Arbutus

(ar’bu-tus) [L.]. A genus of ericaceous trees and shrubs. A. mensie’sii is the madroiio of the Pacific States, whose bark is astringent. trailing a. See Epigea. A. une’do, the European arbutus, is astringent. A. u’va-ur’si. See See Andéra. arbores’ cerns}. [L. Branching uva-ursi. are (ark) [L. ar’cus bow]. Any part of the circumference of a circle. auricular a., bin auricular &., a measurement from the center of one auditory meatus to that of the other. bregma to lambdoid a., extends along the course of the sagittal suture. nasobregmatic a., a line from the root of the nose to the bregma. naso-occipital a., extends from the root of the nose to the lowest part of the occipital protuberance. reflex a., an affercnt nerve, its nerve-center and an afferent nerve, considered as the pathway for a reflex act. sensorimotor a., the path by which a nerve impulse is carried from a sense organ to a muscle.