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AS-CENDENS. [L.] Ascending; rising.
AS-PHYXI-A. [Gr. +a+, _a_, not, and +sphyxis+, _sphyxis_, pulse.]
Originally, want of pulse; now used for suspended respiration, or apparent death.
AS-TRAGA-LUS. [Gr.] The name of a bone of the foot. One of the tarsal bones.
AUD-ITION. [L. _audio_, to hear.] Hearing.
AUD-IT-ORI-US. [L.] Pertaining to the organ of hearing.
AURI-CLE. [L. _auricula_, the external ear; from _auris_, the ear.] A cavity of the heart.
AU-RICU-LAR. [L. _auricula_.] Pertaining to the auricle.
AX-ILLA. [L.] The armpit.
AXIL-LA-RY. Belonging or relating to the armpit.
A-ZOTE. [Gr. +a+, _a_, not, and +z+, _zo_, life.] Nitrogen. One of the const.i.tuent elements of the atmosphere. So named because it will not sustain life.
BEN-ZOIC. _Benzoic acid._ A peculiar vegetable acid, obtained from benzoin and some other balsams.
BICEPS. [L. _bis_, twice, and _caput_, a head.] A name applied to muscles with two heads at one extremity.
BI-CUSPIDS. [L. _bis_ and _cuspis_, a point.] Teeth that have two points upon their crown.
BILE. [L. _bilis_.] A yellow, viscid fluid secreted by the liver.
BI-PENNI-FORM. [L. _bis_ and _penna_, a feather.] _Bipenniform muscle._ Having fibres on each side of a common tendon.
BRACHI-AL. [L. _brachium_.] Belonging to the arm.
BREVIS. [L.] _Brevis_, short; _brevior_, shorter.
BRONCHI-A, -. [L.] A division of the trachea that pa.s.ses to the lungs.
BRONCHI-AL. Relating to the bronchia.
BRONCH-ITIS. [L.] An inflammation of the bronchia.
BUC-CI-NATOR. [L. _buccinum_, a trumpet.] The name of a muscle of the cheek, so named because used in blowing wind instruments.
BURS MU-COSA. [L. _bursa_, a purse, and _mucosa_, viscous.] Small sacs, containing a viscid fluid, situated about the joints, under tendons.
Cc.u.m. [L.] Blind; the name given to the commencement of the colon.
CALX, CALCIS. [L.] The heel-bone.
CALCI-UM. [L.] The metallic basis of lime.
CAPIL-LA-RY. [L. _capillus_, a hair.] Resembling a hair; small.
CAPSU-LAR. Pertaining to a capsule.
CAPSULE. [L. _capsula_, a little chest.] A membranous bag, enclosing a part.
CAPUT. [L.] The head. _Caput coli._ The head of the colon.
CARBON. [L. _carbo_, a coal.] Pure charcoal. An elementary combustible substance.
CAR-BONIC. Pertaining to carbon.
CARDI-AC. [Gr. +kardia+, _kardia_, heart.] Relating to the heart, or upper orifice of the stomach.
CARNE-A, -. [L. _caro_, _carnis_, flesh.] Fleshy.
CA-ROTID. [Gr. +karos+, _karos_, lethargy.] The great arteries of the neck that convey blood to the heart. The ancients supposed drowsiness to be seated in these arteries.
CARPAL. [L. _carpus_, the wrist.] Relating to the wrist.
CARPUS, -I. [L.] The wrist.
CARTI-LAGE. [L. _cartilago_.] Gristle. A smooth, elastic substance, softer than bone.
CAR-TI-LAGIN-OUS. Pertaining to cartilage.
CAU-CASIAN. One of the races of men.
CAVA. [L.] Hollow. _Vena cava._ A name given to the two great veins of the body.
CELLU-LAR. [L. _cellula_, a little cell.] Composed of cells.
CER-E-BELLUM. [L.] The hinder and lower part of the brain, or the little brain.
CERE-BRAL. Pertaining to the brain.
CERE-BRUM. [L.] The front and large part of the brain. The term is sometimes applied to the whole contents of the cranium.
CERE-BRO-SPINAL. Relating to the brain and spine.
CERVIX. [L.] The neck.
CERVI-CAL. Relating to the neck.
CHEST. [Sax.] The thorax; the trunk of the body from the neck to the abdomen.
