GLOSSARY 
or 
MEDICAL AND SCIENTIFIC TERMS 
A sBNORMAL— Irregular. 
ABSORBENTS—Medicines used for absorbing; also the vesels of thi 
body which suck up. 
Aoutze—Sharp, severe. 
ApiIposE—Fatty. 
Apynamio—Debilitated. 
ALAE— Wings. 
ALTERATIVES—Medicines which change a disease for the better. 
AnasaRnoa—Dropsy of cellular membrane. 
AnasaRcous—Dropsical. 
Anam1a—Bloodlessness. 
ANTISEPTICS—Medicines opposed to putrefaction. 
ANTIspasMoDIc8s—Remedies opposed to spasms or convulsions. 
ANTIPHLOGIsTIO—Opposed to inflammation. 
APpERIENTs—Medicines which open the bowels gently. 
AqurEous— Watery. 
Asorrrs—Drepsy of the belly. 
Arax1o—Disordered. 
AvscuLTaTion—Examination by sounding and listening. 
Avrorsy—Post-mortem examination. 
BrrurcaTion—Division into two branches. 
Bo.us—A large pill. 
Bucoat Memprane—The lining of the mouth. 
OanrHvue—Corner of the eye. 
OarsuLe—Sheil or case. 
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