A, the viscus, or organ, enveloped by serous membrane. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Physiology] Reference
On April 1 he was very well, and it was considered very doubtful if any viscus was wounded. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre] Reference
Tapping, or incision followed by extirpation of the injured viscus, if the less severe procedures failed. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre] Reference
For the heart is not precisely alike in all animals that have one; nor, in fact, is any viscus whatsoever. From Wordnik.com. [On the Parts of Animals] Reference
In wounds of the portions of the viscus not clad in peritoneum, as a rule, a very different prognosis obtains. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre] Reference
At the base of the bladder a large submucous hæmorrhage had occurred, the blood-clot had assumed a dark orange colour, and on first opening the viscus the appearance was that of a mass of fæces. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre] Reference
If it be the external or oblique variety, the viscus is to be pushed upwards, outwards, and backwards; if it be the internal or direct variety, it is to be reduced by pressure, made upwards and backwards. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
While the bladder is fully expanded, 4, there occurs an interval between the margin of the symphysis pubis and the point of reflexion of the peritonaeum, from the recti muscles, to the summit of the viscus. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
The heart, a thoracic viscus, is best considered with the vascular system. From Wordnik.com. [Introduction] Reference
These structures form a shallow bed, the stomach bed, on which the viscus rests. From Wordnik.com. [XI. Splanchnology. 1F. The Stomach] Reference
It bears a slimy white berry, of which bird-lime is made, whence its Latin name of viscus. From Wordnik.com. [The Confederate First Reader: Containing Selections in Prose and Poetry as Reading Exercises for the Younger Children in the Schools and Families of the Confederate States.] Reference
Begin defines idiosyncrasy as the predominance of an organ, of a viscus, or a system of organs. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
Without enough good blood, no gland can secrete properly, no viscus can fully discharge its office. From Wordnik.com. [Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library] Reference
Begin 9.231 defines idiosyncrasy as the predominance of an organ, of a viscus, or a system of organs. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
The fuel-cell grouping created by Sony uses render and has a viscus exclusive to curb the line of the fuel. From Wordnik.com. [Planet Malaysia] Reference
In cold fits of the ague, the head-ach arises from consent with some torpid viscus, like the pain of the loins. From Wordnik.com. [Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life] Reference
According to Ashhurst, Gamgee has collected 28 cases of rupture of this viscus, including one observed by himself. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
A case is described in Class I. 2. 3. 18. where a tumid spleen, attended with fever, terminated in schirrus of that viscus. From Wordnik.com. [Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life] Reference
It is a very frequent and dangerous disease, as the production of matter more readily takes place in it than in any other viscus. From Wordnik.com. [Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life] Reference
The bladder of the bear, which viscus, in the estimation of the Aleutians, is the seat of life, is at once suspended above the entrance of the. From Wordnik.com. [Religion and Lust or, The Psychical Correlation of Religious Emotion and Sexual Desire] Reference
The inflammations of this viscus, consequent to the schirrosity of it, belong to the diseases of the sensitive motions, and will be treated of hereafter. From Wordnik.com. [Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life] Reference
The second is accompanied with a tumid viscus; and the last has generally, I believe, the quartan type, and is attended with some degree of arterial debility. From Wordnik.com. [Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life] Reference
I'm sure the muffins would have been just fine as is, but to add a little crunch to the muffins, toasted chopped walnuts are the last addition to the viscus batter. From Wordnik.com. [Culinary in the Desert] Reference
So a chillness down the back is first attended to in ague-fits, though the disease perhaps commences with the torpor and consequent coldness of some internal viscus. From Wordnik.com. [Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life] Reference
Where the intestines interfere with the downward expansion of the fundus the stomach retains the horizontal position which is characteristic of the contracted viscus. From Wordnik.com. [XI. Splanchnology. 1F. The Stomach] Reference
In the adult the omental bursa intervenes between the stomach and the structures on which that viscus lies, and performs therefore the functions of a serous bursa for the stomach. From Wordnik.com. [XI. Splanchnology. 2e. The Abdomen] Reference
When the stomach is in the contracted condition, its surfaces are directed upward and downward respectively, but when the viscus is distended they are directed forward, and backward. From Wordnik.com. [XI. Splanchnology. 1F. The Stomach] Reference
Hence a paroxysm of gout is liable to recur on bleeding or purging; as the torpor of some viscus, which precedes the inflammation of the foot, is thus induced by the want of the stimulus of distention. From Wordnik.com. [Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life] Reference
If the viscus be laid open by a section through the plane of its two curvatures, it is seen to consist of two segments: (a) a large globular portion on the left and (b) a narrow tubular part on the right. From Wordnik.com. [XI. Splanchnology. 1F. The Stomach] Reference
The more a traveller sees, the firmer becomes his conviction that health means the good condition of this rebellious viscus, and that its derangement causes the two great pests of Africa, dysentery and fever. From Wordnik.com. [To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative] Reference
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