Inflammation of the pleura, often as a complication of a disease such as pneumonia, accompanied by accumulation of fluid in the pleural cavity, chills, fever, and painful breathing and coughing.

plexus

Network, as of nerves or blood vessels.

pneumothorax

Air or gas in the pleural cavity.

popliteal

Relating to the hollow part of the leg behind the knee joint.

probang

Long, slender, elastic rod with a sponge at the end. It is introduced into the esophagus or larynx to remove foreign bodies or introduce medication.

pudic

Pertaining to the external organs of generation.

pyriform

Shaped like a pear.

radius

Bone of the forearm on the thumb side. (See ulnar)

ramus

A branch, as of a nerve, or blood vessel.

raphe

Seamlike union between two parts or halves of an organ.

ratiocination

Logical reasoning.

sacculated

Formed with or having saclike expansions.

scirrhus

Hard dense cancerous growth usually arising from connective tissue.

septa

Thin partition dividing two cavities or soft masses of tissue.

sternum

Bones extending along the middle line of the ventral portion of the body of most vertebrates, consisting in humans of a flat, narrow bone connected with the clavicles and the true ribs; breastbone.

stricture

Abnormal narrowing of a duct or passage.

subclavian

Beneath the clavicle.

submaxillary

Pertaining to the lower jaw.

sui generis

The only example of its kind; a class of its own; unique

superficies

Outward appearance.

sutural

Junction of two bones.

symphysis

Growing together, or the fixed or nearly fixed union, of bones.

taxis

Replacing of a displaced part, or the reducing of a hernia, by manipulation without cutting.

tegument (tegumentary, integument)

Natural outer covering.

thorax (thoracic)

Trunk between the neck and the abdomen, containing the cavity enclosed by the ribs, sternum, and certain vertebrae, containing the heart, lungs, etc.; chest.

trachea (tracheal)

Tube descending from the larynx to the bronchi and carrying air to the lungs. Windpipe.

trephine (trephining)

Small circular saw with a center pin mounted on a strong hollow metal shaft, used to remove circular disks of bone from the skull.

trocar

Sharp-pointed instrument enclosed in a cannula, used for withdrawing fluid from a cavity, as the abdominal cavity.

tunica vaginalis

Pouch of serous membrane covering the testis and derived from the peritoneum.

venesection (venisection, phlebotomy)

Opening a vein by incision or puncture to remove blood as a therapeutic treatment.

viz.

Contraction of the Latin "videre licet" meaning "it is permissible to see," The -z- is not a letter, but originally a twirl, representing the symbol for the ending -et. Usually read as "namely."

ulnar

Bone of the forearm on the side opposite to the thumb. (See radius)

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SURGICAL ANATOMY

BY

JOSEPH MACLISE

FELLOW OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.

WITH SIXTY-EIGHT COLOURED PLATES.

PHILADELPHIA:

BLANCHARD AND LEA.

1859.

[Stamped by owner: John D. Warren, Physician & Surgeon.]

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WITH WHOM AS A FELLOW-STUDENT I WAS ASSOCIATED

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