Mum´mi-fi-ca´´tion. Dry gangrene; also the drying up and shrivelling of the fœtus.

Myd´ri-at´´ic. A drug that dilates the pupil.

Nau´se-a. Tendency to vomit; sickness at the stomach.

Ne-cro´sis. Death of a tissue, especially of a bone.

Ne-phri´tis. Inflammation of the kidney.

Neu-rot´ic. 1. Pertaining to or affected with a neurosis. 2. Pertaining to the nerves.

Neu´tra-lize. To render neutral or ineffective.

Ni´tro-gen. A colorless gaseous element found free in air.

Nod´u-lar. 1. Like a nodule or node. 2. Marked with nodules.

Nu´cle-us. 1. a spheroid body within a cell, forming the essential and vital part. 2. A mass of gray matter in the central nervous system. 3. In chemistry, the central element in the molecule of a compound.