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A compound similar to sulphonal, used as a hypnotic in medicine.

A medicinal tablet or lozenge; strictly, one of circular form.

.82286 of a pound avoirdupois, and 1 ounce troy = 1apothecaries' weight, used in weighing medicines, etc. In the standard weights of the United States, the troy ounce is divided decimally down to the

s a slight aromatic smell, and a bitterish, slightly acrid taste. It is used for a dye, a medicine, a condiment, and a chemical test.

he root of Ipomoea Turpethum, a plant of Ceylon, Malabar, and Australia, formerly used in medicine as a purgative; -- sometimes called vegetable turpeth.

act of anointing, smearing, or rubbing with an unguent, oil, or ointment, especially for medical purposes, or as a symbol of consecration; as, mercurial unction. To be heir, and to be king By sacred unction, thy deserved right. Milton.

reater, of inferiority, or of falling short. Three sons he dying left under age. Spenser. Medicines take effect sometimes under, and sometimes above, the natural proportion of their virtue. Hooker. There are several hundred parishes in England under twenty pounds a year. Swift. It was too great an honor for any man und…

Fossil unicorn, or Fossil unicorn's horn (Med.), a substance formerly of great repute in medicine; -- named from having been supposed to be the bone or the horn of the unicorn. -- Unicorn fish, Unicorn whale (Zoöl.), the narwhal. -- Unicorn moth (Zoöl.), a notodontian moth (Coelodasys unicornis) whose caterpillar ha…

etc., empowered to confer degrees in the several arts and faculties, as in theology, law, medicine, music, etc. A university may exist without having any college connected with it, or it may consist of but one college, or it may comprise an assemblage of colleges established in any place, with professors for instructin…

H2.CO.OC2H5, produced by the action of ammonia on ethyl carbonate. It is used somewhat in medicine as a hypnotic. By extension, any one of the series of related substances of which urethane proper is the type.

Of or pertaining to the urine; diuretic; urinary; as, uretic medicine.

That part of medicine which treats of urine. Dunglison.

ble end; as, the utility of manure upon land; the utility of the sciences; the utility of medicines. The utility of the enterprises was, however, so great and obvious that all opposition proved useless. Macaulay.

e root of the officinal valerian (V. officinalis) has a strong smell, and is much used in medicine as an antispasmodic. Greek valerian (Bot.), a plant (Polemonium cæruleum) with blue or white flowers, and leaves resembling those of the officinal valerian.

A medicinal agent designed for administration in the form of inhaled vapor. Brit. Pharm. Vapor bath. (a) A bath in vapor; the application of vapor to the body, or part of it, in a close place; also, the place itself. (b) (Chem.) A small metallic drying oven, usually of copper, for drying and heating filter papers, prec…

A substance which causes constriction of the blood vessels. Such substances are used in medicine to raise blood pressure.

A substance in which medicine is taken.

Adapted to the cure of venereal diseases; as, venereal medicines.

he type. The order includes also the black and white mangroves, and many plants noted for medicinal use or for beauty of bloom.

A medicine which destroys intestinal worms; a worm killer. Pereira.