Alpha

letter. The Greek a, used in combination many chemical terms to indicate the first of a series. A. Aloin (al'-o-in). A bitter principle found in aloes. It forms fine needles, po e es a very bitter taste, and acts as a strong purgative. Several glucosids of this name are described; as Barbaloin, Nataloin, Zanaloin, So calo in, q. v. Angle. See jingle. A. -dextrin. Same as Erythro-dextrin. A. Kava Resin. See Lercinin. A.- Alonette's Operation. See Operations, Table of. Alonsenel (al-on-sen-el'). A variety of the Cowania mexican a, a tall, rosaceous shrub of Mexico and the Rocky Mountain region. It is also called Cowan Plant and Cliff-rose. It is locally valued as a styptic and astringent. Unof. Alopecia (al-o-pe/-se-ah). Baldne ; Calviues; a term employed to designate the forms of baldne occurring in any disease as a symptom of the latter, or occurring as a purely local affection of the follicles in which the pilary filaments are lodged. It may be universal or partial, congenital or acquired, physiological or pathological, symmetrical or asymmetrical. It follows a large number of svstemic naphthol. See ATaphthol. A.-naphthol Test. See Tests, Table of A.-oxynaphthoic Acid. See Acid , Alpha-oxynaphthoic.