Albuminose (al-bumin-os).  A primary production of the digestion of a
                          proteid, not coagulable by heat.

Aliment (al’im-ent).  Food, or nutritive material.

Alimentary Canal (al-imen’ta-re).  The portion of the digestive apparatus
                                  through which the food passes after
                                  mastication.  The canal from the mouth
                               to the anus; gullet, stomach, bowel, anus.

Alkali (al’kal-i).  A compound which forms salts with acids and soaps with
                   fats.  Potash, soda, lithia, ammonia.

Alterative (awl-ter-at-iv).  A medicine that produces a favorable change in
                            the processes of nutrition and repair.

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Alveolar (al-ve’o-lar).  Pertaining to an alveolus.

Alveolus (al-ve-olus).  Bone socket of a tooth; air sac of the lungs, etc.

Amaurosis (am-aw-ro’sis).  Blindness without any visible defect in the eye,
                          from disease of the optic nerve, retina, brain.

Amenorrhea (am-en-or-re’ah).  Absence or abnormal stoppage of the monthly
                             sickness.

Amniotic Liquid (am-ne-ot’ik).  A fluid enclosed within the amnion which
                       nourishes and protects the foetus (unborn child).

Amputation (am-pu-ta’shun).  The surgical cutting off of a limb or other
                            part.

Amylaceous (am-il-a’she-us).  Starchy.

Analysis (an-al’is-is).  Separation. into compound parts or elements.

Anchylosis (Ankylosis) (ang-kil-o’sis).  Abnormal immobility and
                                 consolidation of a joint (stiff joint).

Anemia (an-e’me-ah).  A condition in which the blood is deficient either in
                     quantity or quality.

Anastomose (an-as’to-moz).  Communicating with one another, as arteries and
                           veins.

Anastomosis (an-as-to-mo’sis).  The surgical or pathological formation of a
                               passage between any two normally distinct
                               spaces or organs.

Anasarca (an-ah-sar’kah).  An accumulation of serum in the cellular tissues
                          of the body.  General dropsy.

Anesthesia (an-is-the-zhe-ah).  Loss of feeling or sensation of a part or
                               whole body.

Anesthetic (an-es-thet-ic).  A drug that produces anesthesia, without the
                            sense of touch or pain.

Aneurism (an’u-rizm).  A pulsating tumor consisting of a sac or pouch into
                      which blood flows through an opening in an artery.

Animalcule (anim-al’kul).  Any minute animal organism.