ARRH--Flow of mucus.
CATHARTIC--An active purgative.
CAUSTIC--A corroding or destroying substance.
CELLULAR--Composed of cells.
CERVIX--Neck.
CERVIX UTERI--Neck of the womb.
CHRONIC--Of long standing.
CLAVICLE--The collar bone.
COCCYX--Terminal bone of the spine.
CONDIMENT--That which gives relish to food.
CONGESTION--Overfullness of blood vessels.
CONTUSION--A bruise.
CUTICLE--The outer skin.
DENTITION--Act of cutting teeth.
DIAGNOSIS--Scientific determination of diseases.
DIARRHOEA--Looseness of the bowels.
DISINFECTANT--That which cleanses or purifies.
DIAPHRAGM--Breathing muscle between chest and abdomen.
DUODENUM--The first part of the small intestines.
DYSPEPSIA--Difficult digestion.
DYSURIA--Difficult or painful urination.
EMETIC--Medicines which produce vomiting.
ENAMEL--Covering of the teeth.
ENEMA--An injection by the rectum.
ENTERITIS--Inflammation of the intestines.
EPIDEMIC--Generally prevailing.
EPIDERMIS--Outer skin.
EPIGASTRIUM--Region of the pit of the stomach.
EPILEPSY--Convulsions.
EUSTACHIAN TUBE--A tube leading from the side of the throat to the
internal ear.
EVACUATION--Discharging by stool.
EXCRETION--That which is thrown off.
EXPECTORANT--Tending to produce free discharge from the lungs or throat.
FALLOPIAN TUBES--Tubes from ovaries to uterus.
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FAECES--Discharge from the bowels.
FOETUS--The child in the womb after the fifth month.
FIBULA--The smallest bone of the leg below the knee.
FISTULA--An ulcer.
FLATULENCE--Gas in the stomach or bowels.
FLOODING--Uterine hemorrhage.
FLUOR ALBUS--White flow; leucorrhoea; whites.
FLUX--Diarrhoea, or other excessive discharge.
FOMENTATION--Warm or hot application to the body.
FRIABLE--Easily crumbled or broken.
FRICTION--Rubbing with the dry hand or dry coarse cloth.
FUMIGATE--To smoke a room, or any article needing to be cleansed.
FUNCTION--The office or duty of any organ.
FUNDAMENT--The anus.
FUNGUS--Spongy flesh in wounds; proud flesh.
FUSION--To melt by heat.
GALL--Bile.
GALL-STONES--Hard biliary concretions found in the gall bladder.
GANGRENE--The first stage of mortification.
GARGLE--A liquid preparation for washing the throat.
GASTRIC--Of the stomach.
GASTRITIS--Inflammation of the stomach.
GELATINOUS--Like jelly.
GENITALS--The sexual organs.
GENU--The knee.
GENUS--Family of plants; a group.
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