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ithin the lines of an army, who does not make it his business to fight, as any one of the medical officers and their assistants, chaplains, and others; also, any of the citizens of a place occupied by an army; also, any one holding a similar position with respect to the navy.

. It is given as a name to various objects, as to a choice variety of apple, a species of medic (Medicago lupulina), a variety of pottery clay, etc.

That branch of medical science which treats of diseases, or of the classification of diseases.

A medicine, the ingredients of which are kept secret for the purpose of restricting the profits of sale to the inventor or proprietor; a quack medicine.

Causing obstruction; blocking up; hindering; as, an obstruent medicine. Johnson.

Of or pertaining to the eye; ocular; optic; as, oculary medicines. Holland.

Approved by authority; sanctioned by the pharmacopoeia; appointed to be used in medicine; as, an official drug or preparation. Cf. Officinal.

Kept in stock by apothecaries; -- said of such drugs and medicines as may be obtained without special preparation or compounding; not magistral.

A salt of oleic acid. Some oleates, as the oleate of mercury, are used in medicine by way of inunction.

A suffix used in medical terms to denote a morbid condition of some part, usually some kind of tumor; as in fibroma, glaucoma.

Originally, a medicine of a thicker consistence than sirup, prepared with opium. Parr.

or, with specks of white. It has a strong smell and acrid taste, and was formerly used in medicine as an emmenagogue and antispasmodic. Dunglison.

series of words or propositions, presenting a choice of either; as, he may study law, or medicine, or divinity, or he may enter into trade. If man's convenience, health, Or safety interfere, his rights and claims Are paramount. Cowper.

A patient who is outside a hospital, but receives medical aid from it.

An oxytocic medicine or agent.

A remedy for all diseases; a universal medicine; a cure-all; catholicon; hence, a relief or solace for affliction.

, a preparation containing such a ferment, made from the pancreas of animals, and used in medicine as an aid to digestion.

A medicine for all diseases; a panacea. [R.]

The theory or practice of the medical profession; -- used in burlesque or ridicule.

A medicinal preparation spread upon paper, intended for external application; as, cantharides paper.