Articulated (ar-tik’u-la-ted).  Connected by joints.

Arthritic (ar-thrit’ik).  Pertaining to or affected with gout or arthritis. 
                         Relating to inflammation of a joint.

Ascaris (as’kar-is).  A worm found in the intestines.

Ascites (as-si’tez).  Dropsy of the abdominal cavity.

Aspirate (as’pi-rat).  To treat by aspiration.  To pronounce with full
                      emission of breath.

Assimilation (as-sim-il-a’shun).  The transformation of food into living
                                 tissue.

Asthenic (as-then’ik).  Characterized by weakness or feebleness.

Asthmatic (az-mat’ik).  Affected with asthma.

Astringent (as-trin’gent).  An agent that arrests discharges by causing
                       contraction, such as tannic acid, alum, zinc, etc.

Attenuant (at-ten’u-ant).  Causing thinness, as of the blood.

Atony (at’on-e).  Lack of normal tone or strength.

Atrophy (at’ro-fe).  A wasting or diminution in the size of a part.

Auricle (au’rik-l).  The pinna or flap of the ear.  The chambers of the
                    heart on either side above the ventricles.

Auscultation (aus-kul-ta’shun).  Listening with the ear or an instrument to
                                organs, such as the lungs, heart, etc.

Autopsy (au-top-se).  The post-mortem examination of a body.

Axilla (ak-sil’lah).  The arm-pit.

Axillary Glands.  Lymphatic glands situated in the arm-pit.

Balsamic (bawl-sam’ik).  Of the nature of balsam.

Biennial (bi-en’ni-al).  Happening Once in two years.

Bifurcation (bi-fur-ka’shun).  Division into two branches.

Bile or Gall (Bil).  The golden brown or greenish yellow substance secreted
                    by the liver.

Bilious (bil’yus).  Characterized by bile.  Full of bile.

Blister (blis’ter).  A collection of serous, bloddy or watery fluid beneath
                    the epidermis (outer skin).

Bonchioles.  A minute bronchial tube.

Bronchia (brong’ke-ah).  Bronchial tubes smaller than the bronchi, and
                        larger than the bronchioles.

Bougie (boo-zhe’).  A slender instrument for introduction into the urethra
                   or a large one for the rectum or other opening.

Bronchial (brong’ke-al).  Pertaining to the bronchi.

Bronchitis (brong-ki’tis).  Inflammation of the bronchial tubes.

Bright’s Disease (britz).  Inflammation of the kidneys.  Any disease of the
                          kidneys associated with albumen in the urine.

Bulbous (bul’bus).  A bulb.

Cachexia (kak-ek’seah).  A profound and marked state of constitutional
                        disorder.  A depraved condition of general
                        nutrition due to some serious disease such as
                        cancer, tuberculosis (cancerous cachexia).