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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    Eos ((3cu?} from (3ou to bellow. Minfhew derives it from Qltt abos, fat or pampered. The Egyptians fed and worfhipped oxen under the name of Apis or Serapis). The ox, whofe flefh made into tea is very reftorative. Boscas (Poo-sta?, from fiorxu to feed). The mallard, a ravenous bird. Boscus (|3oo->cos a wood, becaufe it grows in woody places). A kind of wild fage. Bosmorus ((3o<rn*opo?, from pewa to feed, and popo? a part or portion, -becaufe it is divided for food by the mill. Blanchard). Corn made into flower or meal. Botane (|3o1«wi, from pdo? food). An herb. Botanica ((3o1ai/ixvi, from $o\xm an herb). Botany, the fcience re- lating to vegetables. Botanicon ((3olav»iov> from (3o1avvi an herb). A plafter made of herbs. Both or (\TQ bothor, Arab.) Tumours ; pimples in the face ; alfo the fmall pox or meafles. Bothrium ((3o9piov a little pit). The alveolus or focket for the tooth. Alfo a fmall ulcer in the tunica cornea. Botryites ,{(3o1pu»]K, from (3dlpuf a bunch of grapes). A fort of burnt cadmia, collected in the top of the furnace and refembling a bunch of grapes. Botrys (|3o]pu? a clufter of grapes). The oak of Jcrufalem, to called becaufe its feed hangs down like a bunch of grapes. Boubalios ((3ov€aXio;). The wild cucumber. Boubon (j3aW). See Bubo. Bouceras (j3ouKEp«?, from (3ou? an ox, and *?p«? an horn). The herb fenigreek, lb called from the figure of its feed. Bougie (A wax candle. French). A machine introduced into the urethra to remove obftrucrions. Boui (Chincfe). Bohea tea. Boulimus (|3ouAiju.of, from (3a greatly, and \iy.o<; hunger; or probably from PouXop-ai to defire). A canine or voracious appetite. Bounias (0ouvia?, from (3owoj a bunch). A fpecies of napi, fo called becaufe its root is round like a ball. Bovill.e (trom. bos an ox, becaufe cattle were fuppofed fubject to it; or perhaps it may rather mean the cow-pox). The meafles. BOVINA