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to broth.

OS'SA. [L., plural of _os_, bone.] Bones.

OS'SE-OUS. Pertaining to bones.

OS-SI-FI-CA'TION. The formation of bones in animals.

OS'SI-FY. [L. _ossa_, bones, and _facio_, to make.] To convert into
bone.

OS'SIS. Of a bone.

O-VA'LE. [L.] The shape of an egg.

OX-AL'IC. Pertaining to sorrel. _Oxalic acid_ is the acid of sorrel.
It is composed of two equivalents of carbon and three of oxygen.

OX'Y-GEN. A permanently elastic fluid invisible and inodorous. One of
the components of atmospheric air.

PA-LA'TUM. [L.] The palate; the roof of the mouth.

PAL-PE-BRA'RUM. [L. _palpebra_, the eyelid.] Of the eyelids.

PAL'MAR. [L. _palma_, the palm.] Belonging to the hand.

PAL-MA'RIS. A term applied to some muscles attached to the palm of the
hand.

PAN'CRE-AS. [Gr. +pan+, _pan_, all, and +kreas+, _kreas_, flesh.] The
name of one of the digestive organs.

PAN-CRE-AT'IC. Belonging to the pancreas.

PA-PIL'LA, -AE. [L.] Small conical prominences.

PA-RAL'Y-SIS. Abolition of function whether of intellect, sensation,
or motion.

PA-REN'CHY-MA. [Gr. +parencheo+, _parengcheo_, to pour through.] The
substance contained between the blood vessels of an organ.

PA-ROT'ID. [Gr. +para+, _para_, near, and +otos+, _otos_, the gen. of
+ous+, _ous_, the ear.] The name of the largest salivary gland.

PA-TEL'LA, -AE. [L.] The knee-pan.

PA-THET'I-CUS, -CI. [Gr. +pathos+, _pathos_, passion.] The name of the
fourth pair of nerves.

PEC'TUS. [L.] The chest.

PEC'TO-RAL. Pertaining to the chest.

PEC-TO-RA'LIS. Belonging to the chest.

PE'DIS. [L., gen. of _pes_, the foot.] Of the foot.

PEL'I-TONGS. A term applied to masses of fat.

PEL'LI-CLE. [L., dim. of _pellis_, the skin.] A thin skin or film.

PEL'VIC. Relating to the pelvis.

PEL'VIS. [L.] The basin formed by the large bones at the lower part of
the abdomen.

PEN'NI-FORM. [L. _penna_, a feather.] Having the form of a feather, or
quill.

PER-I-CAR'DI-UM. [Gr. +peri+, _peri_, around, and +kardia+, _kardia_,
the heart.] A membrane that encloses the heart.

PER-I-CHON'DRI-UM. [Gr. +peri+, _peri_, around, and +chondros+,
_chondros_, cartilage.] A membrane that invests cartilage.

PER-I-CRA'NI-UM. [Gr. +peri+, and +kranion+, _kranion_, the cranium.]
A membrane that invests the skull.

PER'MA-NENT. Durable; lasting.

PER-I-STAL'TIC. [Gr. +peristello+, _peristello_, to involve.] A
movement like the crawling of a worm.