INTEGUMENT. The skin; that which covers the muscles. INUNCTION. Anointing; rubbing in an ointment. INVOLUTION. The reducing of a part to its natural condition. IRRITATION. Increase of vital movement and sensibility. ISCHIUM. The inferior part of the os innominatum. LABIAL. Relating or belonging to the lips. LABIA MAJORA. Two cutaneous folds that bound the opening of the vulva externally. LACERATION. A tearing; a breach made by rending or tearing. LACTATION. Suckling; the period of giving suck. LACTEALS. The chyliferous vessels; conveying chyle. LAMINA. Layers. LAPAROTOMY. Opening the bowels by an incision. LARYNX. The top of the windpipe; the cavity which contains the vocal ligaments. LATENT. Concealed; not apparent. LATERAL. Towards the side. LAXATIVES. Medicines which render the bowels more relaxed than usual. LEECH. A cotyloid worm used for the local abstraction of blood. LESION. A morbid change in the texture of an organ. LEUCORRHŒA. A whitish discharge from the vagina; the whites. LIGAMENT. A fibrous band. LIGATE. To tie; to secure with a string or band. LIGATURE. A cord or string. LIQUOR AMII. The fluid in which the fœtus is developed. LITER. A French measure; 2.113 pints. LITMUS. A vegetable dye; it is turned red with acids. LOBE. A division, or projection of an organ. LOCHIA. Evacuations from the vagina following childbirth. LOINS. The lateral parts of the lumbar region. LUMBAR. Pertaining to the reins or loins. LUXATION. Dislocation, or putting out of joint. LYMPH. The colorless fluid contained in lymphatics, &c. LYMPHATICS. Lymph ducts; certain vein-like vessels. MACERATION. The act of softening or soaking a thing. MALARIA. Noxious air from decomposed matter. MAMMARY. Pertaining to the breasts. MANIPULATION. Handling skilfully. MARASMUS. A wasting of flesh; a tuberculous disease of the mesenteric glands. MASSAGE. Kneading and softening of the muscles, &c. MEATUS. A passage larger than a duct; a channel. MECONIUM. The first fæces of an infant. MEDIAN LINE. An ideal line dividing the body longitudinally. MEDULLA OBLONGATA. The upper or cranial portion of the spinal cord. MENINGITIS. Inflammation of the meninges or membranes of the brain. MENORRHAGIA. Profuse menstruation. MESENTERY. A portion of the peritoneum attached to the small intestines. METASTASIS. A sudden removing of disease from one part to another. METRITIS. Inflammation of the womb. MIASM. Infection floating in the air. MICTURATION. The act of urinating, or evacuating the bladder. MINIM. The smallest liquid measure; a drop. MONAD. The simplest kind of minute animalcule. MUCUS. A viscid fluid secreted by a mucous membrane. MULTIPARA. A woman who has had two children or more. NÆVUS. A birth mark. NARCOTIC. Producing sleep and stupor.