GLOSSARY. 



AB-i,AC-TA-TibN. A weaning or cessation from suckling. 



Ab-do-men. The part of the body below the diaphragm, which corj 

 tains the stomach, liver, and intestines. 



Ab-lu-Tion. Washing or cleansing the external part of the body. 



Ab-nor-mai,. That which is not natural nor regular. Contrary to 

 nature. 



{l-BOR-TiON. The casting of young before the proper time. If the 

 young is cast at a time previous to full foetal development, yet is 

 capable of living, it is called a premature birth. 



A-BRA-siON. A wearing away by contact or rubbing, as rubbing oS 

 the surface of the skin, often producing galls. 



Ab-rupT. Quick, sudden; an abrupt turn or twist in the intestinee 

 may cause strangulation of the parts. 



Ab-scess. a swelling and its cavity containing pus or matter. A cav- 

 ity containing pus. 



Ab-sorb-EnT. In anatomy those glands and vessels which imbibe or 

 suck up liquids, as the lacteals. In medicine any substance that 

 absorbs either liquid or acid. As absorbent cotton, used to take up 

 fend hold the liquid produced by blisters, and chalk and magnesia 

 used to absorb the acid in the stomach. 



A-CHO-Li-A. A deficiency of bile. 



A-CiD. Sour, sharp, or biting to the taste. The last fermentation 

 before the putrid. 



A-ciD-u-LATE. To make slightly sour, as with lemons, vinegar, or any 

 Other acid. 



Ac-rid. Very sharp, pungent, biting, irritating, as the strong acids. 



A-CUTE. Severe, sharp. In diseases, those -^ihich run a course and 

 end; in contra-distinction to chronic. 



Ac-TUAi, Cau-TER-y. The production or an immediate effect, by sear- 

 ing or burning with a hot iron. In contra-distinction to the effect 

 of escharotic (blister) as a caustic application, 



