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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$aXXop.au to change). Alteratives ; medicines which change the mafs of blood. A'llium (from oho to fmcll, becaufe of its ftink ; or from «x*w to avoid, as being nnpleafant to molt people : aglio, Ital. alho, Port. ato, Span, ail, Fr.) Common garlic. Allochous {xXXoyooc, from «xxo? another, and Xsya to fpeak). Hipp. 1. 2. Epidcm. ufes this word to mean delirious, eftranged, wander- ing from the proper fubjecl of difcourfe. Allososis («xxoiwo-K, from aXXo? another). Alteration in the Hate of a difeafe. Allosotica (aXXoiuW,from «xxo?another). Alteratives. Medicines which change the appearance of the difeafe. Allognosis (axxoyi/cxnc, from axxo? another, and yvow to know). De- lirium ; perverfion of the judgment; incapability of diftinguifhing perfons. Allogotrophia. See Alogotrophia. Allophasis (<x.x\Q<p<x,<rtc, from »xxo? another, and Qua to fpeak). A delirium, where the patient is not able to diftinguifh one thing from another. Allotriophagia' (ccxxolpiofxynx., from axxol^o? foreign, and axyta to eat). A pica, or grcedinefs after foreign and unnatural food. A'lma (nn^y aglma a virgin, pure, Heb.) In medicine it means water, or the firft motion of a foetus to free itfelf from confine- ment. Almarcab (IDIQ1?^ almarcab mixed, Arab.) An old chemical term for litharge. Almargan (3>W1t3I?>S ahnargan, Arab.) Coral. Almy'sa (naalmuza, from n?3 rnuza to fcparate, Arab.) Quick lime, or the fcum of milk. A'lxus (]V?N alon, Heb. alno, Ital. aulne, Fr. alamo, Sp. alemo, Port.) The alder tree. A'loe (n^HK ahlah, growing near the fea, Heb. «Xor,). The aloe. Aloedaria from xXon the aloe). Compound purging medicines, in which aloe is a chief ingredient. Alogotrophia (uXoyfyoipioc, from «xoyo; unequal, and Tpztpu to nou- rifh). Partial or difproportionate nourifhment, as in the rickets. Aloides (aXo«fe, from «Xon the aloe, and a likenefs). The water aloe. G Alopeces$