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

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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$iEgOphiinia, He, f. (At^; <f)0)vf], tie voice.) Med. lu auscultation, a Lroug resonance of the voice, sharp, '•mewhat argentine, jerking and remulous, like that of the kid: ^o'phouy. JBdra, ce, f. (Alcopeeo, to raise ito the air.) 3Ied. A species of estation ; swinging. JBqiiili'brinm, u, m. {^qmis, ^ual; to weigh.) Nat. Philos. 'hat rest which occui’s when many >rces applied to the same body are jually opposed. Med. The har- lonious action of the organs of the ody. .®qulval'vis, is, e. {JEquus, |ual; valvce, folding doors.) Bot. laving equal valves; applied to a ehiscent pericarp so formed: equi- alved. Aer, ^ris, m. (’A?;p, the atmo- phere.) Nat. Philos. The natural ir we breathe: atmospheric air. Aer Fi'xus. Chem. Fixed air, r carbonic acid gas. Aerated. (Aer.) Chem. Applied D liquids impregnated with carbonic cid gas. A ’erdtus, a, um. Aerial A^cid. Chem. Carbonic cid gas. Ae'rial Plants. Bot. Certain lants which can live by absorption 'om the atmosphere, without re- iiiring their roots to be fixed to any lace, as the Flos aeris. See Aero'- hytum. Aerlfer, a, um. (Aer; f^ro, to irry.) Air-bearing: aeri'ferous. nat.. Physiol. Applied to the air- assages, the windpipe, bronchi, etc. Aerltlca^tion. (Aer; fdcio, to lake.) Chem. The converting of body into gas. Aerlficdtio, nis, f. Aeriform. (Aer; fo'hia.) Chem. laving the form of air or gas: gase- 03. Aerifor'mis, is, e. Aerodyna'mic. (Aj/p; SvvafU's, ower.) Nat. Philos. Pertaining ) the force of the air. AerSdynH'- vicus, a, um. Aerodyna^mlcs. Nat. Philos. 5ame.) The doctrine of the air and s properties while in motion. A ero- ynd’mica, ae, f. Aerogrft'phia, cs, f. (Aer; ypacpw, ) write.) Nat. Philos. A descrip- •on of the air: aero'graphy. Aerttlltes, is, or ce, m. (A?/p; X'idos, a stone.) Nat. Philos. A certain meteoric stone which falls from the heavens: an aerolite or aerolith ; also termed a Meteorolite. See Brontolith. Aerology. (Ajjp ; \6yos, a dis- course.) Nat. Philos. A treatise or consideration of the properties of air. AerSlS'gia, ce, f. Acro'meter. (Aijp; fxeTpov, a measure.) Chem. An instrument for ascertaining the mean bulk of gases. Aero’metrum, i, n. Aerolnetry. (Aiyp; p.e'rpeu), to measure.) Nat. Philos. The ascer- taining of the physical properties of atmospheric air, their nature and history. AeromWria, ce, f. Aerttplift'bia, ce, f. (A?';p ; <^o^os, fear. ) Pathol. A dread of any cur- rent of air, because in hydrophobia and some other diseases it induces a paroxysm: aerophoby. Aerd'pliytiim, i, n. (Aer; 4>v't6v, a plant.) Bot. A plant that lives in the air without being rooted in the earth; an aerophyte. See Aerial Plants. Aerostalic. (’Aijp ; tn-aTi/c?;, the science of weights.) Nat. Philos. Pertaining to the science of the weight of air, or Aerostatics. Aero- stSlVLcus, a, um. Aerostalics. (Same.) A^a^. Philos. The doctrine of air, its specific gravity and properties in a state of rest. Aerostiitlca, ce, f. Aerostalion. (Aer; sto, to stand.) Nat. Philos. The raising and supporting of heavy bodies by the buoyancy of heated air, or light gases received into a spherical bag called a balloon. Aerostdtio, onis, f. iFrSsns, a, um. {AEs, copper; terminal -dsus.) Chem. Of the nature of copper; coppery: e'rose. iFrfkglnosns, a, um. (JEriigo; terminal -dsus.) Chem. Pertaining to copper-rust, or verdigris; eru'- ginous. Nat. Philos. Applied to a bluish green colour like verdigris, or the leaves of some pine trees. iFrIlgo, Inis, f. (Contr. jFris ruhlgo, the rust of copper.) Chem. The nist of a metal, especially copper. M. Med. Pharmacopoeial name (L. E.) of the impure diacetate of copper;$