softening

(sawf'ning). Malacia, moUities, the act of becoming or state of being soft, a diminution of the normal consistence of a ti ue, ane'mics., "white softening of the brain, gray s., a stage of s. following yellow s. in which there has been more or le absorption of the fat. hemorrhag'ic s.| red s. mucoid s., myxomatous degeneration. red s., s. of the brain in which bleeding has taken place into the necrosed part, white anemic 92s 1. of the brain due to complete cutting off of the Jlood-supply. yellow S., a late stage of s. of the jrain in which fatty degeneration of the cells has )ccurred together with a deposit of altered Dlood pigment. A 1-disease'. disease supposed to be caused by jmanations from the soil, as was formerly nalaria. a bean (so'yah ben). Soy bean. A 1. L. colloidal dispersion in which the dispersed particles are of the size of sub mic rones. 2. Abbreviation of solution. A an'idine. crystallizable alkaloid, CjsHnNOj, Dbtained by treating solanine with dilute acids; its effects are similar to those of solanine, but it is said to be free from the irritant action of the latter. An 'lanine. alkaloid of not definitely determined composition obtained from dulcamara and from potato sprouts; it causes nausea and vomiting, dryne of the fauces, vertigo, headache, weak pulse, and muscular tremors or convulsions. I'anoid [L. solanum + G. eidos, resemblance.] Resembling a potato in texture, said of certain malignant growths. + A lano'ma [L. solanum G. -oma.] solanoid neoplasm. la'num [L. nightshade.] A genus of plants of the order Solanacets, including various species of nightshade as well as the potato. S. carolinen'se, the horse-nettle, apple of Sodom, a North American plant, used in eclectic practice in the treatment of epilepsy and other convulsive affections and of whooping-cough, in doses of n^io—20 (0.6-1.3) of t^6 specific preparation. S. dulcama'ra, bitter sweet, see dulcamara. S. nigrum, black nightshade. S. tubero's um, the potato. la'num (N.P.). Horse-nettle berries, the dried ripe fruit of Solanum caroUnense; has been recommended as an adjuvant to the bromides in the treatment of epilepsy in doses of 5 1 (4 0) of • the N.P. fiuidextract. Tar [L. Solaris; sol, sun.] Relating to the sun or sunlight, s. fever, dengue, s. plejcus, plexus coeliac us. s. ther'apy, s. treatment, heliotherapy. la'rium [L. sol, sun.] A sun-parlor, an outside gallery or roof-room enclosed in gla . lati on (sol-a's hun). In colloidal chemistry, the transformation of a gel into a sol. Idaini's rea'gent (sol-dah-e'ne) [Arturo Sold a in i, Italian chemist.] Copper carbonate 15, pota ium bicarbonate 416, water 1400; one part of this reagent boiled with two parts of urine will result in the throwing down of a yellow precipitate if the urine contains glucose. le [A.S.] The under part of the foot, the plantar surface, planta [BNA]. lenoid (so-le'noyd, sole-noyd) [G. solen, a pipe, a groove, + eidos, resemblance.] i. A coil of wire in the shape of a cylinder; when a bar of iron is placed in the center of the cylinder and a current of electricity is pa ed through the wire the iron core becomes a magnet. ^. An apparatus like a large solenoid used for d'Arson vali zati on. The arborization, surrounded by granle-plate. ular protoplasm, of the axis-cylinder, constituting the nerve end-organ in muscle. le'us [L. sole a, sole, sandal.] See under musculus. Iferino (sol-fer-e'no). Rosaniline, fuchsin. I'id [L. solidus.] 1. Firm, compact, not fluid; without interstices or cavities, not cancellous. A body which retains its form when not con2. fined, one which is not fluid, neither liquid nor gaseous.