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Inflammation of the cellular tissue around the kidney. -- Per`i*ne*phrit"ic, a.

Inflammation of the periosteum.

Inflammation of the tissues about the rectum.

Inflammation of the peritoneum.

Inflammation of the connective tissue about the cæcum.

ormerly paid by the English people to the pope, being a penny for every house, payable on Lammas or St.Peter's day; -- called also Rome scot, and hearth money. (b) In modern times, a voluntary contribution made by Roman Catholics to the private purse of the pope. -- Peter's fish (Zoöl.), a haddock; -- so called becaus…

Rock oil, mineral oil, or natural oil, a dark brown or greenish inflammable liquid, which, at certain points, exists in the upper strata of the earth, from whence it is pumped, or forced by pressure of the gas attending it. It consists of a complex mixture of various hydrocarbons, largely of the methane series, but may…

Inflammation of the pharynx.

Inflammation of a vein.

An inflammation; more particularly, an inflammation of the internal organs. Phlegmasia dolens ( Etym: [NL.], milk leg.

Purulent inflammation of the cellular or areolar tissue.

Inflammatory; belonging to inflammations and fevers.

The hypothetical principle of fire, or inflammability, regarded by Stahl as a chemical element.

Causing inflammation.

Inflammation of external parts of the body; erysipelatous inflammation.

Inflammation of the brain, or of the meninges of the brain, attended with acute fever and delirium; -- called also cephalitis.

h pitch; a soft, black bitumen of the consistence of tar, and of a strong smell. It is inflammable, and intermediate between petroleum and asphalt. [Written also pisasphaltum, pisasphalt, etc.]

An inflammation of the pleura, usually accompanied with fever, pain, difficult respiration, and cough, and with exudation into the pleural cavity. Pleurisy root. (Bot.) (a) The large tuberous root of a kind of milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) which is used as a remedy for pleuritic and other diseases. (b) The plant itself…

Inflammation of the pleura and lungs; a combination of pleurisy and pneumonia, esp. a kind of contagions and fatal lung plague of cattle.

Inflammation of the lungs.