Palmllmistry

(pal' -mis-tre). The omparative study of the lines, marks, and mounds on he palm of the hand; it has been made the basis of system of fortune-telling. Ilmitamid (pal-mif -am-id), A solid substance melting at about 930 '., formed by the union of the amid radicle of amlonia and the radicle of palmitic acid. Fimitic Acid (pal-mit'-ik). See Acid . Flmitin (pal' ' -A mit - in)crystallizable. solid substance which, nth stearin, constitutes the greater proportion of solid ats. It occurs both in animal and in vegetable fats, t is a constituent of palm-oil, from which it derives s name. Chemically, it is the tri palmitate of F mitolic Acid (pal-mit-ol'-ik). See Acid . F mitone (pal'-mit-on), I ketone of palmitic acid resulting when the latter is is tilled with slaked lime. Fmitoxylic Acid (pal-mit-oks-il'-ik). See Acid . F mi-veined (pal'-miv-and). In biology, netted-veined, with the veins •bating from the base toward the margin of the leafade. Pmodic (palmod' - ik). irtaining to, resembling, or affected with, palm us. P mo-plantar (pal' - mo -plan' - tar). Pertaining to both the ilms of the hands and the soles of the feet. P.antar Sign, Sign; said to be diagnos: of typhoid fever. It consists of an orange or safm coloration of the prominent parts of the palms the hands and the soles of the feet. The change color is attributed to feeblene of the action of the art, causing incomplete filling of the capillaries, and yne oftheskin. See Signs and Symptoms, Table of. P-noscopy (pal-mos'-ko-pe). The observation of the heart -beat and 1 pulse, (pal-mo-spaz'-mus). A clonic spasm. P., Electric, a culiar reaction of the muscles to the electric in progre ive muscular atrophy, no eus (pal-mos'-e-us). Any palmar intero eous muscle.