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Venereal. [R.] Dunglison.

Simple incision. Dunglison.

Without fever; -- applied to days when there is an intermission of fever. Dunglison.

Secreting water; -- applied to certain glands. Dunglison.

A secret remedy; an elixir. Dunglison.

A sand bath; application of hot sand to the body. Dunglison.

Inflammation of an artery or arteries. Dunglison.

A collection of serous fluid in the cavity of the abdomen; dropsy of the peritoneum. Dunglison.

siol.), consensual movements which accompany voluntary efforts without our consciousness. Dunglison.

on of parts by applications; the action of an astringent substance on the animal economy. Dunglison.

es, and checks discharges of blood, mucus, etc. External astringents are called styptics. Dunglison.

pray. The liquids in the form of spray are said to be pulverized, nebulized, or atomized. Dunglison.

A remedy capable of allaying organic excitement or irritation. Dunglison.

Melancholic or hypochondriac; atrabiliary. Dunglision. A hard-faced, atrabilious, earnest-eyed race. Lowell. He was constitutionally atrabilious and scornful. Froude.

tion may be active or passive; hence the difference between listening and simple hearing. Dunglison.

The stage of a disease in which the symptoms go on increasing. Dunglison.

Of or pertaining to auscultation. Dunglison.

on of the individual; also, the vital principle. [In this sense, written also autocrasy.] Dunglison.

the observer's own voice, while he speaks, holding his head close to the patient's chest. Dunglison.

Unleavened; unfermented. "Azymous bread." Dunglison.