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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 Bot. Applied to lants (pi. f.) that have the stamina nd pistil like a column in the middle f the dower : colnmniTerous. Cdlu'mnula, cb, f. (Dim. Co- umna.) A nat. The filament which asses through the middle of the cap- ule of frondose mosses. Coma. &tis, n. (Kw/xa, deep leep.) Pathol. A state oHethargic rowsiness, produced by compression f the brain and other causes. CO'ina, oe, f. {Kogdco, to be domed.) Bot. A bush or head of javes terminating a stem. Coma-Vi'gil. Pathol. The le- ■largic condition of the patient, in ad cases of typhus, in which he is .'atchful and muttering in deli- iuni. Cdmftta. Soporose diseases ; an )rder. Cl. Neuroses, of Cullen’s iosology. PI. of Coma. Co'matose. {Coma; terminal osus.) Pathol. Having a constant •ropensity to sleep; full of sleep. lomdtdsus, a, um. Combina’tion. {Comhlno, to set a couples together.) Chem. A true hemical union of two or more sub- stances, as opposed to mere mechani- cal mixture, f. Comhindtio, dnis, f. Combu'stion. ’ {Comburo, to burn.) Chem. The evolution of heat and light during chemical ac- tion, by absorbing oxygeli from at- mospheric air: burning. Combu'stio, dnis, f. Combustion, Preter-'i SeePrc- nutiiral. I terimtu- Combustion, Sponta- ( ral Coin- neons. ) hustion. Co'met. (Ko/x?7T-ns, long haired ; from the stream of light usually ap- pended to them, like a tail.) Astron. Name of a heavenly body, supposed to be planetary, forming a part of our system. Cometa, or Competes, ce, m. Co'mminuted. {Commlnuo, to crush.) Surg. Applied to fractures in which the bone is broken into several pieces. Commlnntus, a, um. Commiss&ra, oe, f. {Committo, to join together.) Anat. A uniting together: a co'mmissure. Commissbra Ma'gna. Anat. The Corpus callosum. Common Integuments. See Integuments. Comparative Anatomy. See A. Comp. Co'mplicated. {CompUco, to wrap together.) Surg. Applied to fractures that are combined with other circumstances that make their treatment difficult; as a wounded artery, dislocation, injury of the vis- cera, etc. CompUcdtus, a, um. Complica’tion. (Same.) Pathol. The coexistence of two or more dis- eases, which modify each other, with- out being in their nature inseparable. CompUcdtio, dnis, f. Compb’sltiis, a, um. {Compdno, to put together.) Compound; op- posed to simple. Bot. Applied to a Juss. Ord. (pi. f.) Co'mpound. (Same.) Alineral. Applied to a form contained imder planes not homologous, or equal, . ‘ similar, and equally disposed to each other. Pharm. Composed of two or more ingredients or substances. Surg. Applied to fractures and dis- locations connected with wounds of the soft parts. Compd'situs, a, um. Co'mprcss. {Comprlmo, to press together.) SiLrg. A portion of folded](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b24862393_0105.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
