Linteum

(lin'-te-um). Lint. L., Paten English, charpie; lint that is scraped on both side Lingula (lin' '-gu-lah). A transversely lamellose lobule between the valve of Vieu ens and the central lobule of the cerebellum. It is called, also, the linguetta laminosa, the ligula, and the proce us petrosus antic us. Also, the line of demarcation between the genera, pial surface of the myel and oblong at a, and the endymal, metacelian surface. L. mandibular is, the prominent, thin scale of bone partly surrounding the large foramen of the lower jaw; it serves for the attachment of the sphenomandibular ligament. L. sphenoidal is, a small, tonguelike proce of bone projecting backward in the angle between the body and great wing of the sphenoid bone. L. of Wrisberg, connecting fibers of the motor and sensory roots of the trifacial nerve. Lingulate (ling'-gu-lat). Tongue -shaped. Linhart's Mixture. See Anesthetic . Liniment (lin'-im-ent). See Lin i mentum. Lin i mentum (/iii-im-en'-tum). A liniment. A thin, liquid ointment for external application, usually a solution of a medicinal substance in an excipient of oil or oily mixtures. There are nine official liniment a, and 23 others are given in the U. S. Dispensatory. L. exsiccans. See Pick's Liniment . L., St. John Long's, a powerful counter-irritant containing oil of turpentine, acetic finish charpie. being thus Picked, given to the two surface' Linum (li'-num). Flaxseed. Lii seed. The seeds of L. usitati imum, the commc flax-plant, containing 30-40 percent, of fixed (linsee oil in the embryo of the seed, and 15 per cent. mucilage in the epithelium. It is a demulcent, cmo lient, and expectorant, useful in all inflammations 1 mucous membranes. L., Cataplasm a, ma from linseed meal. L. cat hart i cum is an active purg tive and vermifuge. L., Farina, flaxseed me used as a poultice. L., Ol., the fixed oil of expre ed cold; a glycerid of linoleic acid, L., Infus., unof., "flaxseed tea. giij, licorice root Z), water infused four hoi" Dose indefinite. L., Semen, linseed or flaxseo Carron Oil, linseed oil emulsified in lime-water. 1 I genus Linum contains several other species.