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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![cleanse.) Med.,Phami. Cleansing; abluent; abstersive; applied to medi- cines which cleanse from foulness or .sordes. Ahster'gem, entis, part. Ab^stinencc. {Abstlneo, to ab- stain.) Med. Tire refraining from, or sparing use’ of, food, liquors, etc. Abstinen'tia, ce, f. Abstrac'tiou. (A bstrdho, to draw away.) Chem. The separating of a fluid from a salt, etc. Physiol. That mental power by which one particular idea may be dwelt upon, to the exclusion of others; also, that by which general ideas may be formed from those of particular objects. Surg. Applied to blood-letting, or the drawing of blood from a blood- vessel. Abstrac'tio, onis, f. Abvaciiatioii. ^e&Abevacuation. Acft'cia, ce, f. {'Ako^io, to sharpen to a point.) Pharmacopoeial name (L.) for gum-arabic, or (E. D.) Gummi-acacice, and (U. S. A.) the concrete juice of Acacia vero., and of various species of Accccia. Also, a Linn, genus, Cl. Polygamia; Ord. Monoecia. Juss. Leguminosce, or FahacecB. Acft'claAltSvaTrlfftliata. Bot. The Spartium spinosum. Acft'cia AriVbica. Bot. The Acacia vera. Acft'cijc ArS^blcae Gnmmi. M. Med. Pharmacopoeial name (D.) of gum-arabic, obtained from Acacia vera, and other species of A cacia. Acii'cia Csl'tScbu. M. Med. Systematic name of the plant which affords catechu. Actt'cla In^dlca. Bot. The Tamarindus indica. Acil'cla ■%'Cra. M. Med. The Egyptian thoim, or gum-arabic tree; called also Acacia Arahica. Also, the expressed juice of the unripe pods of the Acacia veravel. Acft'cia 'Ve'ravel. Bot. A species affording the juice called Acacia vera. Acil'cla ZcylS’nIca. Bot. A name for Hcematoxylon campechia- num. Acftlfphc, es, f. (’AK'aX?;^Tj.) Bot. The nettle. See Urtica. AclilCpbus,a,Mm. (Same.) Be- longing to a nettle. Zodl. Applied to a Cl. (pi. n.) of the Radiata, from the stinging pain felt on touching them. Acft15^cTnns, a, um. ) {A, priv.; Acil'l5^clH, is, e. ) cdlyx.) Bot. Having no calyx: aca'lycine. Acnmp'slu, ce, f. (A, priv. ; K'a/xTn-o), to bend.) Burg. An inflexi- ble state of a joint. See Ancylosis. Acan'tha, ce, f. (’Akt;, a jjoint.) Anat. Applied formerly to the spine of the back, or rather of a ver- tebra, by the regular arrangement of the series of which, the former is constituted. A thorn, spine, or prickle. AcanthScens, a, um. Bot. Ap- plied to a Juss. Ord. (pi. f.) of plants like the Acanthus, Prickly : acan- tha'ceous. Acan^tblnn.s, a, um. {AjcavQa, a thorn.) Bot. Belonging to a thorn; thorny; prickly: acan'thine. Acan'thiiim, ii, n. (Same.) Bot. The trivial name of the Onopo'rdmm Acanthium. Acan^tbdcS'pbMii.s, a, um. {”KkuvQa; KecfiaXi], the head.) Having a spiny head. Zodl. Applied to a \ family (pi. n.) of the Entozoa paren- chymata: acanthoce'phalous. Acantbofles, adj. (kKavda; terminal -wSijs.) Same as Spino- sus: acan'thous. Acantbolfles, adj. (kKavQa ; terminal -Ides.) Eesembling a spine: acan'thoid. Acantbd'pb5ni.s, a, um. (Ajcav- 6a; depcv, to bear.) Bot. Beset with spines or coarse hairs : acantho'- phorous. See Spinigenis. Acantbdp5''flins,a,Mm. CAKav6a; TTous, afoot.) Bot. Having spinous petioles: acanthopo'dious. Acan'thoptgry'gius, a, um. (’’A.Kavda', 'jT'repvyiov, a little wing.) Tchthyol. Having spiny fins ; applied to an Order (pi. m.) so provided: acanthoptery^gious. Acan'thulii.s, i, m. {''A.KavBa.) Surg. An instrument for extracting thorns, or spiculoe of wood, bone, etc., ^ from woimds. Acan'thns, i, m. (AKavda.) A Linn, genus. Cl. Didynamia; Ord. A ngiospermia. Juss. A can thaceoe. Bear’s breech. Acan'thu.s yiollis. Bot. Sys- tematic name of bear’s breech. Acar'rtla, ce, f. (A, priv.; KopSia, the heart.) Physiol. The condition of a monster-fetus, bom without a](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b24862393_0022.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
