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.

Turton, William, 1762-1835.

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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$figns and fymptoms which are infeparable from any particular dis- order. A'chras («xga?j wild ; or from xy^uoq ufelcfs). The wild pear. A'chrous (xy£oo<;, from x priv. and xtooc colour). Applied to thofe who from ftudy, melancholy, or cachexy, are pale and without colour. A'chy (from »^u). A fort of eaffia. A'chylus («^uAo?, from x priv. and ^uAoj chyle). Deficient in chyle. A'chyrum («xuf0l/5 from x ne£- an^ £%u?0? fixed, firm). Bran, chaff; fo called from its being eafily blown about. A'cia (xxtx, from xx.n a point). A needle with thread in it for chirurgical operation. Acicula (dim. of acus a point). The herb wild cheveril''or (hep- herd's needle, fo called from its fharp point. Acicularis (fromacicula a pin). Small and fharply pointed. A'cicys (axwu?, from x priv. and xixu? flrength). Weak, infirm. A'cida (from aceoio fharpen). Acids; a fpecies of falts, impreflmg upon the organs of taftea fharp or four fenfation. Acidnus (axiJVo?, from «. neg. and x.ivm to move). Weak, infirm. Acidotum {a.Y.iciulov, from xxn a point, and Sou to be endowed with). Any prickly herb or fubftance. Acjdulje (dim. of acidus four). All thofe mineral waters which are rather acid, and contain a fpirit unaccompanied with heat : alfo acids partly neutralifcd. A'cies (from axn a point). Steel; fo called becaufe its chief ufe was in making pointed weapons. Acinaciformis (from a.x.tvxx.ri<; a fcimitar, and forma a likenefs). Applied to leaves, one of whofe edges is fharp and convex, and the other flraight and thick, like a Perlian fcimitar. Acinesia («Kii/no-k«, from x neg. and xmu to move). Extreme debi- lity : privation of motion and flrength. A'cini (axiwH, from axvi a point). Berries which hang in claf- ters, as the mulberry and blackberry : alfo the kernels of the grape. Aciniformis (from acina a fmall berry, and forma a likenefs). An epithet of the coat of the eye, or poflerior lamina of the iris; be- caufe$