FURUNCLE. A boil. GALL-STONES. Concretions formed from the bile. GANGLION. An enlargement in the course of a nerve. GANGRENE. Partial death; mortification. GARGLES. Solutions applied to the throat. GASTRIC. Pertaining to the stomach. GENITAL. Pertaining to generation. GERM. An undeveloped point of growth. GESTATION. The period of pregnancy. GINGLYMOID. Hinge-like. GLOBUS. A globe or ball. GLOBUS HYSTERIOUS. A sensation in the throat said to be like a ball. GLOTTIS. The opening into the windpipe. GRAMME. The French unit of weight; a little over fifteen grains. GRANULATIONS. Small red elevations looking like grains. GUTTA. A drop. GYNECOLOGY. The science of the diseases of women. HEARTBURN. A hot sensation in the throat or stomach. HEMATEMESIS. Vomiting of blood. HEMOPTYSIS. Raising blood from the lungs. HEMORRHAGE. A flow of blood. HEMOSTATIC. An agent to stop bleeding. HEMATOSIS. Sanguification; furnishing blood. HEMICRANIA. Pain in one side of the head. HEMIPLEGIA. Paralysis of a lateral half of the body. HEPATIC. Pertaining to the liver. HERNIA. A protrusion of a part that has escaped from its natural cavity. HOMOGENEOUS. Consisting of similar elements or parts. HYDROCYANIC ACID. Prussic acid. HYDATIDS. A mass of watery vesicles. HYDRARGYRUM. Mercury. HYDROCEPHALUS. Dropsy of the brain. HYDROPS. Dropsy. HYGIENE. Science which treats of the preservation of the health. HYMEN. The virginal membrane at the orifice of the vagina. HYPERÆMIA. An excess of blood in an organ. HYPERESTHESIA. Exalted sensibility. HYPERTROPHY. Augmented bulk; enlargement. HYPNOTIC. Sleep producing; soporific. HYPOCHORIDRIUM. The region under the floating ribs. HYPOGASTRIUM. The lower part of the abdomen, near the pubis. ICHOR. Thin, watery, and acrid discharge. ICTERUS. Jaundice. IDIOPATHIC. Primarily affecting; not secondary or symptomatic. IDIOSYNCRACY. Peculiarity of constitution or susceptibility. ILIUM. The upper part of the hip or haunch bone. ILEUM. The lower two-fifths of the small intestines. IMPACTED. Wedged in or driven close. IMPERFORATE. Having no opening. INANITION. Exhaustion from want of food. INCOMPATIBLE. Cannot be properly employed together. INCONTINENCE. Inability to hold. INCISOR. A fore or front tooth. INCUBATION. Hatching; the maturing of contagious virus. INDEX FINGER. The fore finger. INDURATION. The act of hardening. INFECTION. The communication of virus. INFERIOR. The lower of two parts. INFUSION. 1st. The steeping of a substance in a fluid; 2d. The liquor resulting from the steeping of a substance in a fluid. INGUINAL. Pertaining to the groin. INHALATIONS. Gas or vapor to be inspired into the lungs. INNOMINATA. Nameless. INSPIRATION. Breathing in; inhalation. INTERCOSTAL. Between the ribs.