pulse

(puls) (L. pul’sus stroke]. The expansion and contraction of an artery which may be felt with the finger. The pulse is usually felt on the radial artery at the wrist, though it may be felt over the temporal, carotid, ulnar, brachial, femoral. and other arteries. The pulse-rafe or number of pulsations of an artery.a minute in the adult is varied from 67 to 72. allorhythmic p., a pulse Characterized by a rhyth- geminal pulse.. undulo’sus, a pulse characterized by a series of waves. p. vac’uus, an extremely weak pulse. p. veno’sus, venous pulse. pultaceous (pul-ta’shus) [L. pudte’ceus]. pulp or poultice. pulv. An abbreviation for L. pul’vis powder. pulver fiat or (pul’ver-fla-tor). A proprietary apparatus for blowing powders. pulver in (pul’ver-in). Sce durilla. pulverization (pul’ver-i-za’shun) [L. pul’tis powder]. The reduction of any substance to powder. pulverulent (pul-ver’u-lent) [L. pulverulen’tus). Powdery; dust-like. pulvinar (pul-vi’nar) [L. ‘cushion ”]. The posterior and inner part of the optic thalamus, embedded within the crus cerebri. p. epiglot’tid is. See cushion of the epiglottis. pulvinate (pul’vin-at) [L. pulri’nus cushion]. Shaped like a cushion. pulvis (pul’vis), pl. pul’veres. Latin for powder. p. aéroph’or us, p. aéroph’or us an’glicus. See cffervescing Pater. Ῥ. aéroph’or us lax’- ans, p. efferves’cens compos’‘it us. See seidlits powder. Ὦ. an tim on i a’lis. Sce James’ ouder. See also under powder. p. cutico’lor L. " skin-colored powder "], oxid of zinc (2 gm.), magnesium carbonate (3 gm.), white bole (3 gm.), red bole (2 gm.), rice-starch (10 gm.): used in skin diseases. p. gummo’sus, a powder made of licorice, gum arabic, and sugar: used as an excipient. pulvola (pul-vo’lah). A proprietary epipastic or dusting-powder: said to be a powdered oil. pump (pump). An apparatus for drawing or forcing fluids or gases. air-p., a pump for exhausting or forcing in air. Alvegniat’s p., a mercurial air-pump: used in measuring the free gaseous constituents of the blood. breast-p., a pump for abstracting milk from the breast. dental p., an apparatus for removing saliva from the mouth in dental operations. stomach-p., a pump for removing poisons from the stomach. pumpkin (pump’kin). See pepo. punched-out edges. The characteristic feature of the deep ulcers of subcutaneous syphilitic gummata. puncta (punk’tah). See punclum. punctate (punk’tat) [L.]. with points or dots. punctiform (punk’tif-orm) [L. punc’tum point + for’'ma shape]. Like a point; located in a point. In bacteriology, said of very minute colonies. puncto graph (punk’to-graf) [L. punc’tum point + Gr. γράφειν to write]. An instrument for the radiographic localization of foreign bodies in the ti ues. punctum (punk’tum), pl. punc/ta. Latin for point. p.ce’cum. Same as blind-spot. punc’- ta doloro’sa, painful points in the course of tees affected with neuralgia. Called also Valleix's points. pune’ta lacrima’lia, the outlets of the lacrimal canaliculi in the edges of the eyelids near the inner canthi. p. lu’teum, the macula lutea. p. nasa’le infe’rius, the rhinion. Ῥ. prox'imum. Same as ncarpoint. p. remo’- tum. See far-point. p. sa’‘liens, the vascular expansion in the embryo forming the primitive heart. pune’ta vasculo’sa, minute red spots which mark the cut surface of the white substance of the brain. They are caused by blood from divided ve els. punctumeter (punk-tum’et-er) [L. punc’tum point + Gr. μέτρον measure]. An_ instrument for measuring the range of accommodation. puncture (punk’tir) [L. punctu’ra]. 1. An act of piercing. 2. A wound made by a pointed instrument. Bernard’s p., puncture on a definite point of the floor of that ‘fourth ventricle causing Like a Plural of Latin punc’tum point. Resembling or marked 788 PURGATIVE artificial diabetes. Corning’ Same as Quincke’s diabetic p. Same as Bernard’s p. oon tr: cp. See Marfan’s method under method. ratory p., the piercing of a cavity or tumor ont the removal of some portion of the contents for the purpose of examination. Kronecker’s p., puncture of the inhibitory nerve-center of the heart by means of a long fine needle. 1 Ῥ. See Quincke's p. Marfan’s epigastric p. See Marfan's method under method. Quincke’s p., the tapping of the spinal membranes in the lumbar region, chictly for the purpose ot obtaining cerebrospinal tluid for examination. spinal p. Same as lumbar p. punctured (punk’tird). 1. Pierced. 2. Caused by a prick or thrust.