ACRIA

(Lat.), n. n. pl.?-a8, Nent. pl. of adj. acer. Gr., orpvévé. Fr., âcres. Ger., scharfstoffize Mittel. Acrid, irritating drugs or applications. [A, 305.] Acrid vegetable poisons. [B 95.|—A. abortiva. Irritant abortifacients. {Bernatzik (A, '319).] —A. anthelminthic a. Acrid drugs which operate as anthelminthics. [Bernatzik (A, 819).|—A. antiscorbutic a. Those which, like mustard, are of benefit in scurvy. [Bernatzik (A, 319).]—A. aphrodisiac a. Those which, like cantharides, stimulate the sexual appetite. [Bernatzik (A, 319).]—A. chemiea. Fr., dcres chimiques. Chemical irritants —A. diuretic a. Acrid drugs which act as diuretics. [Bernatzik (A, 319).]—A. drastic a. See A. purgantia.—A. ecbolic a. See À. abortiva—A. emetic a. Acrid drugs which expend their irritating action in causing vomiting. (Bernatzik (A, 319).|—A. eme to-cathartic a. Those which cause vomiting and purging. [Bernatzik (A, 319).])—A. emmenagoga. Those which stimulate menstruation. bare (A, 319).J]—A. enlenastica, Epispastics. [Bernatzik (A, 319).]—A. expectorant i a. Stimulating expectorants. [Bernatzik (A, 319).]—. chanica. Fr., s mécaniques, Mechanical irritants. — A. phiogoga. Irritants which, applied locally, cause hyperemia and finally inflammation. (Bernatzik (A, 319).j—A. pruriginantia. Those which cause slight redne , heat, and a sense of itching or tingling. [Bernatzik (A, 319).]—A. purgantia. Those which cause abdominal pain and purging. [Bernatzik (A, 319).]—A. rubefacient i a. ose which cause rubefaction followed by desquamation or a serous transudation. [Bernatzik (A. 319).J—A. sialagoga. Irritant sialagogues. [Bernatzik (A, 319).]—A. stomachiea. Acrid drugs which, in moderate doses, act only as stomachics. [Bernatzik (A, 319).|—A. suppurantia. Those which, locally applied, cause suppuration. [Bernatzik (A, 319).|—A. urentia. See [Ber- . me- A, pruriginantia—A. vesicant i a. Those which vesicate. natzik (A, 319).]