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n.
A band of connective tissue, or a membranous fold, which supports or retains an organ in place; as, the gastrophrenic ligament, connecting the diaphragm and stomach.
n.
A sudorific medicine. Cf. Diaphoretic.
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Relating to the measurement of the tactile sensibility of parts; as, diaphemetric compasses.
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The native name of a South American rutaceous shrub (Pilocarpus pennatifolius). The leaves are used in medicine as an diaphoretic and sialogogue.
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The quality of being diaphanous; transparency; pellucidness.
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Potassium nitrate; niter; a white crystalline substance, KNO3, having a cooling saline taste, obtained by leaching from certain soils in which it is produced by the process of nitrification (see Nitrification, 2). It is a strong oxidizer, is the chief constituent of gunpowder, and is also used as an antiseptic in curing meat, and in medicine as a diuretic, diaphoretic, and refrigerant.
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Pertaining to a diaphragm; as, diaphragmatic respiration; the diaphragmatic arteries and nerves.
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The diaphragm used in optical instruments to cut off the marginal portions of a beam of light passing through lenses.
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Alt. of Diaphoretical
n.
A modified respiratory movement; a spasmodic inspiration, consisting of a sudden contraction of the diaphragm, accompanied with closure of the glottis, so that further entrance of air is prevented, while the impulse of the column of air entering and striking upon the closed glottis produces a sound, or hiccough.
n.
A yellowish green resin from Lobelia, used as an emetic and diaphoretic.
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Something hung up, or spread out, to intercept the view, and hide an object; a cover; a curtain; esp., a screen, usually of gauze, crape, or similar diaphnous material, to hide or protect the face.
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Having the property of transmitting rays of light, so that bodies can be distinctly seen through; pervious to light; diaphanous; pellucid; as, transparent glass; a transparent diamond; -- opposed to opaque.
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Having power to transmit light; transparent; diaphanous.
n.
An instrument for registering the movements of the diaphragm, or midriff, in respiration.
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A disturbance in the formation of sounds. It is due essentially to long-continued spasmodic contraction of the diaphragm, by which expiration is preented, and hence it may be considered as a spasmodic inspiration.
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Alt. of Diaphonical
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Having such a structure as to be diaphanous when moist, and opaque when dry.
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Of or pertaining to the diaphragm; diaphragmatic; as, the phrenic nerve.
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The diaphragm, or midriff, in animals.
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