658 GLOSSARY. 



Fet-id. Having an offensive smell; stinking. 



Fce-Tus. Also spelled Fetus. The young or embryo of an animal in 

 the womb or in the egg; often restricted to the latter stages in the 

 development. The term embryo being applied to the earlier 

 stages. 



FuN-GUS. A low class of plants of which plant rust, mold, smut, and 

 mildew are examples. In medicine a spongy morbid growth, or 

 granulation in animals, as the proud flesh of wounds. 



Gan-gli-on. a mass or knot of nervous matter, including nerve cells, 

 usually forming an enlargement in the course of a nerve. Also ap- 

 plied to a globular, hard, indolent tumor .situated on a tendon. 



Gan-grbne. a term formerly used only with reference to mortifica- 

 tion of the soft tissues, which have not advanced so far as to pro- 

 duce complete loss of vitality; but now applied to mortification of 

 the soft parts in any stage. 



Gas-Tri-Tis. Inflammation of the mucous membrane of the stomach, 

 sometimes extending to the muscular coats. 



Ges-TA-Tion. The act of carrying young in the body from time of 

 conception to birth. It varies very widely in the different animals. 



GIvOT-Tis. The opening from the pharynx (the back part of the 

 mouth) into the larynx or into the trachea. The opening is pro- 

 tected by a cartilage called the epiglotis which closes when food or 

 liquids pass over it on their way to the stomach. 



Gran-u-la-Tion. In anatomy, it refers to the small, red, grain-like 

 prominences which form on the raw surface of wounds or ulcers, 

 and are the efficient agents in the process of healing. 



GxJT-TER-AL. Of or pertaining to the throat; formed in the throat; re- 

 lating to or characteiistic of a sound formed in the throat. 



I-CHOR. A thin, acrid, watery, serous discharge from an ulcer, sore, 

 wound, etc. 



Il-E-um. The last and usually the longest division of the small intes- 

 tine; it commences at the end of the jejunum and ends at the 

 large intestine. 



In-a-ni-Tion. The condition of being empty; a want of fullness as in 

 vessels of the body; hence an exhaustion from want of food, either 

 from partial or complete starvation; or from a disorder of the di- 

 gestive apparatus producing the same effect. 



In-CI-SORS. The teeth in front that are sharp and used in cutting and . 

 biting off the food. 



