Drop

[AS., drop a, a drop]. A minute ma of liquid which in falling or in hanging from a surface, a umes the spheric form. D., Black, acetum opii. See Opium. D. -culture, in bacteriology, a culture prepared by placing a little of the infected material in a drop of the culture-medium. D., Hanging. See Hanging Drop. Dropped Hand. A form of paralysis from lead-poisoning, consisting in the inability to contract the extensors of the wrist. D. Foot, extreme extension of the foot, especially observed in alcoholic neuritis, and dependent upon weakne of the flexors of the foot. 247