Puking

(pu'-king). Vomiting. P. er. Synonym of Milk-sickne . Ilex (pu'-leks). A flea. A genus of insects artly parasitic upon the skin. P. irritans, Flea: a ansient parasite on man. The bite causes an itching, I ircular. red spot of hyperemia, in the center of which little speck where the boring apparatus has entered. nay produce an irritable urticaria. P. pene trans, the chigoe, or jigger flea, a species the female rich, much smaller than the ordinary flea, burrows iinler the skin of the feet to deposit its ova. A high degree of irritation, which may go on to serious in flam lati on. is produced. It is found mainly in tropical.merica and in Africa. See Parasites (Animal), "able of.. eing infested with fleas. The state of I: eas. icene Pertaining to pu'-lis-en. Licose ' pu'-lik-oz. Abounding with Pulley. I. One of the mechanical powers. 2. A trochlea, q. v. 3. A ligamentous structure which serves to change the direction of the action of a muscle pa ing through or over it.