An´a-sar´´ca. An accumulation of serum in the cellular tissues of the body.

An´en-ceph´´al-ous. Having no brain.

An´ky-lo´´sis. Abnormal rigidity or stiffness of a joint.

An´o-dyne. A medicine that relieves pain.

An´te par´tum. Latin for “before delivery.”

An-te´ri-or. Situated in front of, or in the forward part of.

An´ti-pe´ri-od´´ic. A drug that tends to prevent recurrent attacks of disease.

An´ti-sep´´tic. 1. Preventing decay or putrefaction. 2. A substance destructive to poisonous germs.

A-pe´ri-ent. Mildly cathartic.

Ap-nœ´a. The absence of respiration—especially that form which occurs in a child delivered by the Cæsarean operation.