M--The vital principal, or life spark.
GESTATION--Period of growth of child in the womb.
GLEET--Chronic gonorrhoea.
GLOTTIS--The opening of the windpipe.
GONORRHOEA--An infectious discharge from the genital organs.
GOUT--Painful inflammation of the joints of the toes.
GRAVEL--Crystalline sand-like particles in the urine.
GUTTURAL--Relating to the throat.
HECTIC--A fever which occurs generally at night.
HEMORRHAGE--A discharge of blood.
HEMORRHOIDS--Piles; tumors in the anus.
HEPATIC--Pertaining to the liver.
HEREDITARY--Transmitted from parents.
HERNIA--Rupture which permits a part of the bowels to protrude.
HYGIENE--Preserving health by diet and other precautions.
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HYPERAEMIA--Excess of blood in any part.
HYSTERITIS--Inflammation of the uterus.
IMPREGNATION--The act of producing.
INCISION--The cutting with instruments.
INCONTINENCE--Not being able to hold the natural secretions.
INFLUENZA--A disease affecting the nostrils and throat.
INFUSION--The liquor in which plants have been steeped, and their
medicinal virtues extracted.
INHALATION--Drawing in the breath.
INJECTION--Any preparation introduced into the rectum or other cavity by
syringe.
INSPIRATION--The act of drawing air into the lungs.
INSOMNIA--Sleeplessness.
INVOLUNTARY--Against the will.
INTROVERSION--Turned within.
JAUNDICE--A disease caused by the inactivity of the liver or ducts
leading from it.
JUGULAR--Belonging to the throat.
KIDNEYS--Two organs which secrete the urine.
LABIA--The lips of the vagina.
LARYNGITIS--Inflammation of the throat.
LARYNX--The upper part of the throat.
LASSITUDE--Weakness; a feeling of stupor.
LAXATIVE--Remedy increasing action of the bowels.
LEUCORRHOEA--Whites; fluor albis.
LIVID--A dark colored spot on the surface.
LOIN--Lower part of the back.
LOTION--A preparation to wash a sore.
LUMBAGO--Rheumatism of the loins.
MALARIA--Foul marsh air.
MALIGNANT--A disease of a very serious character.
MALFORMATION--Irregular, unnatural formation.
MASTICATION--The act of chewing.
MASTURBATION--Excitement, by the hand, of the genital organs.
MATRIX--The womb.
MECONIUM--The first passage of babes after birth.
MEMBRANE--A thin lining or covering.
MENOPAUSE--Change of life.
MENSTRUATION--Monthly discharge of blood from the uterus.
MIDWIFERY--Art of assisting at childbirth.
MUCUS--A fluid secr