AHYPNIA

(Lat.), n.f.?-hi?p(hu‘p)’ni?-a. Gr., dvmvia [Aretœus (A, 811)]. Sleeple ne . [D, 90.] .), n, A%-e. It., ahi, Syn,: a. douloureux, lai, ténosynite crépitante, téno site crépitante et séreuse. A painful swelling of the forearm in those whose vocations lead them to make movements of torsion of the closed hand upon the forearm. It is probably due to an inflammation of the fibrous structures enveloping the tendons of the external radial muscles or their bursæ, or of the long abductor and short extensor of the thumb. The word itself is a common exclamation of pain. The affection is treated with rest, bandaging, flying blisters, ete. [R. Larger, “ Rev. de chir.,” May, 1882, p- 39 (D; L}.]