Anatomy, physiology, pathology, dictionary / edited by W.A. Evans, Adolph Gehrmann, William Healy.

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1906
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    DICTIONARY OF NEW MEDICAL WORDS A kbscess, Fixation a. An artificial ab- scess produced usually by injection of turpentine during the course of an acute infection for the theoret- ical purpose of attracting and fixing there the micro-organisms already in the body. kcid, Tuberculinic a. A toxic acid isolated from the substance of tu- bercle bacilli. actinium. A rare radio-active metal not at present applicable to medical uses. kddlment. The same as complement, q. v. kdrenalitis. Inflammation of the su- prarenal glands. When acute the symptoms are said to be pain in the lumbar region, vomiting, diar- rhea and prostration. dcoholase. An enzyme contained in yeast. imaas. Kaffir milk-pox. A specific contagious eruptive fever somewhat resembling small-pox. amnesia of Broca. Pure word apha- sia. Inability to remember spoken words. amnesiac. The person with lack of ability to remember. memia, Porto Rican a. The extreme anemia due to uncinariasis, q. v. mtimicrobln. The same as bacterio- lysin, q. v. mtirennene. A substance developed in blood serum following injection of rennet into the organism. It im- pedes the action of rennet on milk. aphasia, Ageusic a. [Gr. ageustos, not tasting.] Inability to remember words relating to the sense of taste. aphasia, Anosmlc a. [Gr. osme, smell.] Inability to remember words related to the olfactory sense. Aphasia, Commissural or conduction a. The mental condition in which words can be read or repeated cor- rectly, but are not connected with the idea or thing they stand for. Aphasis letheca. [Gr. lethe, forgetful- ness.] Inability to remember the correct word. Aphasia amnesica. Aphasia, Psychosensory a. Loss of power to comprehend language writ- ten, spoken or expressed in any way. Aphasia, Wernicke’s a. The same as commissural aphasia, q. v. Aphasiac. The person with inability to speak from brain disease. Aphesis. [Gr. to let go.] A mistake in speaking. A slip of the tongue. Aphrasia. Inability or inaptitude for forming phrases. Apcplexia uteri. Sudden hemorrhage from the uterus caused by arterial degeneration or hemorrhagic infarct. Appendicitis larvata. A chronically recurring form of appendicitis as distinguished from a chronic resid- ual appendicitis. B Bacteriotropic. The essential quality of a substance contained in serum which renders bacteria in that serum more liable to phagocytosis. Said to differ from opsonin by the fact that it is not destroyed by low de- grees of heat. Bundle of His. A muscular band, dis- covered by His, Jr., connecting the auricles with the ventricles. It runs posteriorly in the septum of the ventricles, passing into the muscula- ture of the right auricle and its valves. C Cancrology. The sum of what is known concerning carcinoma.