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
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    psammSdCs, adj. ind; teminal -d)5r;s.) Having or dl of sand: psa'inmous. See>SaZ)M- tis. Pselli'snans, i, m. C^eXX/^w, > stammer.) Med. Hesitation of )eecli; stammering ; bad utterance. genus, Ord. Dyscinesice, Cl. Lo- des, of Cullen’s Nosology. See icesitas. Pseud-. false.) A pre- 5 meaning false or spurious. Pseudaestliesla, ce, f. 'j (^eu^f/s ; Pseudaeslliesis, is, or > aiarddvo- eos, f. j /xai, to el.) Physiol. False or imaginary eling or sensation; imaginary sense ■ touch in organs that have been long moved, as experienced by those ho have suffered amputation, in gard to the separated limb. Pseuda'lcftnina, ce, f. Chem. lie red colouring matter extracted om the roots of the Anchusa tinc- ria: pseudalcani'n. Pseu'daplie, es, f. ) ; Pseuda'pliia, cef f. j d^i), the nse of touch.) Pathol. Same as seudcesthesia. Pseudarthrosis, is, or eos, f. 'fevSifs] arthrosis.) Surg. Pathol. lie formation of a false joint. Pseu'do-. Same as Pseud-. Psendoble'psia, oe, f. ) ; Pseudoble'p.sis, is, f. j (3Xe\{/L^, a iholding.) Pathol. Depraved ^ht, in which objects are imagined, ■ seen different from what they are; Ise vision. A genus, Ord. Bysoes- esice. Cl. Locales, of Cullen’s Noso- gy- Pseudftca'rpiws, a, um. {Pseudo- ; ipiros, fruit.) Bot. Applied to uits hidden by other parts, so that lese seem to constitute them : pseu- )ca'rpious. Pscudficyesis, is, or eos, f. ^seudo-; KV1} crIS, pregnancy.) Obstet. mole or false conception. Pscndo-me'mlbrane. {Pseudo-; embrdna, a membrane.) Med. dthol. An organised layer of effused mph, the effect of inflammation; Ise membrane. Pseuddmembrdna, f ) A. Psoft'dicus, a, vrni. (^da, the in.) A nat. Belonging to the loin, ■ to the j»soce muscles; psoa^dic. PsoSdOtd'mla, ce, f, {Psoas; T6fiv(a, to cut.) Surg. A cutting into the^5005 muscles. Pso'a;. (^dai, pi. of \//^da.) Anat. The loins ; also applied to two pairs of muscles of the loins. PI. o^Psoa, oe, f. Pso'a.s. {'^oa, the loin.) Aoiat. Of the loin ; applied to two muscles of each loin, the magnus and parvus. Pso'as AThscess. Anat. Thatis, ab- scess of the loin. See Lmubar A bscess. Psoitis, idis, f. {Psoce; terminal -Itis.) Pathol. Inflammation of the sheath of the Psoas muscles. Psora, oe, f. {'^wpa.) Pathol. The itch; a genus, Ord. Dialyses, Cl. Locales, of Cullen’s Nosology; also termed Scabies. Psorelconia, dtis, n. {'^wpa, the itch; eX/coj/xa, an ulcer.) Pathol. A scabious ulcer. Psorclcosis, is, or eos, f. Pathol. The progress oi psorelcoma : scabious ulceration. Psori'itsis, is, f. {^cSpa.) Pa- thol. A cutaneous disease charac- terised by a rough, scaly cuticle, con- tinuous, or in separate, irregular patches, generally with fissures of the skin; tetter. Psori'asis Diffusa. Pathol. A variety of Psoriasis, attacking persons pursuing different trades, and vari- ously denominated baker’s, brick- layer’s, grocer’s itch, etc. Psori'asis Guttata. Pathol. Small distinct but irregular patches of laminated scales, with little or no inflammation round them, rarely extending to the size of a sixpence, having neither the raised edges, nor oval or circular form of the other varieties of lepra. Psori'Ssis Gyrata. Pathol. A species distributed in narrow patches or stripes, variously figured or gy- rated. Psori'asis Infantilis. Pa- thol. The dry tetter affecting infants between two months and two years of age; irregular, scaly patches of various size, on the cheeks, breast, back, nates, and thighs. Psori'asis InvCtCrftta. Pathol. Characterised by an almost universal scaliness, with a harsh, dry, and thickened state of the skin. Pso'rlc. Pathol. Belonging to Psora, or itch. Psbricus, a, um.