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 GENITAL. Pertaining to the organs of generation.

GERM. A microbe or bacterium.

GERMICIDE. An agent destroying germs.

GESTATION. The act of carrying young in the uterus from the time of conception to that of delivery.

GLAND. A secretory organ.

GLEET. Chronic state of gonorrhea with discharge.

GONOCOCCUS. The specific germ of gonorrhea.

GONORRHEA. A contagious inflammation with discharge from the genital organs.

GRANULATION. Formation of small elevations on a healing surface.

H

HEART. The hollow muscular body, the center of the circulatory system.

HEMISPHERE. Half a sphere; as to the brain, one of the upper spheroidal portions.

HEMORRHAGE. A flow of blood from the vessels.

HICCOUGH. A sudden inspiration followed by expiration accompanied by a noise.

HYGIENE. The science of health.

HYPERTROPHY. Abnormal increase in size of a part or an organ.

HYPOCHONDRIAC. One affected with morbid anxiety regarding the health.

HYPOTHESIS. A supposition.

HYSTERIA. A nervous disorder of females with innumerable symptoms of an emotional nature.

ILEO-CECAL. Pertaining to the Ileum and Cecum. ILEUM. The lower half of the small intestine.