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
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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.

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    Bdely'gmia {Uo^y^x, from SJeu to break wind). Any filthy and naufeous odour. Bdely'ria (Qt\v£ia). The fame. BEBiE'us (Z&xioc, from t&caou to llrengthen). Strong, firm. Becabunga (from bach bun gen water herb, German, becaufc it grows in rivers). Brook-lime. Bechica (g^jxa, from 6ng a cough). Medicines to relieve a couo'h. Pectorals. Bechita. The fame. Bechium {^xi0V> fr°m a cough). The herb colt's-foot; fo called from its virtues in relieving coughs. Becuiba (Indian). A large nut growing in Brafil, with an oily kernel. Bedegua (from bedegua, Arab.) The thiflle.. Begma (Snyp-a, from £*]<r<rw to cough). A cough. Behem (from ]Ti2 behm a finger, Arab.) The hermodaclyl. See Hermodactylus. Behen (]712). The fame- EE lae (Indian). An aftringent bark of Madagafcar. Belemnites (£eX£|[ai/it?i?, from &\sy.vov a dart, which it reprefents). The arrow-ftone or thunder-bolt.. Belemnoides (ZiXspvoaSn, from Gtxtpvov a dart, and «<Jo? form). The procefTus ftyloidcs, and the procefs at the lower end of the ulna, are fo named from their dart-like fhape. Belenites. Corrupted from Belemnites. Belenoides. See Belemnoides. Belilia (Indian). An Indian berry-bearing fhrub. Belladonna (from bell a donna handfome lady, Italian). Deadly nightfhade. It is fo called becaufe the ladies of Italy ufe it to take away the too florid colour of their faces. Bellidoides(from bellis the daify,and «<Jo?form). The greater daify. Bellis (a bello colore, from its fair colour). The daify. Belloculus (from bellus fair, and ocidus the eye). A precious ftone refembling the eye, and fuppofed to be ufeful in its dis- orders. Caftellus fays, it is quaji Beli ocidus. Bellonaria (from Bellona the goddefs of War). A herb, which, if eaten, makes people mad and act outrageoufly like the vo- taries of Bellona. Bellonia