horde'olum

[L. dim. of hordeum, barley.] sty, an inflammation of a sebaceous gland of the eyelid, h. inter'num, h. meibomia'num, suppurative inflammation of one of the Meibomian glands. h. decortica'tum, hulled barley, pearl barley, is employed in decoction as a demulcent. hound, marrubium.* boundary, skoped, I examine.] A U-shaped test-tube, used in the acid test for albumin in the urine one arm of the tube has a black background against which a faint cloud of albumin be readily seen in the line between acid and urine. zon, +kardia, heart.] horizontal position of the heart on the diaphragm, due to marked excentric hypertrophy or to dilatation of both ventricles. The point of junction of the posterior border of the vomer with the sphenoid bone. be the internal secretion of the pancreas. from the spleen of animals killed during the height of digestion, said to be a peristaltic hormone; recommended for the treatment of chronic constipation in dose of 20-40 c.c. (i or 2 vials) intravenously or intramuscularly injected. or set in motion.] A chemical substance, formed in one organ or part of the body and carried in the blood to another organ or part which it stimulates to functional activity or secretion; the secretions of some or all of the ductle glands are re-