alex'ia

[G. apriv. + lexis, a word or phrase.] Lo of the power to grasp the meaning of written or printed words and sentences; word-blindne ; called also optical, sensory, or visual a. in distinction to motor a. (aphemia or anarthria), in which there is lo of the power to read aloud although the significance of what is written or printed is Stedman's Medical Dictionary .EXIA 31 cmderstood. Musical a., or music-blindne , is.OSS of the power to read musical notation, ix'in [G. alexo, I ward off.] Complement, a labile substance, present in both normal and immune serum, po e ing bactericidal and hemolytic properties when combined with immune body the alexin in normal serum is sometimes called sos in, that in specific or immune serum, phylaxin A iz'ine. French proprietary remedy, said to contain chiefly phosphoric acid. izipharmic (&-leks-i-far'mik) [G. alex i pharma kos, preserving against poison.] 1. Antidotal. 2. An antidote. sxipyretic (a-lek"sJ-pi-ret'ik) [G. alexo, I ward off, pyretos, fever.] Febrifuge. -tezisbad, Germany (ah-lek's is-baht). Chalybeate waters; three springs. Used in diabetes, anemia, nervous disorders and women's diseases. May 20 to September 20. + A ixocyte (a-lek'so-sit) [alexin G. kytos, cell.] leucocyte which is a umed to secrete alexin or com.plenient. A 'gae [pi. of L. alga, seaweed.] division of cellular cryptogamous plants, including the seaweeds. ^anesthesia, algansesthesia (al-gan-es-the'zl-ah) [G. algos, pain, 4- anpriv. -I a is thesis, sensation.] Analgesia. garoth [after the inventor, V. Algarotii, Italian chemist, 1712-1764.] Oxy chloride of antimony formerly employed as an emetic.;esia, algesis (al-je'sl-ah, al-je's is) [G. algesis, a sense of pain.] Hyperesthesia..;e's ic. Painful, hyperesthetic.;esichronometer (al-3e"s!(-kro-nom'e-tur) [G. algesis, sense of pain, chronos, time, metron, -I- -I measure.] An instrument for recording the time required for the perception of a painful stimulus. jesimeter, algesiometer (al-je-sim'e-tur, al-jesi-om'e-tur) [G. algesis, sense of pain, -Imetron, measure.] An instrument for measuring the degree of sensitivene of the' skin to a painful stimulus. jesthesia (al-jes-the'zl-ah) [G. algos, pain, -I a is thesis, sensation.] Hyperesthesia.;etic. Painful. gid (al'jid) [L. algid us, cold.] Chilly, cold. a. pern i'cio us fe'ver, a pernicious malarial attack in which the patient presents all the symptoms of collapse, a. stage, a stage in certain diseases, notably in cholera, in which the skin is cold and cyanotic. riomo'tor [G. algeinos, painful.] Causing painful muscular contractions. jiomus'cular [G. algeinos, painful.] Algiomotor.;iovas'cular. Algovascular. + jogen'esis [G. algos, pain, genesis, production.] The production or origin of pain. 5ogen'ic. Causing pain. A;olag'nia [G. algos, pain, -flagneia, lust.] form of sexual perversion in which the infliction or. the experiencing of pain increases the pleasure of the sexual act or causes sexual pleasure independent of the act. ac'tive a., sadism, pas's ive masochism. a., 'om'eter [G. algos, pain, + metron, measure.] An instrument for measuring the degree of sensitivene to pain algesimeter.;;ophily (al-gof'i-U) [G. algos, pain, -IpMlia,\ ove.] Pleasure experienced in the thought of pain or I. in the infliction of pain upon others or the suffering it oneself. 2. Algolagnia.;opho'bia [G. algos, pain, + phobos, fear.] Abnormal fear of or sensitivene to pain; odynephobia.