AEROPLEURIA

presence of oxygen, but which, under certain cir- cum stances, acquire the power of living in it. obligate a., organisms which always need oxygen in order to live. aérobic, aérobiotic (a-er-o’bik, a’er-o-bi-ot’ik). Growing only in air or free oxygen. aérobioscope (a-er-o-bi’o-skdp) (Gr. agp air + Blos life + σκοπεῖν to view]. An apparatus for analyzing the bacterial composition of air. a bro bios is (a’er-o-bi-o’sis). The condition of being aérobiotic. aérobium (a-er-o’be-um). The singular of a¢robia. abrocele (a’er-o-sél) [Gr. dnp air + κήλῃ tumor]. A tumor formed by air filling an adventitious pouch, such as laryngocele and tracheocele. a@rocolia (a”er-o-ko'le-ah). Aérocoly. aérocolpos (a”e-ro-kol’pos) [Gr. ἀήρ air + κόλπος vagina]. Distention of the vagina with gas. aérocoly (a-er-o’ko-le) [Gr. ἀήρ air + colon). Distention of the colon with gas. a’rocystoscope (a-er-o-sis’to-skdp). Same as atro-urethroscope. a’rocystoscopy (a’er-o-sis-tos’ko-pe) [Gr. ἀήρ air + κύστις bladder + σκοπεῖν to inspect]. Examination of the bladder with the aéro-urethroscope. aé’rod erm ectasia (a’ecr-o-der-mek-ta’ze-ah) [Gr. ἀήρ ait + δέρμα skin + ἔκτασις extension]. Subcutaneous or surgical emphysema. a’rodynamics (a’’er-o-di-nam’iks) [Gr. dnp air + δύναμις power]. The science of gases in motion. a%rogen (a’er-o-jen). An aérogenic or gas-producing bacterium. ab’rogenesis (a”er-o-jen’es-is) [Gr. ἀήρ ait + γένεσις formation]. Gas-production. aé’rogenic (a’er-o-jen’ik). Producing gas. a’rohydropathy (a’er-o-hi-drop’ath-e) (Gr. ἀήρ air + ὕδωρ water + πάθος disease]. The therapeutic use of air and water. aérohydrotherapy (a”er-o-hi-dro-ther’ap-e) (Gr. ἀήρ air + ὕδωρ water + θεραπεία treatment]. The therapeutic use of air and water. " a’rometer (a-er-om’et-er) [Gr. ἀήρ air + μέτρον measure]. An instrument for weighing air or for estimating the density of air. a’romicrobe (a”er-o-mi’krob) [Gr. ἀήρ air + μικρός small + βίος life]. Any aérobic microorganism. aéropathy (a-er-op’ath-e) (Gr. ἀήρ air + πάθος disease]. The condition frequently seen in persons exposed to greatly altered vasometric pre ure; cai on disease. ” aéroper it on i a (a”er-o-per-it-o’ne-ah) (Gr. ἀήρ air + peritoneum). Air or gas in the peritoneum. atrophagy, aérophagia (a-cr-of’aj-e, a’’cr-o-fa’- je-ah) (Gr. dap air + φαγεῖν to eat]. Spasmodic swallowing of air, followed by eructations: seen in hysteria. aérophilous (a-er-of’il-us) [Gr. anp air + φιλεῖν to love]. Loving air; requiring air for proper growth: said of bacteria. aérophobia (a-er-o-fo’be-ah) [Gr. dnp air + φόβος fear]. 1. Morbid dread of drafts of air. 2. A form of rabies marked by extreme dread of currents of air. aérophore (a’cr-o-f6r) [Gr. ἀήρ air + yopety to carry]. A device used in inflating with air the lungs of stillborn children. aérophyte (a’er-o-fit) (Gr. ἀήρ air + guréy plant). An air plant; any microbe or other plant organism that derives its sustenance from the air. aéroplethysmograph = (a’’er-o-pleth-iz’mo-graf) (Gr. aap air + πληθυσμός enlargement + yoayer to record]. An apparatus for registering the amount of air respired. aéropleuria (a-cr-o-plu’re-ah) [Gr. ap air + πλευρά side]. Same as pneumothorax. otroporotomy (a’’er-o-po-rot’o-me) [Gr. ἀήρ air + pa age -++ τομή cutting]. Operation of thn air into the air-pa ages, as by intubation or aa acheotomy. (a’er-o-skdp) (Gr. ἀήρ air + σκοπεῖν to inspect) Aa An instrument for the microscopic examination of the air in respect of its purity. a (a-er-o-stat’iks) (Gr. ἀήρ air + στατικός causing to stand]. The science of gases in equilibrium. aérotaxis (a”er-o-taks’is) (Gr. ἀήρ air + rags order]. The attractive and repellent influence exercised by oxygen on aérobic and anaérobic bacteria respectively. aérotherapeutics, abérotherapy (a’er-o-ther-apu’tiks, a”er-o-ther’ap-e) [Gr. dap air + θεραπεία treatment]. The use of air in treating diseases. aérothermotherapy = (a”er-o-ther’’mo-ther’ap-e) (Gr. anp air + θέρμη heat + θεραπεία treatment]. Treatment with currents of hot air. aérothorax (a-er-o-tho’raks) (Gr. ἀήρ air + θώραξ chest]. Same as pneumothor aéroto no meter (a’’er-o-to-nom et-er) (Gr. ἀήρ air + τόνος tone + μέτρον measure]. An instrument for measuring the tension of the gases in the blood. aérotropism (a-er-ot’ro-pizm) [Gr. ἀήρ air + rpéros turning]. The growth of organisms toward or away from a supply of air. aérotympanal (a-er-o-tim’pan-al) [L. a’er air + tym’ panum drum]. Performed by the agency of the air and the tympanum. aéro-urethroscope (a”er-o-u-réth’ro-skop) [Gr. ἀήρ air + uretkroscope). A urethroscope by which the urethra is dilated with air before inspection. aéro-urethroscopy (a er-o-u-réth-ros’ko-pe). The use of the aéro-uret ope. aérozol (a-er’o-zol). An e ential oil containing 25 parts of ozone. aérteriversion (a-er’ ter-iv-er’shun) (Gr. ἀήρ air + τηρεῖν to hold + L. ver’sio turning]. Surgical eversion of the ends of a bleeding artery for the arrest of hemorrhage. aérteriverter (a-er’ter-iv-er ter). for use in aérteriversion. wes-, wt-. For words thus beginning, see those beginning es-, εἰ-. culapian (es-ku-la’pe-an). Pertaining to -Esculapius, the god of medicine, or to the art of med i- Gne; medical or medicinal. 2s‘culus hippocas’tanum. The horse-chestnut, the bark and seeds of which are antirheumatic and have been used in malaria. e thesioneuro’sis. See est hes i on euros is. sether (e’ther). See ether. ASbtius (a-c’she-us). A Greek medical writer who flourished about 500 A. p., the author of a medical work in sixteen books, the Tetrabiblon.