ARREST

An Illustrated Encyclopaedic Medical Dictionary · 1891 · p. 2

n.?st/, From arrest are, to check, stop. Fr., arrêt. Ger., Arrest, Hemmung, Grate (2d def.), 1. The ce ation of an action, proce , or function. [A,385.] 2. A disease of horses, of a mangy character, between the ham and the pastern of the hind leg. a 815,]—Action of a. See INHIBITION.