Xysma

(ziz'-mah) scrapings: pi., Xysmata. The fragmentary and flocculent pseudomembrane seen in the stools in some cases of diarrhea. dobalsamum (zi - lo - bal' '- saw - urn). The dried twigs of Commiphora Xyster (zis'-ter) p, a rasp. A surgeon's rasp, or scraping instrument. chemic symbol of Yttrium. Y-L-igament, the -femoral ligament. See Ligament . bin (yab'-in). An amorphous, bitter alkaloid ob' ained from the bark of Andira excels a. m. The esculent root of several species of Dioscorea; lso, incorrectly, a coarse variety of the sweet potato. Vild Yam. See Dioscorea . out laterally and horizontally. Y.-walk, in physical culture, laterally. a mode of progre ion with the arms extended ng-tas i (yang-ta'-se). A gelatinous sub".ance employed in China and Japan in cookery. It is r-om the alga Lauren cia papillosa. An oriental, fermented drink repared from milk. See Koumi , Kephyr, Leban, latzocn, Galactozyme. 'Don I y '-pon. See Yaupon . "d. Membrum virile; penis, •-sitting, in ma age, sitting with the arms stretched I Yarrow (yar'-o). See Achillea . Y