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Redundancy of language in speaking or writing; the use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; as, I saw it with my own eyes.

Of or pertaining to pleonasm; of the nature of pleonasm; redundant.

A species of tetanus, in which the body is curved laterally. Quain. Dunglison.

matted together. The disease is of Polish origin, and is hence called also Polish plait. Dunglison.

A description of the lungs. Dunglison.

Measurement of the capacity of the lungs for air. Dunglison.

Having a head of flowers on a long peduncle, or footstalk.

The emission of semen, or sperm, at other times than in sexual intercourse. Dunglison.

The oxlip. So called because the peduncle bears a many-flowered umbel. See Oxlip. (b) A bulbous flowering plant of the genus Narcissus (N. Tazetta, or N. polyanthus of some authors). See Illust. of Narcissus.

A prescription made up of many medicines or ingredients. Dunglison.

Circumcision. Dunglison.

To render the latent power of (anything) available. Dunglison.

tt's fracture, a fracture of the lower end of the fibula, with displacement of the tibia. Dunglison.

which predisposes. Predisponent causes. (Med.) See Predisposing causes, under Predispose. Dunglison.

A pregnant woman. [R.] Dunglison.

the rectum, from relaxation of the sphincter, with more or less swelling; prolapsus ani. Dunglison.

the orifice with which it is naturally connected, especially of the uterus or the rectum. Dunglison.

of parts; specifically, a morbid adhesion of the eyelids to each other or to the eyeball. Dunglison.

See Prosthesis. Dunglison.

The application of the healing art to mental diseases. Dunglison.