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permanent varieties or races, 



permanent minor differences, 

 among individuals of the same 

 species, arising from cultivation 

 and civilization, as well as from 

 natural causes. 



variola, n., var-i'dl-a (dim. from 

 L. varius, varying, spotted), the 

 small-pox : variolous, a., var-i< 

 dl-us, dotted with numerous small 

 impressions like those of the 

 small-pox ; relating to the small- 

 pox : variolin, n., var-i'dl-m, 

 the specific matter of small-pox. 

 varix, see under ' varices. ' 

 vasa aberrentia, vdz'a ab'>er>r&n r * 

 ski' a (L. vas, a vessel, vasa, 

 vessels ; aberrentia, participle, 

 plu. , deviating from, wandering), 

 in anat., long slender vessels 

 connecting the brachial or axillary 

 arteries with one of the arteries 

 of the forearm : vasa afferentia, 

 af'jer-%n'>shi'a (L. afftrens, bring- 

 ing or conveying to ; afferentia, 

 the plu. of the participle to 

 agree with vasa}, lymphatics or 

 lacteals which enter a gland also 

 called, v. inferentia, in'-fer-Zn'- 

 slii- a (L. infer ens, carrying or 

 bringing into ; inferentia, plu.) : 

 v. brevia, brVv'-i-a (L. brevis, 

 short; brevia, plu.), from five to 

 seven small blood-vessels which 

 issue from the trunk of the splenic 

 artery, and reach the left extremity 

 of the stomach : v. efferentia, ef- 

 fer'Zn'shi-d (L. Vfferens, bringing 

 or carrying out ; %ff$r%ntia, plu. ), 

 small vessels which are straight 

 as they emerge from the testicle, 

 but become convoluted as they 

 proceed towards the epididymis, 

 forming a series of small conical 

 masses : v. lactea or chylifera, 

 lakt'-t.a or Ulif-tr-a (L. lacteus, 

 pert, to milk from lac, milk ; Gr. 

 chulos, juice ; L./m>, I bear), the 

 lacteals commencing in the coats 

 of the intestines, and extending 

 to the thoracic duct, in which they 

 terminate : v. recta, rekt'a (L. 

 rectus, straight), small straight 



blood-vessels lying between the 

 uriniferous tubes of the kidneys 

 and within the medullary sub- 

 stance ; straight seminal ducts of 

 the testicles, which pass through 

 their fibrous tissue, and end in 

 a close network of tubes : v. 

 vasorum, vas-dr f -um (L. vasa, 

 vessels, vasorum, of vessels), 

 small vessels, both venous and 

 arterial, on the coats of arteries, 

 veins, and lymphatics, which 

 serve for their nutrition : v. vort- 

 icosa, vdrt'-ik-oz'-a (L. vtirticosus, 

 full of vortices or eddies from 

 vortex, a whirlpool), veins of the 

 choroid coat of the eye, so named 

 from their whorl-like arrange- 

 ment. 



vas aberrans, vas ab'Zr-anz (L. 

 vas, a vessel ; aberrans, wander- 

 ing), in anat., a long narrow 

 tube, or diverticulum, leading off 

 from the lower part of the canal 

 of the epididymis, and ending by 

 a closed extremity : vas deferens, 

 def'$r-$nz (L. deferens, bearing 

 or carrying away), the excretory 

 duct of the testis : v. spirale, 

 splr-dl'e (L. splrdlis, spiral 

 from splra, a fold, a coil), a small 

 single or branched blood-vessel 

 running along the under surface 

 of the membranous zone of the 

 internal ear. 



vascular, a., vask'-ul-ar (L. vase- 

 tilum, a small vessel from vas, 

 a vessel), consisting of or con- 

 taining vessels, as arteries or 

 veins ; connected with the 

 circulatory system ; in bot. t 

 applied to tissue somewhat long ; 

 containing vessels like the tissue 

 of flowering plants, as distin- 

 guished from cellular. 



vasculum, n., vas&ul'&m (L. 

 vascUlum, a small vessel from 

 vas, a vessel), in bot., a pitcher- 

 shaped leaf ; an Ascidium : vasc- 

 uliform, a., vask'Ul'i-fd'rm (L. 

 forma, shape), having the form 

 of a pitcher or vasculum. 



vasiform, a., vas'i-fdrm (L. vas, 



