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Autosuggestion
Autosuggestion Au`to*sug*ges"tion, n. [Auto- + suggestion.]
(Med.)
Self-suggestion as distinguished from suggestion coming from
another, esp. in hypnotism. Autosuggestion is characteristic
of certain mental conditions in which expectant belief tends
to produce disturbance of function of one or more organs.
Congestion
Congestion Con*ges"tion (?; 106), n. [L. congestio: cf. F.
congestion.]
1. The act of gathering into a heap or mass; accumulation.
[Obs.]
The congestion of dead bodies one upon another.
--Evelyn.
2. (Med.) Overfullness of the capillary and other blood
vessels, etc., in any locality or organ (often producing
other morbid symptoms); local hyper[ae]mia, active or
passive; as, arterial congestion; venous congestion;
congestion of the lungs.
Digestion
Digestion Di*ges"tion (?; 106), n. [F. digestion, L.
digestio.]
1. The act or process of digesting; reduction to order;
classification; thoughtful consideration.
2. (Physiol.) The conversion of food, in the stomach and
intestines, into soluble and diffusible products, capable
of being absorbed by the blood.
3. (Med.) Generation of pus; suppuration.
Disgestion
Disgestion Dis*ges"tion (?; 106), n.
Digestion. [Obs.]
Egestion
Egestion E*ges"tion, n. [L. egestio.]
Act or process of egesting; a voiding. --Sir M. Hale.
Gastric digestionGastric Gas"tric, a. [Gr. ?, ?, stomach: cf. F. gastrique.]
Of, pertaining to, or situated near, the stomach; as, the
gastric artery.
Gastric digestion (Physiol.), the conversion of the
albuminous portion of food in the stomach into soluble and
diffusible products by the solvent action of gastric
juice.
Gastric fever (Med.), a fever attended with prominent
gastric symptoms; -- a name applied to certain forms of
typhoid fever; also, to catarrhal inflammation of the
stomach attended with fever.
Gastric juice (Physiol.), a thin, watery fluid, with an
acid reaction, secreted by a peculiar set of glands
contained in the mucous membrane of the stomach. It
consists mainly of dilute hydrochloric acid and the
ferment pepsin. It is the most important digestive fluid
in the body, but acts only on proteid foods.
Gastric remittent fever (Med.), a form of remittent fever
with pronounced stomach symptoms. IndigestionIndigestion In`di*ges"tion (?; 106), n. [L. indigestio: cf. F.
indigestion. See In- not, and Digest.]
Lack of proper digestive action; a failure of the normal
changes which food should undergo in the alimentary canal;
dyspepsia; incomplete or difficult digestion. Ingestion
Ingestion In*ges"tion, n. [L. ingestio: cf. F. ingestion.]
(Physiol.)
The act of taking or putting into the stomach; as, the
ingestion of milk or other food.
Missuggestion
Missuggestion Mis`sug*ges"tion (? or ?), n.
Wrong or evil suggestion. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.
Passive congestionPassive Pas"sive, a. [L. passivus: cf. F. passif. See
Passion.]
1. Not active, but acted upon; suffering or receiving
impressions or influences; as, they were passive
spectators, not actors in the scene.
The passive air Upbore their nimble tread. --Milton.
The mind is wholly passive in the reception of all
its simple ideas. --Locke.
2. Receiving or enduring without either active sympathy or
active resistance; without emotion or excitement; patient;
not opposing; unresisting; as, passive obedience; passive
submission.
The best virtue, passive fortitude. --Massinger.
3. (Chem.) Inactive; inert; not showing strong affinity; as,
red phosphorus is comparatively passive.
4. (Med.) Designating certain morbid conditions, as
hemorrhage or dropsy, characterized by relaxation of the
vessels and tissues, with deficient vitality and lack of
reaction in the affected tissues.
Passive congestion (Med.), congestion due to obstruction to
the return of the blood from the affected part.
Passive iron (Chem.), iron which has been subjected to the
action of heat, of strong nitric acid, chlorine, etc. It
is then not easily acted upon by acids.
Passive movement (Med.), a movement of a part, in order to
exercise it, made without the assistance of the muscles
which ordinarily move the part.
Passive obedience (as used by writers on government),
obedience or submission of the subject or citizen as a
duty in all cases to the existing government.
Passive prayer, among mystic divines, a suspension of the
activity of the soul or intellectual faculties, the soul
remaining quiet, and yielding only to the impulses of
grace.
Passive verb, or Passive voice (Gram.), a verb, or form
of a verb, which expresses the effect of the action of
some agent; as, in Latin, doceor, I am taught; in English,
she is loved; the picture is admired by all; he is
assailed by slander.
Syn: Inactive; inert; quiescent; unresisting; unopposing;
suffering; enduring; submissive; patient. Predigestion
Predigestion Pre`di*ges"tion, n.
1. Digestion too soon performed; hasty digestion. [Obs.]
--Bacon.
2. (Med.) Artificial digestion of food for use in illness or
impaired digestion.
Suggestion
Suggestion Sug*ges"tion, n. (Hypnotism)
The control of the mind of an hypnotic subject by ideas in
the mind of the hypnotizer.
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