Mother's Remedies eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 1,684 pages of information about Mother's Remedies.

Mother's Remedies eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 1,684 pages of information about Mother's Remedies.

Glottis (glot’is).  The space between the vocal cords, together with the
                   larynx, which is concerned in voice production.

Gluteus (glu-te’us).  One of the large muscles of the buttock.

Glandular (glan’du-lar).  Pertaining to the nature of a gland.

Granular (gran’u-lar).  Made up of, or containing granules or grains.

Granulation (gran-u-la’shun).  The formation in wounds of small rounded
                              fleshy masses.

Grumous (gru’mus).  Clotted.  Lumpy.

Guttural (gut’tur-al).  Pertaining to the throat.

Habit (hab’it).  The tendency to repeat an action or condition.

Hallucination (hal-lu-sin-a’shun).  Perception of an object, etc., which
                                   has no external existence, as by
                                   sight, sound, smell, taste, or touch.

Hectic (hek’tik).  Associated with consumption and with septic poisoning. 
                  Due to absorption of toxic substances.

Hematemesis (hem-at-em’es-is).  The vomiting of blood.

Hemorrhage (hem’-or-rej).  Bleeding.  An escape of blood from the vessels.

Hepatic (hep-at-ik).  Pertaining to the liver.

Hereditary (her-ed’-it-a-re).  Derived from ancestry or obtained by
                              inheritance.

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Heredity (he-red’-it-e).  The inheritance of qualities or of diseases from
                         a ncestry.

Hematuria (hem-at-u’-reah).  The discharge of urine containing blood.

Hematosis (hem-at-o’sis).  The process of the formation of blood; also its
                          arterialization in the lungs.

Hemiplegia (hem-e-ple’jeah).  Paralysis of one side of the body.

Hernia (her’neah).  Rupture.  Breach.

Hydragogue (hi’drag-og).  A purgative that causes copious liquid
                         discharges.

Hydrargyrum (hi-drar’gir-um).  Mercury or quicksilver.

Hydrogen (hi’-dro-gcn).  A light inflammable gaseous element, odorless and
                        tasteless.

Hydrothorax (hi-dro-tho’rax).  The presence of a serous fluid in the
                              pleural cavity.

Hydrophobia (hi-dro-pho’bia).  Acute infectious disease communicated to man
                           by the bites of an animal suffering from rabies.

Hygiene (hi’-gen).  The science of health and its preservation.

Hyperesthesia (hi-per-es-the’zeah).  Excessive sensibility of the skin or
                                    of a special sense.

Hypochondrical (hi-po-kon’-dri-kal).  Affected with hypochondriasis, morbid
                                     anxiety about the health.

Hymen (hi’men).  The fold of mucous membrane that partially occludes the
                vaginal orifice.

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