isy)
Inflammation of the pleura, often as a complication of a disease such
as pneumonia, accompanied by accumulation of fluid in the pleural
cavity, chills, fever, and painful breathing and coughing.

plexus
Network, as of nerves or blood vessels.

pneumothorax
Air or gas in the pleural cavity.

popliteal
Relating to the hollow part of the leg behind the knee joint.

probang
Long, slender, elastic rod with a sponge at the end. It is introduced
into the esophagus or larynx to remove foreign bodies or introduce
medication.

pudic
Pertaining to the external organs of generation.

pyriform
Shaped like a pear.

radius
Bone of the forearm on the thumb side. (See ulnar)

ramus
A branch, as of a nerve, or blood vessel.

raphe
Seamlike union between two parts or halves of an organ.

ratiocination
Logical reasoning.

sacculated
Formed with or having saclike expansions.

scirrhus
Hard dense cancerous growth usually arising from connective tissue.

septa
Thin partition dividing two cavities or soft masses of tissue.

sternum
Bones extending along the middle line of the ventral portion of the
body of most vertebrates, consisting in humans of a flat, narrow bone
connected with the clavicles and the true ribs; breastbone.

stricture
Abnormal narrowing of a duct or passage.

subclavian
Beneath the clavicle.

submaxillary
Pertaining to the lower jaw.

sui generis
The only example of its kind; a class of its own; unique

superficies
Outward appearance.

sutural
Junction of two bones.

symphysis
Growing together, or the fixed or nearly fixed union, of bones.

taxis
Replacing of a displaced part, or the reducing of a hernia, by
manipulation without cutting.

tegument (tegumentary, integument)
Natural outer covering.

thorax (thoracic)
Trunk between the neck and the abdomen, containing the cavity enclosed
by the ribs, sternum, and certain vertebrae, containing the heart,
lungs, etc.; chest.

trachea (tracheal)
Tube descending from the larynx to the bronchi and carrying air to the
lungs. Windpipe.

trephine (trephining)
Small circular saw with a center pin mounted on a strong hollow metal
shaft, used to remove circular disks of bone from the skull.

trocar
Sharp-pointed instrument enclosed in a cannula, used for withdrawing
fluid from a cavity, as the abdominal cavity.

tunica vaginalis
Pouch of serous