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V&st'ldj'^&l, pert, to a trace or 

 vestige ; applied to a fold of the 

 pericardium. 



veterinary, a., vet^r-itn-ar^ (L. 

 v$t&rindrt&8, belonging to beasts 

 of burden from vetermce, draught 

 cattle, or beasts of burden), pert, 

 to or connected with the art of 

 treating the diseases of domestic 

 animals. 



vexillum, n., v&ks'il'-lum (L. vex- 

 illum, a standard or banner), in 

 bot. , the upper or posterior petal 

 of a papilionaceous or pea flower : 

 vexillary, a., veks'-il-lar-i, denot- 

 ing a form of aestivation in which 

 the vexillum or upper petal is 

 folded over the other. 



vibices, n. plu., wb'is'-ez (L. vlbex, 

 the mark of a blow or stripe, 

 vibicis, of the mark of a blow), 

 patches of haemorrhage, occurring 

 in the skin in purpura; also 

 known as ' ecchymosis '; called 

 ' petechise ' when very small. 



vibracula, n., vib-rak'-ul-a (L. 

 vibro, 1 shake, I quiver), long, 

 filamentous appendages found in 

 many Polyzoa. 



vibrio, n., rnb'-ri-d, vibriones, n. 

 jAu, 9 vib''r$-dn'ez (L.vibro, I quiver 

 or shake), minute thread -like 

 animalcules found in many 

 organic infusions. 



vibrissaa, n. plu., vib-ris'-se (L. 

 vibrissce, hairs in the nose of man 

 from wbro,I shake), hairs found 

 growing at the entrance of the 

 nostrils, and other outlets ; the 

 whiskers in cats. 



Viburnum, n., mb-ern'um (L. 

 viburnum, the wayfaring tree), a 

 genus of elegant flowering shrubs, 

 Ord. Caprifoliacese : Viburnum 

 lantana, lant-dn'o, (the anc. name 

 of viburnum), the pliant mealy 

 tree, a species whose bark and 

 berries are acrid : V. opulus, dp'ul* us 

 (L. cpulus, a kind of maple tree), 

 the Gueldres-rose,also called snow- 

 ball, from its globular head of 

 abortive leaves : V. tinus, tln'-us 

 (L. tmiiSy a plant,, supposed V. 



tinus), a species, the Laurustinus 

 of gardeners. 



ictoria,n.,w-6r'-a (after Queen 

 Victoria of Britain and Ireland), 

 a genus of noble aquatic plants, 

 inhabiting the tranquil rivers of 

 S. America, Ord. Nymphseacese, 

 the seeds and root- stocks of many 

 of the plants containing much 

 starch, used as food : Victoria 

 regia, redf-i-a (L. regius, royal), 

 one of the largest aquatics known, 

 its very large flowers have a fine 

 odour. 



Vidian, a., vid'-i-an (after Vidius, 

 a professor at Paris), a name 

 applied to (1) a small branch of 

 the inferior maxillary artery ; (2) 

 a canal which passes through the 

 sphenoid bone horizontally ; (3) 

 a nerve arising from the spheno- 

 palatine ganglion, and passing 

 through the Vidian canal. 



villi, n. plu., vU'-l (L. villus, wool 

 or hair, mill, hairs), in anat., 

 minute projections on the mucous 

 lining of the intestinal canal, 

 which are made up of blood- 

 vessels, nerves, and absorbents ; 

 in bot., projections or papillae 

 on the surface of the epidermis 

 of a plant, when these assume an 

 elongated or conical form ; jagged 

 leafy processes, covering the stem, 

 amongst the leaves : villose, a. , 

 vtt-ozf, also villous, a., vU'-us, 

 in bot., covered with long weak 

 hairs or down ; in anat. , downy ; 

 velvety: villus, n., vittus, in 

 anat., one of the conical projec- 

 tions of the mucous membrane of 

 the small intestines. 



vincula accessoria tendinum, 

 vingk'-ul-a ak'-ses-sor'-i-a tend'* 

 m-um (L.. vmculum, a chain, a 

 fetter ; accessorms, accessory, 

 added from accessio, an increase, 

 an addition ; tendo, a tendon, 

 tendinum, of tendons), the acces- 

 sory fetters of the tendons ; also 

 vincula vasculosa, vask'-ul'dz'-ti 

 (L. vasculosus, lull of little vessels 

 from vasculum, a little vessel), 



