Surgery, with Special Reference to PodiatryStern, Maximilian
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Surgery, with Special Reference to Podiatry
Stern, Maximilian
Foot -- Surgery; Surgery
+emigration.+ The outward passage of a wandering cell through the walls
of a blood-vessel.
+empyema.+ Pus in a cavity.
+en or endo.+ Within, as in endocardium, inner lining of the heart.
+encapsule.+ To inclose in a sheath.
+endermatically.+ Within or through the skin.
+endoneural.+ Within the nerve.
+endosteum.+ Membrane covering bone surface in the medullary cavity.
+endothelial.+ Pertaining to or consisting of endothelium. A lining
cavity not communicating with the outer air.
+enteroclysis.+ A high enema.
+enterostomy.+ Establishing an artificial anus through the abdominal
wall.
+epidermis.+ The outer layer of the skin constituting the outer
investment of the body.
+epiphyseal.+ Pertaining to the epiphysis.
+epiphysis.+ A piece of bone that in early life is separated from a long
bone by cartilage, but later becomes part of the bone.
+epithelial.+ Pertaining to epithelium.
+epithelioma.+ A cancerous growth originating from squamous epithelium.
+epithelium.+ The cells covering all cutaneous and mucous surfaces,
together with the secreting cells of glands developed from the
ectoderm.
+erysipelas.+ An acute specific inflammation of the skin and
subcutaneous tissues, accompanied by fever and constitutional
disturbances. Caused by the streptococcus erysipelatos.
+erythema.+ Redness of the skin.
+eschar.+ A scar.
+escharotic.+ A substance producing an eschar.
+esia.+ Sensation, as in anesthesia, loss of sensation.
+ethyl bromide.+ A colorless liquid, used for both general and local
anesthesia.
+ethyl chloride.+ A colorless liquid, whose spray produces local
anesthesia.
+etiology.+ Cause as related to disease.
+eucaine.+ A synthetic compound capable of producing local anesthesia.
+evacuated.+ Removal of waste material from the body.
+evaporation.+ Turning into vapor.
+eversion.+ Turning outward. Turning back an eyelid so as to expose the
conjunctiva. Turning the inner border of the foot outward.
+ex.+ Out of or from, as in exostosis, a bony outgrowth.
+exacerbation.+ Increased severity of a disease or of its symptoms.
+excretion.+ The product of a gland or of cells not useful to the
economy, in contradistinction to secretion.
+excoriation.+ Removal of the superficial protective layer of the skin
or mucous membrane.
+exfoliate.+ To strip off in layers. To desquamate.
+exostosis.+ A bony tumor springing from bone.
+extravasation.+ Effusion of fluid into the tissues.
+F+
+facet.+ A small plane, articulating surface.
+facient.+ To make, as in rubefacient, to make red.
+facultative.+ Pertaining to functional or acquired power.
+Faradic.+ Pertaining to induced electric currents.
+fauces.+ The space between the cavity of the mouth and the pharynx.
+felon.+ Paronychia. Whitlow.
+femur.+ The thigh bone.
+ferment.+ An organic substance which in small quantities is capable of
setting up changes in another organic substance without itself
undergoing much change.
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