BER-CLE. [L. _tuber_, a bunch.] A small push, swelling, or tumor,
on animal bodies.

TU-BER-OS'I-TY. The state of being knobbed or protuberant.

TYM'PAN-UM. [L.] The middle ear.

UL'NA. [L.] A bone of the forearm.

UL'NAR, UL-NA'RIS. Relating to the ulna.

U'RIC. [Gr. +ouron+, _ouron_, urine.] An acid contained in urine, and
in gouty concretions.

U-VE'A. [L. _uva_, a grape.] Resembling grapes. A thin membrane of the
eye.

U'VU-LA. A soft body, suspended from the palate, near the aperture of
the nostrils, over the glottis.

VAC'CINE VI'RUS. [L. _vacca_, a cow, _virus_, poison.] Pertaining to
cows; derived from cows.

VALVE. Any membrane, or doubling of any membrane, which prevents
fluids from flowing back in the vessels and canals of the animal
body.

VAL'VU-LA, -AE. A valve.

VAS'CU-LAR. [L. _vasculum_, a vessel.] Pertaining to vessels;
abounding in vessels.

VAS'TUS. [L.] Great, vast. Applied to some large muscles.

VEINS. Vessels that convey blood to the heart.

VE'NOUS. Pertaining to veins.

VEN'TRI-CLE. [L. _venter_, the stomach.] A small cavity of the animal
body.

VEN-TRIC'U-LAR. Relating to ventricles.

VER-MIC'U-LAR. [L. _vermiculus_, a little worm.] Resembling the
motions of a worm.

VERM-I-FORM'IS. [L. _vermis_, a worm, and _forma_, form.] Having the
form and shape of a worm.

VERT'E-BRA, -AE. [L. _verto_, to turn.] A joint of the spinal column.

VERT'E-BRAL. Pertaining to the joints of the spinal column.

VES'I-CLE. [L. _vesica_, a bladder.] A little bladder, or a portion of
the cuticle separated from the cutis vera and filled with serum.

VES'TI-BULE. [L.] A porch of a house. A cavity belonging to the ear.

VIL'LI. [L.] Fine, small fibres.

VI'RUS. [L. poison.] Foul matter of an ulcer; poison.

VI'TAL. [L. _vita_, life.] Pertaining to life.

VIT'RE-OUS. [L. _vitrum_, glass.] Belonging to glass. A humor of the
eye.

VO'LAR. [L. _vola_, the hollow of the hand or foot.] Belonging to the
palm of the hand.

VO'MER. [L. a ploughshare.] One of the bones of the nose.

ZYG-O-MAT'I-CUS. [Gr. +zugos+, _zugos_, a yoke.] A term applied to
some muscles of the face, from their attachment.

INDEX.

A. PAGE.

ABDOMEN, 34
ABSORPTION, 181
----, Varieties of, 183
----, Cutaneous, 185
ACETABULUM, 38
ACIDS, Acetic, 28
----, Benzoic, 28
----, Muriatic, 440
----, Nitric, 440
----, Oxalic, 28, 440
----, Sulphuric, 440
AIR, Co