Tapioca

(tap-e-o' -kah). A variety of starch obtained from the ca ava or manioc plant, Jatropha manihot. It is an excellent food for invalids, apir Mouth (ta'-per mouth). A separation and thickening of the lips, with disease of the orbicularis or is muscle, causing the lips to resemble those of the tapir. It is sometimes seen in facial muscular atrophy of the Landouzy-Dejerine type. apotement. In ma age, the percu ing manipulation always performed by the operator's wrists, the hands striking quickly. There are four kinds of percu ion: I. Clapping, performed with the palms of the hands. It is used to act upon the skin and the superficial nerves and ve els. 2. Hacking, performed with the ulnar border of the hand. It is used around nerve-centers and upon the muscles. 3- Pttnctation, performed with the tips of the fingers. It is used upon the head and in circles around the heart. 4. Beating, performed by the clenched hand. It is used upon the glutei, and upon the lower extremities over the sciatic nerve, ipping (tapf-ing). See Paracentesis . ip-root Itap' -rut 1. The main root, or downward continuation of the plant-axis.. A material obtained by the destructive distillation of various substances, particularly wood and coal. The name is commonly applied to wood -tar. See Pix liquid a. T.-acne. See Acne picealis. T., Coal, a dark, highly complex, semiliquid substance obtained by the destructive distillation of coal. T. -colors. See Pigments, Conspectus of. T., Gas. See T, Coal. T., Juniper. Synonym of Oil of Cade. T., Oil of, a highly complex, volatile, oily liquid obtained in the distillation of woodtar. T.-ointment, a mixture of equal parts of tar and suet. Unguentum pic is liquidce. T. -water, an infusion containing one part of tar to four of water. T., Wood, a thick, shining, black liquid obtained by the distillation of the wood of various species of conifers.