BAG

n. Bag. A.-S., bælg, belig. Any sac-like structure; a vulgar term for the udder of the cow, also for the scrotum. [A, 302; L.]—Air-b. Fr., ballon. Ger., Luft-Ballon. It., pallone. A b., usually of soft rubber, to be inflated with air and used as a, as a dilator, ete—IB. of waters. Fr., poche des eaux. Ger.) Fruchtblase. Sp., bolsa de las aguas. A popular term for the accumulation of liquor amnii that takes place in advance of the foetus during the expulsive stage of labor.—Barnes’s. See Barnes’s DiLAToRS.—Honey-comb b. A popular term for the reticulum of a ruminant. [L, 147.|—Ink-b. A pyrioae gland in certain molluses, lying in or near the liver. It secretes a dark-colored liquid which the animal ejects when alarmed. [L, 11.]—Politzer’s b. ?)-0(0?)-mi(muS)-se- ?)-u3m(u#m)-uSrt(e2rt)'a3, See POLITZER’S BAG. Fr., ballon de Politzer. Ger., Politzer’scher Lujt-Ballon. It,, pallone @aria del Politzer. Ab. of soft rubber for forcing air into the Eustachian tube. The nozzle, which has been variously modifled by different otologists, is connected with the b. by a piece of rubber tubing 8 ctm. long. [F, 33.]—Water-b’s. A term applied to certain pouches of the cardial portion of the stomach of the camel, provided with sphincter muscles. [L, 210.]