A medical glossary : in which the words in the various branches of medicine are deduced from their original languages, properly accented, and explained / by W. Turton, M.D.

  • William Turton
Date:
1797
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A medical glossary : in which the words in the various branches of medicine are deduced from their original languages, properly accented, and explained / by W. Turton, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by University of Bristol Library. The original may be consulted at University of Bristol Library.

    130/636 (page 122)
    Barathrum (€*f*0fWj from i^n bar, a vvell> and inx «tf&?r a place). Hcb.) Any cavity or hollow place. Bar b a (from barbarns, becaufe wild- nations are ufually unfhavem Bard, Sax. Barf, Welch). The beard. Alfo the four 1 crier claws of the polypus, from its rcprcfenting a beard. Some vegetables have the fpecific name of barba, whofe ramifications are bufhy like a beard ; as, barba Jovis Jupiter's beard or the filver bufli, barba h'irci goat's beard, &c. Alfo a woolly fubflancc covering the furface of plants. Barbaras'a (from St. Barbara, who is faid to have found out its virtues). Winter crefles, or garden rocket. Babbaria. See Rhabarbarum. Barbatus (from barba a beard). In- botany, it means bearded'^ as fome- corn is ; or, covered with a downy fubltanee. Barbula (dim. of barba a beard). In botany, it means a half floret of compound flowers. Barbulc s (dim. of barba a beard)i The barbel, a fifh ; fo called from its appearing to be bearded. Barbus or Barbo. The fame. Bardana (from barrfus foolifh, becaufe filly ])cople were wont to make garments of its burrs, that they might luck to whatever they came near. Minfhew). The burdock. Bariglia (the place where it is produced). The mineral fixed alkaline fait. Barleria (from M. Barlier who firft defcribed it). A fort of fnap-dragon growing in Jamaica. Barometrum (Qoi^ofAtr^ov, from £«§»s weight, and pirgov a meafure). An inftrument for determining the-weight of the air.. Barometz. See Barametz. Baros (Saoof).. Gravity. Barys (b«gu?). Heavy. Baroscopus (tocooirxoTro?, from Sago? weight, and wzTmo to fee). The fame as Barometrum. Baryecoia (6»fur,xo»«, from tx^-jq heavy, and axouw to hear). A difficulty of hearing. Baryococcalum (€xgvoxoyMx\ov, from Qxgu? grave, and xoxxaAoc a nut). A name of the ftramonium, becaufe it gives a deep found. Baryphonia