ment having a motion and use like the thumb and
fore-finger. Pincers. Obstetrical forceps embrace the head of the
foetus.

FORESKIN. That part of the skin of the penis which is prolonged over the
head of the organ.

FORMICATION. A sensation like a number of ants creeping on a part.

FRACTURE. Broken bone. _In compound fracture_ the end of the bone
projects through the skin.

FUNCTION. The peculiar action of an organ, or part of the body.

FUNCTIONAL. Pertaining to the specific action of an organ or part.

FUNDUS. The bottom or base of an organ. The fundus of the womb is its
upper part, when in its natural position.

FUNGIFORM. Mushroom-shaped.

G

GALVANISM. Electricity.

GALVANO-CAUTERY. Burning or scarring by galvanic electricity.

GANGLION. A nerve center which forms and distributes nerve-power.

GANGRENE. Death of a part.

GASTRIC. Pertaining to the stomach.

GASTRIC JUICE. The digestive fluid supplied by the mucous membrane of
the stomach.

GELATINOUS. Jelly-like.

GENERATION. The functions which are active in reproduction.

GENITALS. The sexual organs.

GESTATION. Carrying the embryo in the uterus.

GLANS. Head of the penis.

GONORRHEA. A discharge of mucous from inflammation of the urethra or
vagina, caused by impure connection. Clap.

GRANULAR CASTS. Moulds of epithelium found by the microscope in chronic
Bright's Disease.

GRANULAR LIDS. Roughness on the inner surface of the eyelids.

GRANULATIONS HEAL BY. See GRANULATIONS.

GRANULATIONS. Flesh-like shoots, which appear in a wound and form its
scar.

GRANULES. Small grains.

GRAVEL. Substances precipitated in the urine resembling sand.

GROIN. The oblique depression between the belly and thigh.

GRUBS. Pimples on the face. See page 442.

GYNECOLOGIST. One who makes the Diseases of Women a specialty.

H

HAIR BULBS. The expansion or root of the hair.

HALLUCINATIONS. Perception or sensation of objects which do not exist;
as in Tremens.

HECTIC. Constitutional; as hectic fever, in which all parts of the body
become emaciated.

HEMIPLEGIA. Paralysis affecting only one side of the body.

HEMORRHOIDAL VEINS. The veins about the rectum which enlarge and form
piles.

HEPATIC. Relating or belonging to the liver.

HEREDITARY. A disease transmitted from parent to child.

HERNIA. Defined on page 862.

HOLLOW OF THE SACRUM. The concave portion of the lower part of the
spinal column within the pelvis.

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