GLOSSARY OF SCIENTIFIC TEEMS 



trSED IN THE PRESENT TREATISE. 



A. 



Ahdomen. The belly. 



Ainormal. Out of rule. liregular. 



Aiscess. A ooUeotion of purulent 



, matter 



Absorption. A taking into the sys- 

 tem of fluids by porous tissues. 



Actual Oamtery. See cautery. 



Acute. Sharp, painful, severe. 



Ankylosis. A stiflTening of a joint 

 from a deposit of bone thereon. 



Asphyxia, Interrupted breathing 

 attended with danger to life. 



Asphyxiated. In a state of asphyxia. 



Asthenic. A term applied to dis- 

 eases which are attended with a 

 low feeble condition of the vital 

 -powers. 



Atrophy. A wasting of the whole 

 body, or any part of it. 



Calculi. Stony substances occa- 

 sionally formed in the kidneys and 

 intestines. 



Caries. A term applied to dead 

 bone caused by disease thereof. 



CttHilage, Gristle. 



Bronchial. Belonging to the wind 

 pipe. 



bronchitis. Inflammation of the 

 bronchial tubes. 



fironchas. The windpipe. 



Bulbous. Lumpy, full of globular 

 lumps. 



Bwfsm. Little bags containing sy- 

 novial fluid. See synovia. 



A term applied to 

 those organs which purify the 

 fluids of the body, such as the 

 kidneys, lungs, and skin. 



Diagnosis. The recognising a dis- 

 ease by its symptoms. 



Jiaphragm. A miiscle which di- 

 vides the chest from the abdomen, 

 A large flat muscle, one of the 

 principal agents in breathing. 



