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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![Chem. Physiol. Having the pvo- ]^)erty of coagulation. t'odgulaUlis, IS, e. €oa'gulnl)lc Lymph. Physiol. Fibrin of the blood. Loagulu'tlon. {Coagdlo.) Chem. Physiol. The thickening state of the albuminous portion of certain animal and vegetable fluids, on applying acids or heat. Coaguldtio, onis, f. Coagulum, i, n. (Codgulo.) Chem. Physiol. Tdie jelly-like con- sistence assumed by albuminous sub- stances, blood, etc., when acted on by heat. Coalc'scent. {Codlesco, to grow together.) Growing together; con- creting. CodUscens, tis, part. Coapta'tioii. {Con, together; apto, to fit.) Surg. The fitting to- gether of the ends of a fractm-ed bone. Codptdtio, onis, f. Coarcta'tion. {Coarcto, to straiten.) A straitening, or press- ing together. Surg. Pathol. Ap- IDlied to strictures of the intestine or lu’ethra. Codrctdtio, onis, f. Coarctatus, a, ww. (Same.) Bot. Pressed close together : coa'rctate. Coat. See Tunica. Coated. See Tunicatus. Pathol. Applied to the condition of the tongue, as indicative of visceral disturbance; loaded. Co'balt. (Germ. Kobold.) Chem. A metal met in combination, ge- nerally, with arsenic. Coba'ltum, i, n. Coha'ltlcuSy a, um. Chem. Be- longing to coTalt: cobaltic. Cobra de Capcllo. Zool. The Portuguese name for the Naja vul- garis, or hooded snake. Co'bweb. Web of the Ara'iiea, or spider. Co'cci. M. Med. Pharmacopoeial name (E.) for cochineal insects. Coccl'fCru.s, a, um. {Coccus; /ero, to bear.) Bot. Bearing benfes, or objects like them ; cocci'ferous. Cocclne'lla, ce, f. (Dim. Coccus.) M. Med. The cochineal insect: co'- chineal. See Coccus Cacti. Entomol. A genus of Coleoptera. The lady- bird. CocclnelU'n. The colouring principle of cochineal ; carmine. Coccinelllna, ce, f. Co'cculus, i, m. (Dim. Coccus.) A genus. Cl. Picecia; Ord. Bode- candria. Juss. Menispermeoe. M. Med. Pharmacopceial nauie (E.) for the fruit of Anamirta cocculus, or Cocculus Indicus. Co^ccdliis I'lidl ArOmft'tlcns, M. Med. Myrtuspivienta, or Jamaica pepjjer. Co'cculuH I'ndlciis. M. Med. The berries of the Menispcrmum cocculus. Co'ccuIii.s Paliuatus. M. Med. The plant which affords Calumba, Colomba, or Columbo root: called also Menispermuvi palmatum. Co'ccum, i, n. (Ko/c/cos, a grain./ Bot. A kind of seed-vessel distin- guished from a capsule, the sides of which being elastic, project the seeds with great force, as in the Euphorbia. Co'ccum Bli'phlcum. Entoirwl. The kermes berry. Co'ccus, i, m. (Ko/c/cos, a kernel; also, an insect.) Bot. A cell or capsule. Entomol. A genus of Hemiptera Gallinsecta. M. Med. Phannacopoeial name (L. and U. S.A.) for the Coccus ccccti. Co'ccus Ca'cti. M. Med. The Coccinella, or cochineal insect. Co'ccus lufectorlus. Entomol. The insect which produces the kermes grains or berries. Co'ccus La'cca. Entomol. The insect which produces Lao. Coccygeus, a, um. {Coccyx.) Anat. Belonging to the coccyx; cocc/geal. Co'ccyx, cygis, f. {Kokkv^, the cuckoo; because like its bill.) Anat. The small triangular bone appended to the point of the sacrum. Coccybdj^ula, ce, f. {Coccyx; pain.) Pathol. Pain in the coccyx, occurring especially in women. Co'cbiueal. M. Med. The Coc- cus cacti, Coccinella, or cochineal in- sect, brought from S. Ajuerica, as a reddish grain. Coccindlla, ce, f. Coclil. Ampl. ) Pharm. For Cocbl. Mag. ) Cochleare am- plum, or magnum, a table-spoon. Cocbl. Med. Pharm. Yox Coch- leare medium, a dessert-spoon. Cocbl. Min. Pharm. For C. minimum, a tea-spoon. Co'cblea, ce, f. (Kox^.tas, a wind- ing staircase.) Anat. A conical cavity of the internal ear.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b24862393_0102.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
