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Any operation for the removal of varices by incision. Dunglison.

Climatic. Dunglison.

A large beetle, esp. the European dung beetle (Scarabæus stercorarius).

Having an irregular, convulsive motion. Dunglison. Clonic spasm. (Med.) See under Spasm.

A spoonful. Dungleson.

change which the humorists believed morbific matter undergoes before elimination. [Obs.] Dunglison.

The scortum. Dunglison.

cumulation of any substance. "Collections of moisture." Whewell. "A purulent collection." Dunglison.

A neck or cervix. Dunglison.

Fracture (of a bone) into a number of pieces. Dunglison.

or deposits of phosphates of lime in certain organs . . . are called osseous concretions. Dunglison.

Apartment; place of restraint; prison. [Obs.] Confines, wards, and dungeons. Shak. The extravagant and erring spirit hies To his confine. Shak.

ustules, etc., run together or unite, so as to cover the surface; as, confluent smallpox. Dunglison.

s of affections that may have supervened during gestation or delivery are called connate. Dunglison.

A piece of petrified dung; a fossil excrement.

A kind of beetle which feeds upon dung.

Feeding upon dung, as certain insects.

A substance added to a medicine to mollify or modify its action. Dunglison.

y, by chemically destroying the part, or indirectly by causing inflammation and gangrene. Dunglison.

kind of frenzy in which the patient is tormented by fantastic visions and want of sleep. Dunglison.