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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![heart, or, rather, deficient as to the whole thorax. Acftroirtes, adj. {Acdrus; ter- minal -Ides.) Resembling the A canis; a'caroid. Acar'pus, a, um. (A, priv.; KixpTrds, fruit.) Boi. Having no fruit: acar'pous. A'cSrus, i, m. (A, neg.; Ktipo), to cut, from its small size.) Entojnol. A genus which infests the skin. See Cyrones. A'carus Aatumnalis. Entomol. The harvest-bug; the wheal-worm. A'cilrus Dbme'stlcus. Entomol. The domestic tick. A'ciirns Bl^'clnus. Entomol. The dog-tick. A'carus Sc;tl>iei. Entom., Pathol. The itch animalcule: the itch-tick. A'cjlrusSiron. The mite. Acatalep'sy. (A, priv.; KU'ra- Xafxtdvui, to apprehend.) Med. Un- certainty in diagnosis, or prognosis. Acdtdlep'sia, ce, f. AciltiVpdsis, is, f. (A, priv.; KaTairivu}, to swallow.) Med. Diffi- culty in swallowing. See Dysphagia. Acaulls, is, e. {A, priv.; caulis, a stem.)Ro<. Having no stem: acau'line. Accelerator, oris, m. {AccUtro, to hasten.) Applied to the muscle of the penis {A. urinoe) whose action propels the urine; also named Ejaculator seminis, from a similar office as to the semen. Acces'sion. {Accedo, to be added to.) Pathol. The beginning, or on- set of diseases, or of fits, paroxysms or exacerbations in fevers, etc. Ac- cedsio, onis, f. Acccssorlu.s, a, um. (Same.) Anat. Applied to muscular appen- dages that assist the action of larger muscles; also, to two nerves of tlie neck: acces'sory. Ac'cidciit. (Accicio, to happen.) Med. A familiar word used by the French, as synonymous with symp- tom; such having been the case with the Greeks. Accldens, tis, part. See Accidentia. Accidcn'tal. (Same.) Med. Ap- plied by French and some English writers to textures resulting from morbid action. Accldentalis, is, e. Acciden'tia, ce, f. (Same.) A chance or occurrence happening to one unexpectedly: an ac'cident. Accl''pltcr, tris, m. (Accipio, to take.) Ornithol. A bird of prey; applied to an Ord. (pi.) called also Rapaces, and Raptores. Accli^matcd. (Fr. Acclimate, accustomed to climate.) Med. Be- come accustomed to a climate. Ac- clvmatus, a, um. Acclimatisa^tion. Med. The state of being acclimated. Accllindl- tlsdtio, onis, f. Accllvis, is, e. {Ad, to; cllmis, the side of a hill.) Anat. Applied to a muscle of the abdomen, from the oblique ascent of its fibres; the Ohli- quics internus musculus. Accouclieiuent. (Fr. Accoucher, to deliver.) Ohstet. The act of being delivered; delivery. Accoucheur. (Same.) Ohstet. A man-midwife; an obstetrician. Accre'tion. {Ad, to; cresco, to increase.) Physiol. The process by which nutrient particles are added to the various tissues. Surg. The ad- hering together of parts naturally separate, as the fingers, etc. Accre- tio, onis, f. Accuha'tion. {Accumho, to lie down.) Med., Ohstet. The state of lying down ; also, of being in child- bed. Accuhdtio, onis, f. AeSphitlia, ce, f. (A, priv. ; KeepaXi], the head.) Physiol. A variei^'- of Agenesia, consisting in the want of the head. AcS'phitlohr^chla, ce, f. (Same ; (3pax_Lwu, the arm.) Physiol. A variety of Agenesia, consisting in the absence of head and arms. AcS^phitlobritchius, ii, m. Phy- siol. A monster-fetus, having neither head nor arms. AcS^ph^ildcartdla, ce, f. (Same ; Kapdia, the heart.) Physiol. A variety of Agenesia, consisting in the absence of head and heart. AcC'plisUftcartdlus, ii, m. (Same.) Physiol. A monster-fetus, without head and heart. Ac^^'plijlldclilrus, i, m. (Same; Xmp, the hand.) Physiol. A monster-fetus, without head and hands. AcS'phftlficys'tls, %dis, f. (Same; Kuo-Tts, a bladder.) Zool. The head- less hydatid, formed like a bladder : an ace'phalocyst. Ac^'pliftlOgas'tcr, tri, m. (Same;](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b24862393_0023.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
