AXIS

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1893 · p. 10

(Lat.). n. f. He2m(ha3-e;lm)-a;!x(a3x)'i's. Gen., -ax'eos-(-i8). Gr., ai>ofi (from ai/naoxrtu', to make bloody). Fr., hlmaxis. See BLOODLETTING. H^EMELYTROMETRA (Lat.1, n. f. He5m(has-em)-e2] i"t- (u*t)-ro(ro3)-me!1t(mat)'ra3. From atfia, blood. ckvTpov, a cavity, and, MTpa, the matrix. A collection of blood in the cavity of the uterus and vagina. [Alberts (o, 34).] H^ [s. 272]