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.