s_, a measure.] A cone in the cochlea around
which the membranes wind.
MO'LAR. [L. _mola_, a mill.] The name of some of the large teeth.
MOL'LIS. [L.] Soft.
MO'TOR, -ES. [L. _moveo_, to move.] A mover. A term applied to certain
nerves.
MU'COUS. Pertaining to mucus.
MU'CUS. A viscid fluid secreted by the mucous membrane, which it
serves to moisten and defend.
MUS'CLE. A bundle of fibres enclosed in a sheath.
MUS'CU-LAR. Relating to a muscle.
MY-O'DES. A term applied to certain muscles of the neck.
NA'SAL. Relating to the nose.
NA'SUS. [L., the nose.] The nostrils.
NERVE. An organ of sensation and motion in animals.
NERV'OUS. Relating to the nerves.
NEU-RI-LEM'A. [Gr. +neuron+, _neuron_, a nerve, and +lemma+, _lema_, a
sheath.] The sheath or covering of a nerve.
NI'GRUM. [L.] Black.
NI'TRO-GEN. That element of the air which is called azote.
NU-TRI'TION. The art or process of promoting the growth, or repairing
the waste of the system.
OC-CIP-I-TA'LIS. Pertaining to the back part of the head.
OC'CI-PUT. [L. _ob_ and _caput_, the head.] The hinder part of the
head.
OC-U-LO'RUM. Of the eyes.
OC'ULUS, -I. [L.] The eye.
OE-SOPH'A-GUS. [Gr. +oio+, _oio_, to carry, and +phago+, _phago_, to
eat.] The name of the passage through which the food passes from the
mouth to the stomach.
O-LEC'RA-NON. [Gr. +olene+, _olene_, the cubit, and +kranon+,
_kranon_, the head.] The elbow; the head of the ulna.
OL-FACT'O-RY. [L. _oleo_, to smell, and _facio_, to make.] Pertaining
to smelling.
O-MEN'TUM. [L.] The caul.
O'MO. [Gr. +omos+, _omos_, the shoulder.] Names compounded of this
word are applied to muscles attached to the shoulder.
OPH-THAL'MIC. [Gr. +ophthalmos+, _ophthalmos_, the eye.] Belonging to
the eye.
OP-PO'NENS. That which acts in opposition to something. The name of
two muscles of the hand.
OP'TI-CUS, OP'TIC. [Gr. +optomai+, _optomai_, to see.] Relating to the
eye.
OR-BIC'U-LAR. [L. _orbis_, a circle.] Circular.
OR-BIC-U-LA'RIS. A name applied to several muscles.
OR'GAN. A part of the system destined to exercise some particular
function.
OR'I-GIN. Commencement; source.
OS. [L.] A bone; the mouth of any thing.
O'RIS. [L. _os_, _oris_.] Of the mouth.
OS HY-OID'ES. [Gr. See HYOID.] The name of the bone at the base of the
tongue.
OS'MA-ZOME. [Gr. +osme+, _osme_, smell, and +zomos+, _zomos_, broth.]
A principle obtained from animal fibre which give
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