PASSION

n. Pa2sh'u3n. Lat., pa io (from pat i, to suffer). Fr.,p. Ger.. Lei dens chaft. Lit., suffering. A general term used in medicine for various painful diseases or painful conditions resulting from disease, [o, 48.] Cceliac p. See Cceliac FLUX. Hrematoceeliac p. Dysentery with bloody discharges, [o, 34.] Hysteric p. An old term for hysteria. [A, 42.] Iliac p. See ILEUS. [s. 222]