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EMUNCTORY

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in anatomy, a general term for all those parts which serve to carry off the excrementi- ous parts of the blood and other humours of the body. Such more especially are the kidneys, bladder, and most of the glands. See ANATOMY.

ENÆMON, in medicine, an epithet often applied by Hippocrates and Galen, to such topical medicines as are appropriated to a wound newly inflicted, before the blood be stopped.

ENÆOREMA, in medicine, that pendulous substance which floats in the urine. It is also called sublima- mentum and nebuleuze, from its resemblance to little clouds.