dually changes the constitution,
restoring healthy functions.

ALVEOLAR PROCESS. The bony structure which contains the sockets of the
teeth.

AMAUROSIS. Loss or decay of sight from disease of the optic nerve.

AMENORRHEA. Suppression of the menses.

AMNION. A membrane enveloping the foetus and the liquid.

AMPUTATION. The operation of cutting off a limb.

AMYLOID DEGENERATION. Alteration in the texture of organs, which
resembles wax or lard.

AMYLOIDS. Foods composed of carbon and hydrogen; as sugar, starch, etc.

ANAEMIA. Privation of blood. Lack of red corpuscles in the blood.

ANASARCA. Dropsy attended with bloating all over the body.

ANATOMY. The science of the structure of the body.

ANESTHETIC. An agent that prevents feeling in surgical operations, and
in some diseases of a painful nature.

ANGINA (PECTORIS). Violent pain about the heart, attended with anxiety
and difficult breathing.

ANIMALCULA, ANIMALCULE. An animal so small as to be invisible, or nearly
so, to the naked eye.

ANODYNES. Medicines which relieve pain.

ANTEVERSION. The womb falling forward upon the bladder. Illus. p. 716.

ANTHELMINTICS. Medicines which destroy or expel worms from the stomach
and intestines.

ANTIDOTE. A remedy to counteract the effect of poison.

ANTIFEBRILE. A remedy which abates fever.

ANTIPERIODIC. A remedy which prevents the regular appearance of similar
symptoms in the course of a disease.

ANTISEPTIC. Medicines which prevent putrefaction.

ANTISPASMODICS. Medicines which relieve spasm.

ANUS. The circular opening at the end of the bowel, through which the
excrement leaves the body.

AORTA. The great artery of the body arising from the heart. Illus. page
58.

APERIENT. A medicine which moves the bowels gently.

APHTHAE. Sore mouth, beginning in pimples and ending in white ulcers.

APHTHOUS. Complicated with aphthae.

APNOEA. Short, hurried breathing.

APOPLEXY. The effects of a sudden rush of blood to an organ; as the
brain, lungs, etc. Brain pressure, from rupture of a blood-vessel.

AQUEOUS HUMOR. The clear fluid contained in the front chambers of the
eye.

ARACHNOID. A thin, spider-web like membrane covering the brain.

AREOLAR TISSUE. The network of delicate fibres spread over the body,
binding the various organs and parts together.

ARTERY. A vessel carrying blood from the heart to the various parts of
the body; usually red in color.

ARTICULAR. Relating to the joints.

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