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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![Ac'tiial Caii'tcry. Surg. A red- hot iron, or fire, used as a cautery, because having immediate effect, in distinction from caustic substances, termed potential cauteries; also called Ignis dctualis. Acftlcfttns, a, um. {Aculeus, a prickle.) Bot., Physiol. Having prickles : acu'leated. Acfilcii.s, t, m. (Acus, a needle.) Bot. A prickle arising from the bark or epidermis of any part of a plant, and Avhich may be peeled off with the bark. Acfi.miuatii.s, a, um. {Acumen, a point.) Bot. Pointed, tapered: acu'minated. Acupres'sion. {Acus; primo, to press.) Surg. Dr J. Y. Simpson’s plan of securing against haemorrhage in wounds or operations, by insert- ing a needle through the skin down below the divided vessel, and return- ing its point to the cutaneous sur- face again, the ends being left out to a sufficient extent. Acupres'sio, dnis, f. Acupimc’ture. {Acus; pungo, to prick.) Surg. A small puncture made with a needle. Acupunctura, os, f. A’cus Caimuliita. Surg. A trochar; a can'nulated needle. A'cns Intcrpunctorla. Srurg. A couching needle. A'cns Oplithal'mlca. Surg. A couching or ophthal'mic needle. A'cns Trlqnet'ra. Surg. A trochar ; a three-cornered needle. Aclitangularis, is, e. ) {Acutus, Acritanguliltns,a,t4m. ( sharp; angulus, a corner.) Bot. Having sharp angles ; acutan'gular ; acutan'- gulate. Acn'tc. {Acuo, to point.) Bot. Ending in a point. Pathol. Having violent symptoms attended with danger, and terminating within a few days. Acutus, a, um. AcfltSnAculnm, i, n. {Acris, a needle; UnaciUum, a.\\?a\({\Q.) Surg. A handle for a needle; also called Porte-aiguille. Acy'ftnoblc'psla, m, f. (A, priv.; Kvavos, blue ; (iXeirw, to look upon.) Pathol. Defect of vision by which blue colour cannot be distinguished: acy'anoble'psy. AcySsls, is, f, (A, priv.; Kvi]cn^, pregnancy.) Physiol. Sterility in women. Ad OClI'quiHm. Med. To fainting; used in directions for vene- section. Ad Pondiis Oiii'nliim. Med. To the weight of the whole ; used in prescriptions to indicate the propor- tion of some particular ingredient. -Adse. Nat. Hist. A tenninal similar to -Idee. AilicmA'nia, ce, f. (A, priv.; ouLfMcov, fortune.) Med. Restless thought, uneasiness, or anxiety. Adam’s Apple. Anat. See Pomum Adami. Adamau'tine. {Addmas.) Min- eral. Having the hardness or bright- ness of the diamond. A ddman'tlmis, a, um. A'dAmas, antis, f. (A, n^. ; to subdue.) Mineral. The diamond, or adamant. AfldephA'gia, ce, 'f. CA.or\v, or, *A6driv, abundantly ; (fyayelv, to eat.) Pathol. Voracious appetite, or Bulimia,. Addison’s Disease. Pathol. The Melasmo. supra-renale, first described by him. AddXtamen'tiim, i. n. {Addo, to adjoin.) Anat. A small suture sometimes found added to the lamb- doid, and squamous sutures ; an ad- di'tament. Addftcens, tis. Part. {A dduco, to bring to.) Anat. Bringing to- gether : addu'cent. Adduc'tion. (Same.) Anat. That movement by which one part, as a limb or finger, is brought to another, or to the mesial line. Ad- duc'tio, onis, f. Adduc'tor, oris, m. (Same.) Anat. Applied to muscles that perform adduction, Antitheyiar. A'dCii, ^nis, m. {’ASt'iv, a gland.) Anat. A gland. Pathol. A bubo. AdSnal'gla. ce, f. {’ASt)i/; dXyos, pain.) Pathol. Pain in a gland: adenal'gy. Ad^neniphra'xis, is, f. {’ASfju; hfxc^pdcrcTw, to obstruct.) Pathol. Glandular obstruction. Ade'niform. {’ASi)v; forma, re- semblance.) Ancd. Formed like a ^land; glandiform. Adin'tfor'mis, IS, e. See A denoid. AdSultis, Kdis, f. {’ASfjv, termi-](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b24862393_0028.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
