GLOSSARY
[Adapted from Dorland and Standard Dictionaries]
Ab-nor´mal. Not normal; contrary to the usual structure or condition.
A-bor´tion. 1. The expulsion of the fœtus before it is viable. 2. Premature stoppage of a morbid or a natural process.
Ab-ra´sion. 1. A rubbing or scraping off. 2. A spot rubbed bare of skin or mucous membrane.
Ab´scess. A localized collection of pus in a cavity formed by the disintegration of tissues.
Ac-couch´e-ment. Delivery in childbed; confinement.
Ac´e-tone. 1. A colorless liquid found in pyro-acetic acid and in naphtha. 2. Any member of the series to which the normal or typical acetone belongs.
A´ci-do´´sis. Acid intoxication of the system from the elaboration or too much acid by faulty metabolism or the imperfect disposition of normal amounts of acid.
A-ci´nus, pl. acini. One (acini, more than one) of the smallest lobules of a compound gland.