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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    W. WINTER I A'NUS (named in honour of Capt. Winter, who firft made it known in Europe). An epithet of a fpecies of bark. W ormianus (from JVorm'ms, who fird defcribed them). Applied to fome irregularly-uhaped bones of the head. X- XALA'PPA (from the province of Xalappa in New Spain, whence it comes). Jalap. Xantharus (^oc^ocooq, from £«v9o? yellow). An animal of the ox kind with a yellow hide. Xanthines (from £avQof yellow). A Hone yellow like amber. Xanthia (g«.v9ia, from £c^Go; yellow). A filh of an amber colour. Xanthium (g*i-0toi', from £»k0o? yellow). The greater burdock ; named becaufe it is faid to-make the hair yellow. Xanthoxylum (^i/fio^uAov, from £a^0o; yellow, and £v\ov wood). Fuftic-wood.; named from its yellow colour. Xantolina. See Santoxicum. Xer a l e 1 p hi a {tyccxatpiu, from £*]gos dry, and ax«<p« to anoint). A dry unclion. Xeranthemum (^xv^ij.ov, from £*igos dry, and ai/O^o? a flower). The dry flower ; fo called becaufe it does not wither, but pre- ferves its beauty when dried. Xerasia (£»(>a<na, from dry). A falling off of the hair for want of radical moifture. Xerocolly'rium (^v^ohoxkv^ov, from £ri£c? dry, and xeAAi^ov a col- lyrium). A dry collyrium. 4K 2, Xero-