Infusum

(in-fu'-sum) An infusion. In pharmacy, a preparation made bj treating a vegetable substance with hot or with cold water, without boiling. Infusions should, in the ab sence of specific directions, contain I part of the substance to IO of water. There are four official infusa, and two in the National Formulary, besides a large number in the British Pharmacopeia. (in-je's'-tah). Subtances introduced into the body, especially for of alimentation. jestion (in-jes' I. The Production of '-chut i) food or. into the mouth or tomach. 2. The proce by which a cell takes up areign matters, such as bacilli or smaller cells, jluvial (in-glu'-ve-al). Per in ing to the ingluvies. jjluvies (in-glu'-ve-ez). In biology, the most anterior dilatation of the alimeniry canal, as the crop or craw in birds, the paunch or lmen in mammals, the sucking-stomach of insects, jluvin (in' ' -glu-vin). A preparation obtained from the gizzard of the fowl, Pullus gall in ace us, used as a substitute for pep in and pancreatin. It is very efficient in the vomitig of pregnancy. Dose gr. x— xx. jot (ing'-got), bar of gold, silver, or other metal, cast in a lold. ra ias, Proce es, or Wings of. The le er rings of the sphenoid bone. raves cent (in-grav-es' -ent). Increasing in weight or in severity. I. Apoplexy. See Apoplexy . ravidation (in-grav-id-a'-shun). See Impregnation .