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OPTI-CUS, OPTIC. [Gr. +optomai+, _optomai_, to see.] Relating to the eye.
OR-BICU-LAR. [L. _orbis_, a circle.] Circular.
OR-BIC-U-LARIS. A name applied to several muscles.
ORGAN. A part of the system destined to exercise some particular function.
ORI-GIN. Commencement; source.
OS. [L.] A bone; the mouth of any thing.
ORIS. [L. _os_, _oris_.] Of the mouth.
OS HY-OIDES. [Gr. See HYOID.] The name of the bone at the base of the tongue.
OSMA-ZOME. [Gr. +osm+, _osm_, smell, and +zmos+, _zmos_, broth.]
A principle obtained from animal fibre which gives the peculiar taste to broth.
OSSA. [L., plural of _os_, bone.] Bones.
OSSE-OUS. Pertaining to bones.
OS-SI-FI-CATION. The formation of bones in animals.
OSSI-FY. [L. _ossa_, bones, and _facio_, to make.] To convert into bone.
OSSIS. Of a bone.
O-VALE. [L.] The shape of an egg.
OX-ALIC. Pertaining to sorrel. _Oxalic acid_ is the acid of sorrel.
It is composed of two equivalents of carbon and three of oxygen.
OXY-GEN. A permanently elastic fluid invisible and inodorous. One of the components of atmospheric air.
PA-LATUM. [L.] The palate; the roof of the mouth.
PAL-PE-BRARUM. [L. _palpebra_, the eyelid.] Of the eyelids.
PALMAR. [L. _palma_, the palm.] Belonging to the hand.
PAL-MARIS. A term applied to some muscles attached to the palm of the hand.
PANCRE-AS. [Gr. +pan+, _pan_, all, and +kreas+, _kreas_, flesh.] The name of one of the digestive organs.
PAN-CRE-ATIC. Belonging to the pancreas.
PA-PILLA, -. [L.] Small conical prominences.
PA-RALY-SIS. Abolition of function whether of intellect, sensation, or motion.
PA-RENCHY-MA. [Gr. +parenche+, _parengche_, to pour through.] The substance contained between the blood vessels of an organ.
PA-ROTID. [Gr. +para+, _para_, near, and +tos+, _tos_, the gen. of +ous+, _ous_, the ear.] The name of the largest salivary gland.
PA-TELLA, -. [L.] The knee-pan.
PA-THETI-CUS, -CI. [Gr. +pathos+, _pathos_, pa.s.sion.] The name of the fourth pair of nerves.
PECTUS. [L.] The chest.
PECTO-RAL. Pertaining to the chest.
PEC-TO-RALIS. Belonging to the chest.
PEDIS. [L., gen. of _pes_, the foot.] Of the foot.
PELI-TONGS. A term applied to ma.s.ses of fat.
PELLI-CLE. [L., dim. of _pellis_, the skin.] A thin skin or film.
PELVIC. Relating to the pelvis.
PELVIS. [L.] The basin formed by the large bones at the lower part of the abdomen.
PENNI-FORM. [L. _penna_, a feather.] Having the form of a feather, or quill.
PER-I-CARDI-UM. [Gr. +peri+, _peri_, around, and +kardia+, _kardia_, the heart.] A membrane that encloses the heart.
PER-I-CHONDRI-UM. [Gr. +peri+, _peri_, around, and +chondros+, _chondros_, cartilage.] A membrane that invests cartilage.
PER-I-CRANI-UM. [Gr. +peri+, and +kranion+, _kranion_, the cranium.]
A membrane that invests the skull.
PERMA-NENT. Durable; lasting.
PER-I-STALTIC. [Gr. +peristell+, _peristello_, to involve.] A movement like the crawling of a worm.
PER-SPI-RATION. [L. _per_, through, and _spiro_, to breathe.] The excretion from the skin.
PHALANX, -GES. [Gr. +phalanx+, _phalanx_, an army.] Three rows of small bones forming the fingers or toes.
PHA-LANGI-AL. Belonging to the fingers or toes.
PHA-RYNGE-AL. Relating to the pharynx.
PHARYNX. [Gr. +pharunx+, _pharunx_.] The upper part of the oesophagus.
