polyvalent

(pol-iv’al-ent). Same as multivalent. pomade (po-mid’) [Fr. pommade]. Same as pomatum. pomatum (po-ma’tum) [L. from po’mum apple). An ointment, especially one for the hair. pombe (pom’be). A kind of beer made in Africa from millet sced. pomegranate (pum-gran’et) (L. po’mum grana’- tum grained apple]. The myrtaceous tree, Px’- nica grana’tum, and its fruit. The root-bark (granatum, or cortex grana’ta rad i’cis) and the bark of the tree contain pelleticrin, isopelletierin, and punicotannic acid, and are useful teniacides, especially, for tapeworm. Dose of decoction, 4 fl.oz. (120 c.c.). The rind of the fruit (grana’ti fruc’tus cor’ tex) is actively astringent, and is used in diarrhea, leukorrhea, hemorrhage, and relaxation of the pharynx. See under granatum. pompholyx (pom’fo-liks) (Gr. πομφόλυξ bubble]. 1. Any skin disease characterized by bulla. 2. Same as cheiropom pholyx. in- {Gr. πολύς many + or development of 768 POPLITEAL pomphus (pom’fus) [L.; Gr. xougds]. A wheal or ter. pomum adam i (po’mum ad-a’mi) [L. “Adam's apple]. The prominence on the throat caused by the thyroid cartilage. Poncet’s disease, operation (pahw-siz’) [Antonin Poncel, French surgeon, 1849-1913]. See disease and operation. ponderable (pon’der-ah-bl) (L. ponderab’ilis; pon’- dus weight]. Having weight. Ponfick’s shadows (pon’fiks) [Emil Ponfick. German pathologist, 1844-1913]. Phantom corpuscles. See under cor puscle. Pongamia (pon-ga’me-ah) [Malay pong am]. A genus of leguminous East Indian trees. P. gla’bra affords a fixed oil (kurung oil, punga oil, pong am oil): used in skin diseases and in rheumatism. ponogen (pon’o-jen) [Gr. πόνος pain + γεννᾶν to produce]. Any waste material derived from the brain or nervous system. ponograph (po’no-graf) [Gr. πόνος pain + γράφειν to record]. An instrument for estimating and recording sensitivene to pain. ponophobia (po-no-fo’be-ah) (Gr. πόνος pain + φόβος fear]. Abnormal dread of pain. ponos (po’nos) (Gr. πόνος pain]. A disease of infancy and childhood, endemic in the Greek islands of Hydra and Spezzia, and marked by fever, splenic enlargement, cachexia, and hemorrhages. pons (ponz) [L. for “bridge’”’]._ 1. Any slip of ti ue connecting two parts of an organ. 2. Same as pons varolii. p. cerebel’li. Same as?p. tarolit. p. hep’at is, a projection, not always present, partially bridging the longitudinal fi ure of the liver. p. tar i’ni, the floor of the posterior perforated space. Ὦ. varo’lii, the organ which connects the cerebrum, cerebellum, and oblong at a. It is a broad, transverse band of white fibers arching acro the upper part of the medulla oblong at a, and on each side contracting to a cord, to enter the cerebellum as the crus cerebelli. A groove along its middle lodges the basilar artery. Resting against it, near its posterior border, is the sixth pair of nerves. The upper surface of the pons forms a part of the floor of the fourth weitricle. It is made up of longitudinal fibers from the internal capsule: of longitudinal fibers of the tegmentum: of ¢ansverse fibers connecting the two cerebellar hemispheres, and ma es of gray matter, the pontine nuclei, including the nuclei of the facial, abducens, and trigeminal nerves and the superior olivary nucleus. pons-oblong at a (ponz-ob-lon-ga’tah). The pons varolii and medulla oblong at a considered together. pont i brachium (pon-tib-ra’ke-um). Same as brachium pont is. ponticular (pon-tik’u-lar). Pertaining to the pontic ulus or propons., pontic ulus (pon-tik’u-lus) (dim. of L. pons bridge]. Same as propons. Ὦ. afiric’ulew, a point on the eminent i a cochlew where the retrahens aurem is attached. p. hep’at is, the isthmus which joins the spigelian lobe to the right lobe of the liver. Ῥ. prom on to’rii, the ridge on the median wall of the tympanum connecting the promontory with the pyramid. pontile, pontine (pon’til, pon’tin). Pertaining to the pons varolii. pontoon (pon-toon’) [Fr. ponten; L. pon’to boat]. A loop or knuckle of the small intestine. Pool’s phenomenon [Eugene Hill house Pool, contemporary surgeon in New York]. See Schle inger's sign, under sign. poplar (poplar). See Populus. poples (pop’lez). The posterior surface of the knee. pop lites us (pop-lit-e’us) ([L., from pop/les bam]. See muscles, table of. popliteal (pop-lit-e’al) (L. poplite’us; pop’les ham). Pertaining to the posterior surface of the knee.