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

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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$Bi'valvis (from bis twice, and valva a door). In botany, means opening lengthways like the fhell of a mufcle. Bivalvulus. The fame. Biventer (from bis twice, and venter the belly). A mufcle is fo called which has two bellies. Blabe ((3a«Sji, from j3x«7r1w to hurt). Any hurt or injury. Blte'sitas (from blcefus). A defect in fpecch called Hammering. Bl^e'sus ((3xaKroc, from (3a«tt]w to injure). Any bodily defect, or de- formity of body. Stammering or lifping in the fpeech. Blanc a (Mane white, Fr.) A purging mixture fo called, becaufe it was fuppofed to evacuate white phlegmatic humours. Alio white lead. Blaptisecula (from j3x«7r1u to hurt, and fecula a fickle). The cyanus, fo called becaufe it injures the mower's instruments. Blasa (Indian). A tree the fruit of which the Indians powder, and ufe to deftroy worms. Blastema ((3Aapip.«, from fixarxvu to germinate). A bud or fhoot. Hippocrates ufes it to fignify a cutaneous pimple, like a bud. Blatta (|3x«t1», from (3a«?t1w to hurt). A fort of beetle or book- worm, fo called from its injuring books and clothes. Blattaria (from blatta). The herb moth mullein, {o called be- caufe it engenders the blatta. Pliny. Blechnon (fiMxnv). The lefler branched fern. Blechon (fiMxm> from (SAn^aofAai to bleat). The herb wild penny- royal ; fo called, according to Pliny, becaufe if fheep taftc it thev bleat. Blechrus (PAnp^po? weak). Infirm, weal:. Blema (|3AnjM.c«, from (3aAAw to inflict). A wound. Blenna ((SAma). Mucus, a thick excrementitious humour. Blennorrhqc'a '(ftxmoppoiu, from fixma, mucus, and psu to flow). A difchargc of whitifh mucus from the urethra in the venereal difeafe. It is improperly called a gonorrhoea. Blennus ((3A£wof, from fixsvm mucus, becaufe idiots are drivellers and fnotty-nofed). Silly, idiotic. Blepharides ((3xs(p«pjJf?, from fixetpxpov). The hair upon the eye- lids : alfo the part of the eye-lids where the hair grows. Blepharon (3?.£<^poi>, qiuifi (3a£7T8j tpxpos, as being the cover and de- fence of the fight). The eve-lid. S 2 Bl.E-$