of a bone of the foot. One of the tarsal
bones.

AUD-I'TION. [L. _audio_, to hear.] Hearing.

AUD-IT-O'RI-US. [L.] Pertaining to the organ of hearing.

AU'RI-CLE. [L. _auricula_, the external ear; from _auris_, the ear.] A
cavity of the heart.

AU-RIC'U-LAR. [L. _auricula_.] Pertaining to the auricle.

AX-IL'LA. [L.] The armpit.

AX'IL-LA-RY. Belonging or relating to the armpit.

A-ZOTE'. [Gr. +a+, _a_, not, and +zoe+, _zoe_, life.] Nitrogen. One of
the constituent elements of the atmosphere. So named because it will
not sustain life.

BEN-ZO'IC. _Benzoic acid._ A peculiar vegetable acid, obtained from
benzoin and some other balsams.

BI'CEPS. [L. _bis_, twice, and _caput_, a head.] A name applied to
muscles with two heads at one extremity.

BI-CUS'PIDS. [L. _bis_ and _cuspis_, a point.] Teeth that have two
points upon their crown.

BILE. [L. _bilis_.] A yellow, viscid fluid secreted by the liver.

BI-PEN'NI-FORM. [L. _bis_ and _penna_, a feather.] _Bipenniform
muscle._ Having fibres on each side of a common tendon.

BRACH'I-AL. [L. _brachium_.] Belonging to the arm.

BRE'VIS. [L.] _Brevis_, short; _brevior_, shorter.

BRONCH'I-A, -AE. [L.] A division of the trachea that passes to the
lungs.

BRONCH'I-AL. Relating to the bronchia.

BRONCH-I'TIS. [L.] An inflammation of the bronchia.

BUC-CI-NA'TOR. [L. _buccinum_, a trumpet.] The name of a muscle of the
cheek, so named because used in blowing wind instruments.

BUR'SAE MU-CO'SA. [L. _bursa_, a purse, and _mucosa_, viscous.] Small
sacs, containing a viscid fluid, situated about the joints, under
tendons.

CAE'CUM. [L.] Blind; the name given to the commencement of the colon.

CALX, CAL'CIS. [L.] The heel-bone.

CAL'CI-UM. [L.] The metallic basis of lime.

CAP'IL-LA-RY. [L. _capillus_, a hair.] Resembling a hair; small.

CAP'SU-LAR. Pertaining to a capsule.

CAP'SULE. [L. _capsula_, a little chest.] A membranous bag, enclosing
a part.

CA'PUT. [L.] The head. _Caput coli._ The head of the colon.

CAR'BON. [L. _carbo_, a coal.] Pure charcoal. An elementary
combustible substance.

CAR-BON'IC. Pertaining to carbon.

CAR'DI-AC. [Gr. +kardia+, _kardia_, heart.] Relating to the heart, or
upper orifice of the stomach.

CAR'NE-A, -AE. [L. _caro_, _carnis_, flesh.] Fleshy.

CA-ROT'ID. [Gr. +karos+, _karos_, lethargy.] The great arteries of the
neck that convey blood to the heart. The ancients supposed drowsiness
to be seated in these art