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DYSCRASIA. A bad condition of body.

DYSENTERY. A disease characterized by frequent, scanty and _bloody_
stools.

DYSMENORRHEA. Difficult or painful menstruation.

DYSPNOEA. Difficult breathing.

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EAR, INTERNAL. Defined on page 110. Illus. page 109.

EARTHY PHOSPHATES. The white deposit in urine, composed of phosphoric
acid and a base.

ECCHYMOSIS. Black or yellow spots produced by effused blood. Black eye
Is an example.

ECLECTIC SCHOOL. See page 294.

ECRASEUR. An instrument which amputates by a loop of wire.

ECZEMATOUS. Of the nature of Eczema. See page 430.

EDEMA (OEDEMA). Puffiness of the skin from the accumulation of fluid.
General dropsy.

EFFLUVIA. Unpleasant odors or exhalations.

EFFUSION. The pouring out of blood or other fluid.

ELECTROLYSIS. Decomposing or modifying by the application of
electricity.

ELIMINATED. Discharged, expelled.

EMACIATION. Leanness in flesh.

EMBRYO. The young of an animal at the beginning of its development in
the womb.

EMETICS. Medicines which empty the stomach upwards.

EMMENAGOGUES. Medicines which favor or cause menstruation.

EMPIRICISM. Practicing medicine upon results of experience, generally by
a person without a medical education.

ENCEPHALIC TEMPERAMENT. Defined on page 177.

ENDOCARDITIS. Inflammation of the lining membrane of the heart.

ENDOCARDIUM. The lining membrane of the heart

ENDOMETRLTLS. Disease of the lining membrane of the womb.

ENTERIC. Intestinal.

ENTERITIS. Inflammation of the mucous lining of the small intestines.

EPIDEMICS. Diseases which attack a number of persons at the name time:
as yellow fever, small-pox, etc.

EPIGLOTTIS. A cap over the windpipe, allowing the admission of air, but
preventing the introduction of foreign bodies.

EPITHELIAL CELLS. Cells belonging to the epithelium.

EPITHELIUM. The thin covering upon the lips, nipple, mucous and serous
membranes and lining the ducts, blood-vessels and other canals.

ESOPHAGUS (OESOPHAGUS). The food-pipe. Illus. page 44.

EUSTACHLAN TUBE. The tube leading from the throat to the inner ear.
Illus, page 109.

EVACUAUT. Cathartic.

EVOLUTION. Defined on page 14.

EXCORIATES. Removes the skin in part.

EXCORIATION. A wound which removes some of the skin.

EXCREMENTITIOUS. Pertaining to the matter evacuated from the body.

EXCRESCENCES. Surface tumors; as warts, piles, polypi, etc.

EXCRETION. The process by which waste materials are rem