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in a marked degree the charac- 

 teristics of the order. 



Typha, n., tlf-a (Gr. tiphtis, a 

 marsh, a fen), a genus of plants, 

 Ord. Araceae, so named from j 

 their habitat : Typha latifolia, j 

 lat'-t-fol'-t'ti (L. Idtus, broad ;fdl- 

 lum, a leaf), the Great Reed Mace, 

 the pollen of which is so abun- 

 dant and easily collected and 

 inflammable, that it is used as 

 Lycopodium spores : T. Shuttle - 

 worthii, 8htitt<werth'-i-i (after 

 Shuttleworth, a botanist), the 

 rhizomes of the species are used 

 for food by certain natives of 

 Australia : T. latifolia, and T. 

 angustifolia, ang-gust'-i-fol'-i-a 

 (L. angustus, narrow ; fdlmm, a 

 leaf), species whose young shoots 

 are eaten like asparagus by the 

 Cossacks ; and the large, fleshy 

 rhizomes are eaten by the Cal- 

 mucks. 



typhlitis, n., ftf-lit'-is (Gr. tuphlds, 

 blind), inflammation of the 

 caecum. 



typhoid, a., tlf-oyd (Gr. tuplios, 

 smoke or stupor ; eidos, resem- 

 blance), applied to a form of con- 

 tinued fever, the causal germs of 

 which are never found apart from 

 the products of faecal fermentation 

 characterised by an eruption 

 of rose-coloured spots in succes- 

 sive crops, not always present : 

 typhus, a., tif'&s, a highly con- 

 tagious, continued fever, occurring 

 generally in an epidemic form in 

 periods of famine and destitution 

 characterised by great languor 

 and prostration, and a persistent 

 eruption of a measly character, 

 rarely absent. 



Tyson's glands, ti'sunz (after 

 their discoverer, Tyson, the anat- 

 omist), numerous sebaceous 

 glands collected round the cervix 

 of the penis and corona also 

 called glandulae odoriferae, gland'* 

 ul-e dd'-or-ff-Zr-e, the odoriferous 

 glands, from the peculiar odour of 

 their secretion. 



ulcer, n., tils' er (L. ulcus, a sore, 

 ulcer is , of a sore), a dangerous 

 running sore, arising from some 

 constitutional disorder : ulcera- 

 tion, n., tils'-er-d'shtin, the proc- 

 ess of forming into an ulcer, or 

 becoming ulcerous : ulcerous, a. , 

 uls'er-us, having the character of 

 an ulcer. 



Ulmacese, n. plu., til-md'-se-e (L. 

 ulmus, an elm tree), the Elm 

 family, an Order of trees or 

 shrubs: Ulrnese, n. plu., til'mZ-e, 

 a Sub-order, constituting the 

 true elms : Ulmus, n., til'mus, 

 genus of fine forest trees : Ulmus 

 campestris, Mm-p^st'-ris (L. 

 ccimpestris, belonging to a field 

 from campus, a field), the English 

 or small-leaved elm, producing a 

 compact and durable timber ; its 

 inner bark is bitter, mucilaginous, 

 and astringent : U. montana, 

 mtint'dn'd (L. montdnus, of or 

 belonging to a mountain from 

 mons, a mountain), the mountain 

 wych, or Scotch elm : U. fulva, 

 fulv'-a (L. fulvus, deep-yellow, 

 tawny), the red or slippery elm, 

 used as a demulcent: ulmaceous, 

 a., ul-md'shus, pert, to trees of 

 the elm kind: ulmic acid, til'-mtk, 

 a vegetable acid naturally exuding 

 from the elm, oak, chestnut, etc. : 

 ulmin, n., til'-min, the brown 

 substance which exudes from the 

 bark of the elm, and several other 

 trees ; ulmic acid ; the brown 

 matter found in decayed leaves 

 and wood resembling ulmin. 



ulna, n., tiV-na (L. ulna, Gr. olene, 

 the elbow, the arm), in anat., 

 that bone of the forearm which, 

 with the humerus, forms the 

 elbow joint; the outermost of the 

 two bones of the forearm, cor- 

 responding with the fibula of the 

 hind limb: ulnaris, a., ul-ndr'-is, 

 applied to two muscles of the 

 forearm, a flexor muscle, and an 

 extensor muscle : ulnar, a., VW 

 nar, relating to the ulna, as 

 ulnar artery. 



