Medical vocabulary, or, an explanation of all names, synonyms, terms, and phrases used in medicine and the relative branches of medical science.
- Mayne, Robert Gray, 1808-1868
- Date:
- 1862
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Medical vocabulary, or, an explanation of all names, synonyms, terms, and phrases used in medicine and the relative branches of medical science. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![luscles, etc., denotes attachment a or connection with the clavicle. riepsy'drai, ce, f. (KA-eVra), to ttain by secret means; vBu>p,^ water.) raif. Philos. Instrument for mea- iiring time, by allowing water to rop through a small hole, from one essol to another. Climai'cter, eris, m. (KXt/xa^o), 3 proceed by degrees.) The step r round of a ladder. Physiol. The regression of human life, divided ito periods of seven years. Cliiiiacte'ric. (KXL/uLaKTi]p, from \LfiaX,0), to proceed by degrees.) ^hysiol. Applied to a particular poch of the ordinary term of life, larked by multiplied periods of even years, at which the body is eculiarly affected, and suffers con- i.derable change. Cllvw.ctei%cus, , um. Climacfe'ric Disease. Pathol. 'hat sudden change which occurs in lany mstances of advanced life, enerally about the fourth climac- eric, or 63d year, being 9 times 7. >ee Clwiacteric. CllmfttfilO'gia, ce, f. {CUma ; o'yos, a discourse.) J^at. Philos. L treatise on climate ; climatology. Clina'ndriiim, ii, n. {KXLvij, a ed; aman.) Bot. The part f the pollen of fructification of the 'rchidece, in which the anther is xed. Cli'nical. (KXti/rj.) Med. Pathol. ertaining to a bed; as clinical lec- ires, Avhich are those delivered by ledical attendants at the bedside. ilnvcus, a, um. Clinoides, adj. (KXt'z/ij; termi- ^\-ldes.) Anat. Resembling a bed; oplied to four processes of the Sella urcica: cli'noid. ClTni^'m6trnm, i, n. (KXii/o), to icline ; p.eTpov, a measure.) Geom. pparatus for measuring the incli- ation of a line in relation to a hori- )ntal plane : a clino'meter. Cliseo'meter. (KXta-ts, inclina- on; fX6Tpov, a measure.) Anat. istrmnent for measuring the angle Inch the axis of the female pelvis lakes with that of the body. Cliseo'- ■Urum, i, n. €lit-Knr. M. Med. The xirc- am lappa; also called Clot-bur. Clitoris, odis, f. (KXeto), to shut up; because concealed by the labia pudendi.) A'nat. A small glandi- form body in the female, like a penis. ClitOri'snms, i, m. Pathol. Morbid swelling of the clitoris. ClitOritis, Idis, f. {ClittSris: terminal -Uis.) Pathol. Riflamma- tion of the clitoris. Cloaca, ce, f. (As if Cludca, from K\xjX,oy, to wash, or make clean.) Surg. Pathol. The openings (pi.) through the new bony shell (in Necrosis of a long cylindrical bone) into the sequestrum, or inclosed dead bone, by which the matter formed in the interior is discharged. Zobl. A cavity in birds and certain other ani- mals in which the oviducts termi- nate. Clo'nic. (KXo'yos, commotion.) Pathol. Belonging to an agitated or irregular movement; applied to spasms in which contractions and relaxations are alternate; as in epi- lepsy. Clo'nicus, a, um. Clot. (Belg. Klot, a mass of thickened fiuid.) Physiol. The Grassamentum of the blood. Clot-Bur. See ClU-hur. Clove. (Sax. Glufe, a spike.) M. Med. The calyx, or unexpanded flower of the Eugenia caryophyllata. See Anthophyllus. Clove-Gllliflower.) M. Med. Clove-Pink. j The I)ian- tlvus caryophyllus. Clove-Tree. M. Med. The Eu- genia caryophyllata. Clo'ven Spine. Surg. Pathol. Spina bifida, a variety of Hydrora- chis or Eydrorachitis. Clnk-Foot. See Talipes. Clnpe'idae, patron, nom. pi. f. (Glupea, a small fish of the herring kind; terminal-1(^05.) Ichthyol. A Family having the Glupea for their type. Cluster. See Racemus, Thyrsus. Clypcfilis, is, e. {Glypeus, a shield.) Belonging to a shield : cly'- pcal. Cly'stcr. (KXva-Ttip, from kXu^m, to wa.sh away.) Med. An injection into the rectum; an enema: a glys- ter. Glyster, ens, m. CoitdfiniTtns, a, um. {Godduno, to join together.') Bot. Clu-stered : coa'dunate. Coa'gnlaklc. (Cott^/aZo,to curdle.)](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b24862393_0101.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
