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
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1862
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    Prflto'plftslH, is, or eos, f, {WptS- Tos ; TrXao-is, a moulding.) Physiol. The primary formation of a thing. PrAtopla'^ina, diis, n. (If/ow- Tos ; TrXao-o-o), to form.) Physiol. The nitrogenous suljstance from which the cell-nucleus is formed. Protoplast. (Same.) Physiol. A primary formation. Protopla'sia, ce, f. Proto'xirte. {Proto-; oxtjdium, an oxide.) Chem. The first .stage of oxidisement, when there are seve- ral oxides of the same substance. Proto'x^dum, i, n. Protoxyrtatiis, a, um. Chem. That which is converted into the state of a protoxide : proto'xidated. Protruding. See Exsertus, Pro- trusus. Protnl>erant. See Torosics. Protlitogra'ntia, ce, f. {Pro; tuber, a swelling.) A swelling, or protu'berance. Ancct. An apophysis; a process. Proud Flesh. Surg. Pathol. A popular term for Fungus ; but com- monly misapplied to any redundant growth of healthy granulation. Pro'ximad. Anal. Same as Proximal, used adverbially. Pro'ximal. {Proxlmus, the near- e.st.) Anat. Applied by Dr Barclay as meaning—^towards the end near- est the trunk, when treating of the aspects of the four extremities. Pro'xlmateCanse. Pathol..That which occurs next to, or immediately after, the exciting cause of any dis- ease, being in fact the disease itself. Pro'ximate Principles. Chem. Compounds associated together, their elements being termed Ulti- mate Principles. Prnina, ce, f. (ITjOwtyds, belong- ing to the morning.) Hoar-frost. Bot. The flowery or powdery sub- stance observed on ripe fruit, espe- cially plums : prui'n. Pritlnfilns, a, um,.) Bot. Chem. Pruliiosns, a, um. j Having or full of pruin: prui'nate: prui'nous. Prune. Al. Aled. The dried fruit of the Prunus domesticus. Prunum, i, n. Prftnlfo'rmis, is, e. {Prunum, a plum; forma, likeness.) Bot. Having the appearance of a plum; pru'niform. Prim i'll. {Prunus c'Srds^is, the cherry-tree.) Same as Cerctsin. See Adraganthin. Prunlna, <k, f. Prlliiuni, i, n. {Prunm.) Bot. A plum or ])rune. M. Med. Pliar- ■ macopceial name (L. E. & U.S.A.) f for the prepared fruit of the Prunus s domestica. Pranum da'llleuni. Bot. The French plum ; the prune, or dried ? fruit of the Prunus domestica. Praniis, i, m. {Upovorj, the plum tree.) A Linn, genus. Cl. Jco- sandria, Ord. Monogynia. Juas. ! AmygdalecB. Prflnus Ddme/stlca. M. Med. \ The plum, or damson tree, the dried fruit constituting the prune. Prilnus, Lauro-C'6'rftsus. M. Aled. The cherry-tree laurel, or ^ poison-laurel; also called A lexandria. i Prttrlgo, 'inis, f. {Prurio, to i itch ; terminal -igo.) Pathol. A , i papular eruption affecting the whole i surface of the skin, or confined to '« some particular part or oi^an, ac- j companied with a sense of constant itching ; also termed Pruritus. ? Prfiritu.s, iks, m. (Same.) Pa~ 1 thol. An intense degree of itching. | The same as Prurigo. ( Pru's.sian Blue. Chem. A well- ; kno^vn pigment of a rich blue colour; i S its colouring matter is ferrocyanate 11 of peroxide of iron, together with : j the sub-sulphates of one or both of! | those bases. ( Pru'ssiate. {Prussicum acidum;; | terminal -ate.) Chem. A combina- i tion of prussic acid wdth a base. | Pru'ssias, dtis, f. * Pru'ssic. Chem. Belonging to i Prussian blue ; applied to an acid 1 obtained from it; also termed Cyanic i and Hydrocyanic. Pru'ssicus,a, um. Prussi'n. blue.) Chem. Another name for Cyanogen. Pros- sina, ce, f. P.silli.s, idis, f. The Corpus psa- ■ loides, or Fornix cerebri. Psalloliles, adj. {■^dXXw, to i play a stringed instrument; terminal 1 -ides.) Resembling a psalter, harp, or cithara: psa'lloid. P.sjtloIdPs, ad.j. (As if PsiUi- doeides, from '^aXls, an arched i work; terminalAnat. Re- sembling an arch : psafloid. See i Corpus Pscdoides, Lyra.