Garrot

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(gar'-ot) [Fr., garrotter, to bind]. An instrument for compression of an artery by twisting a circular bandage about the part.

Gartner's Canal, G.'s Duct. See Canal,

Gartner's

Gartnerian Cyst. See Cyst, Gartnerian

Gas [a word coined by the Belgian chemist, van Helmont]. An air-like fluid. The word is especially applied to those fluids that, under normal conditions, are aeriform; while those that can be readily condensed to liquids are termed vapors. G., Clayton's, sulfurous acid gas generated by means of the Clayton furnace, for disinfection and for destroying rats and other vermin. G.-eye, a peculiar disease prevalent among the employes of the gas-pumping stations in the natural gas regions of the United States. The eyes are inflamed, tender, and sensitive to light

G., Laughing, nitrous oxid. G., Marsh-, methane. G., Olefiant, ethylene. G., Per- manent, a term formerly applied to those gases, as oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen, that were thought nonliquefiable. G., Phlogis- ticated, nitrogen

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