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
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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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    TAB ( 59X ) TAR T. TABA'CUM (from Tobago the ifland whence it was firft brought). Tobacco. Tabanus (from tabeo to grow thin). The gad-fly ; fo called from its taper fliape. Tabella (dim. of tabula a table). A lozenge. Tabes (from tabeo to confume). A wafting of the body, with extreme debility and hectic fever. Tacamahaca (Indian). A relin obtained from a tree refembling the poplar. Tachythanatos (rx%}Axva.Tog3 from t«%us quick, and Qxvxtos death). Sudden death. Tactus (from tango to touch). The fenfe of touch. Tje'da (Jaic$«, from Sxu to burn). A torch. A fpecies of pine which burns like a torch. A medicated torch for fumigations. Ta'nia (raivia,, from ]&H atari a fillet, Heb.) The flat or tape worm ; named from its refemblance to a fillet or piece of tape. Talcum (from talk, Germ.) A whitith fubftance found on the fea-fhore, and refembling a ftone. Talpa (from ntpKos blind). A mole. Alfo a tumour refembling a mole in eating and creeping under the ikin. Talparia (from talpa a mole). The fame. Talus (from 0oAo?). The fame as Astragalus. Tamarind us iv^o?, from H^n 33fJ tamar hindi the Indian palm or date, Arab.) The tamarind or Indian date. Tamariscus (rxiAK^KTKog, from pnon tamarik abfterfion, Heb.) The tamarilk; named from its properties of cleanling and puri- fying the blood. Tamus (from the place where it flourithes). The black vine. Tanacetum (corrupted from tanafia athanafia). The herb tanty. See Athanasia. Tarantismus (from tarantula, the animal whofe bite is fuppofed to be cured only by mufic). That delire of dancing which is produced by the bite of the tarantula. Tarantula (from Taranta a city in Naples, where it abounds),