernsemontana, n . , 

 mtint'dn'd (after Dr. Tabernce- 

 montdnus, a great physician and 

 botanist), a genus of interesting 

 plants, Ord. Apocynacese, bearing 

 sweet-scented flowers : Tabernae- 

 montanus utilis, utttl-fo (L. utilis, 

 profitable), Cow-tree or milk- tree 

 of Demerara, juice used as milk. 



tabes, n., tdb'ez (L. tabes, a wast- 

 ing away), a wasting away 

 gradually of the body, accom- 

 panied by languor and depressed 

 spirits, with no apparent disease 

 of the viscera : tabes mesenterica, 

 mes'en-tZr'-ik-a (Gr. mesZnteridn, 

 the mesentery), a tubercular 

 disease of the mesenteric glands, 

 generally a disease of childhood, 

 characterised by emaciation and 

 loss of appetite, and tenderness 

 and distention of the abdomen. 



tabular, n. plu., t&b'-ul-e (L. 

 tabula, a tablet), horizontal 

 plates or floors found in some 

 corals. 



tsenia, n., tentt-ti, (Gr. tainia, L. 

 tcenia, a ribbon), the intestinal 

 flattened worm, usually called the 

 tape -worm: T&niada, n. plu., 

 ten-i'-ad-a, the division of Scole- 

 cida, comprising the tape-worm : 

 tamioid, a., ten'-i-oyd (Gr. eidos, 

 resemblance), shaped like a 

 ribbon, as in the tape - worm : 

 taenia hippocampi, hip'<p$>kdmp'-i 



(L. hippocampus, a sea-horse 

 from Or. hippos, a horse ; kampto, 

 I bend or curve), the taenia of 

 the hippocampus ; a narrow white 

 band running along the inner 

 edge of the eminence, hippo- 

 campus major, of the lateral 

 ventricles of the brain : t. semi- 

 circularis, s%m f 'i-serk<ul-dr'is (L. 

 semi, half ; circuldris, circular), 

 a narrow flat band lying between 

 the optic thalamus, and the 

 corpus striatum of the brain : 

 t. solii, soV'i'l (L. solmm, a seat), 

 the tape-worm at the seat; a 

 tape-worm of a flat, ribbon-like 

 shape, from 6 to 10 or 20 feet in 

 length, having at a part of thehead 

 a double row of hooks : t. medio- 

 canellata, med't-o-kan'-el'ldt'-a (L. 

 medius, the middle; canellalus, 

 reed-like from canna, a reed), 

 the reed - like tsenia ; the most 

 common tape-worm, exceeds in 

 breadth, etc., the tsenia solii, 

 and has no booklets, but has 

 sucking discs instead : t. echin- 

 ococca, %'kin'6'k6k'-a (Gr. echinos, 

 the hedgehog ; kokkos, a grain or 

 berry), the grain and hedgehog 

 taenia; a small tape- worm, about 

 a quarter of an inch long, so 

 named from its fancied resem- 

 blance to these objects, found in 

 the liver. 



Talauma, n., tal-dwm'a (a native 

 name), a genus of plants, Ord. 

 Magnoliacese, producing beautiful 

 and fragrant flowers : Talauma 

 f ragrantissima, frag' rant is 

 sim-d (L. fragrans, sweet- 

 scented), a species which supplies 

 the organ-nut of Brazil. 



Taliacotian operation, tal'i>a-kd'- 

 shi-dn, the operation of forming 

 a new nose, first performed by 

 Taliacotius, a celebrated Chinese 

 surgeon, who flourished about the 

 beginning of the Christian era. 



talo-scaphoid, tal'-d-skaf.dyd (L. 

 talus, the ankle - bone, and 

 scaphoid), a membranous band of 

 fibres, situated on the dorsuin of 



