Prunella

n. [Perhaps from Ger. bräune, quinsy, croup.]

1Sense 1. (Med.) (a.) Inflammation of the upper portions of the alimentary canal and air-passages; sore throat. (b.) A disease of the lips, mouth, and intestinal canal, accompanied with small vesicles which terminate in curd-like sloughs; thrush. (c.) A disease of which the chief symptoms are, violent pain about the sternum, extending toward the arms, anxiety, dyspnœa, and a sense of suffocation, and often connected with a morbid condition of the heart. Dunglison.

2Sense 2. (Bot.) A genus of herbaceous plants; heal-all; self-heal; — so called because reputed to be a remedy for disease of the throat. Gray.

3Sense 3. (Anat.) The pupil of the eye.

¹ Prunella salt, or prunella, fused niter, molded into cakes or balls, and used for chemical purposes.