Etiology

(e-te-ol'-o-j'e). A treatise on, or pertaining to, the causes of disease. Ethnic. Pertaining to race. E. Idiocy. See Idiocy , Ethnic. Ethnology (eth-nol'-o-je). The comparative study of the races of mankind, oxycaffem (eth-oks-e-kaf'-e-in), A medy recommended to relieve the pain of herpes zoster, migraine, and neuralgia. In overdoses it has a oxic effect; gr. viij causes drunkenne and vomiting. Dose gr. iv. Unof. usa (e-thu'-sah). A genus of umbelliferous plants. E. cynapium, or fools' parsley, has poisonous qualities. It was formerly used as an emmenagogue. Unof. Ethusin (e-thu'-sin). A poisonous alkaloid obtainable from Ethusa cynapium, or fools' Etrotomy (e-trof '-o-me). A name proposed for pelvic section. Cf. Pubetrotomy.