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process of making a compound by putting the ingredients together, as contrasted with analysis; thus, water is made by synthesis from hydrogen and oxygen; hence, specifically, the building up of complex compounds by special reactions, whereby their component radicals are so grouped that the resulting substances are iden…

One who employs synthesis, or who follows synthetic methods.

The junction of bones by intervening muscles.

A political union, confederation, or league. [R.] Burke.

Ill health due to tænia, or tapeworms.

Dilatation of the capillary vessels.

A view of death; a meditation on the subject of death. Bryant.

The resolution of a compound into parts by heat; dissociation by heat.

A neurosis caused by exposure to heat.

tment they should assume upon this mystical occasion, and read them two homilies and a thesis of my own composing, to prepare them. Goldsmith.

Compression, especially constriction of vessels by an external cause.

The operation of puncturing the chest wall so as to let out liquids contained in the cavity of the chest.

The obstruction of a blood vessel by a clot formed at the site of obstruction; -- distinguished from embolism, which is produced by a clot or foreign body brought from a distance. -- Throm*bot"ic, a.

The separation of the parts of a compound word by the intervention of one or more words; as, in what place soever, for whatsoever place.

Extending across an isthmus, as at Suez or Panama.

A disease of the eye, in which the eyelashes, being turned in upon the eyeball, produce constant irritation by the motion of the lids.

Trichinosis.

The disease produced by the presence of trichinæ in the muscles and intestinal track. It is marked by fever, muscular pains, and symptoms resembling those of typhoid fever, and is frequently fatal.

Trituration. [R.]

A constitutional disease characterized by the production of tubercles in the internal organs, and especially in the lungs, where it constitutes the most common variety of pulmonary consumption.