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in which the sutures are too open, the coronal suture presenting the form of a horsehoe. Dunglison. -- Horsehoe magnet, an artificial magnet in the form of a horsehoe. -- Horsehoe nail. See Horsenail. -- Horsehoe nose (Zoöl.), a bat of the genus Rhinolophus, having a nasal fold of skin shaped like a horsehoe.…

influence which the humors were supposed to have in the production of disease; Galenism. Dunglison.

nurus. See these words in the Vocabulary. Hydatid of Morgagni (Anat.), one of the small pedunculated bodies found between the testicle and the head of the epididymis, and supposed to be a remnant of the Müllerian duct.

A verse which has a redundant syllable or foot; a hypercatalectic verse.

Having a redundant syllable; exceeding the common measure. Hypermetrical verse (Gr. & Lat. Pros.), a verse which contains a syllable more than the ordinary measure.

int, dent, beverage, L. bibere; E. kin, AS. cynn; E. thin, AS. ynne; E. dominion, donjon, dungeon. In English I has two principal vowel sounds: the long sound, as in pine, ice; and the short sound, as in pîn. It has also three other sounds: (a) That of e in term, as in thirst. (b) That of e in mete (in words of foreign…

Fossil dung of fishes.

A stupid, ignorant person; a vain pretender to knowledge; a dunce. An ignoramus in place and power. South.

ure. [Obs.] The devil insnareth the souls of many men, by illuring them with the muck and dung of this world. Fuller.

o truth or to a standard; inaccuracy; inexactness; as incorrectness may in defect or in redundance.

henomena of health as well as of disease; physiology applied to the practice of medicine. Dunglison.

Said of diseases occurring in the course of another disease. Dunglison.

An intermittent fever or disease. Dunglison.

Between peduncles; esp., between the peduncles, or crura, of the cerebrum.

g of the upper part of the small intestine into the lower; introsusception; invagination. Dunglison.

Of or pertaining to the iris. "Irian nerves." Dunglison.

A frequent tossing or moving of the body; restlessness, as in delirium. Dunglison. Jactitation of marriage (Eng. Eccl. Law), a giving out or boasting by a party that he or she is married to another, whereby a common reputation of their matrimony may ensue. Blackstone.

A dunce; a blockhead. Sir T. North.

h the flanks and under tail coverts white. When fat it is prized by epicures. Called also dunne.

stocking which can be tightly laced; -- used in cases of weak legs, varicose veins, etc. Dunglison.