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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    QUO r phnric acid and eight of water, known in the shoj^s as the sulphate of qui- nine. Uiii^iiiiilsin. (Qulna; terminal -ismus.) Med. Tliat disturbance of the nervous system caused by con- tinued use, or large doses, of the disulphate of quinine'. Qulnlni'smus, i, m. Uuinoi'dinc. {Qulna; eJoos, resemblance.) Chem. A resinous substance obtained from the mother liqnor remaining after all the crystals which can be procured are separated in the preparation of sulphate, or disulphate of quinine; also called amorphous quinine. Qulnoldlnm, ce, f. iliiinquaugularls, e. {Quin- que, five; angvdus, an angle.) Bot. Having five angles : quinqua'ngular. <|uiuq.uaiig'ulatu8, a,um. (Same as preceding.) Bot. Having five proper angles: quinqua'ngidate. <|uinquangulosns» ct, um. (Same ; terminal-OSM5.) Bot. Hav- ing five angles: quinqua'ngulous. <|uiuque(leutatus, a, um. (Quioi- que; deniatus, tooih&di.) Bot. Ter- minating in five teeth or serratures : q uinquede'ntate. <|uinquedigltatns, a, um. {Quin- qxie; dlgUatus,^n%&r&^.) Bot. Ap- plied to a leaf the petiole of which terminates in five folioles : quinque- di'gitated. 4|uiuqu£'fiduSy a, um. {Quin- to cleave.) Bot. Divided into five parts : qirinque'fid. Quiuqnelldrus, a, um. {Quin- que; Jios, a flower.) Bot. Having five flowers : quinqueflo'rous. <|iiinquefdli61atiis, a, um. {Quinque; foliolum, afoliole.) Bot. Applied to a leaf the common petiole of which terminates in five folioles : quinquefo'liolate. <£uinquS'fdriis, a, um. {Quin- ywey/oro, to pierce.) Bot. Having five holes : quinquefo'rous. 4|iiiiiquc'jugus, a, um. {Qidn- que;jugum, a, joke.) Bot. Applied to a i^ennate leaf the petiole of which bears five pairs of folioles : quinque'- jugate. (luiliquOAbiitus, a, u7/2r. {Quin- qve, five; lohus, a lobe.) Bot. Divided to the extent of one-half ani even more deeply into five portiorJ or loljes : quinfiue'lobate. ' UuiiiqiiClOculilris, z£,e. {C^irk que; Wcula, a cell.) Bot. Contain ing five cells or compartments : quiil quelo'cular. ' 4iuiiiqiitnie'rvis,i9,e. | {Qnii\ <|iiinqiigiie'rvius,a,Mm. j que; norms, a nerve.) Bot. Applied a leaf having five longitudinal ner vures separating from its base: quu| quene'rvious. iluinqii£partltus,a, 7^771. {Qwi'i\ que;partltus, divided.) Bot. Coii( posed of five parts produced by div* sions prolonged almost to the basd applied to a calyx, etc. : quinqu« jja'rtite. Uuinqiiepllcatus, a, um. {Qui'i\ que; pUcdtm, plaited.) Bot. Prt seating five plaits : quinquepli'cate.] <luin.quSpunctatus, a, ur^ {Quinque;punctdtus, pointed.) Bo^ Marked with five points: quinqu-^ pu'nctate. ’ , Qniuqu^Ta'lvis, is, e. (Qui'4. que; valva, ava\vfi.) Bot. Openid. in five valves : quinqueva'lvate. (Ininquina, ce, f. M. Med. Ai other name for Cinchona. <lui'nsy. (Cynanche, sore throat Pathol. A popular tenn for C; nanche tonsillaris, or TonsUlit • phlegnionodes. Qui iitaEsse'ntia. Quintessence, the active principle of any substani separated by art from the inet matters with which it was conj. bined. Quintauns, a, um. {Quintus, tl|i' fifth.) Pathol. Applied to a fev x the exacerbations of which occur eveft i fifth day: qui'ntan. * <ltniiitesscuce. See Quinta sentia. Uiiiutina, ce, f. (Quintus.) Be ( In many plants the ovule presen n a fifth envelope, named quintine. it' UuOtl'dianus, a, um. {QuHtldi * daily.) Pathol. Applied to a kii of intennittent fever in which tl« {)aroxysm returns every twenty-foi f- loursj therefore termed quotidiat ti (felms), or quotidian ague; a genu i Ord. Febres, Cl. Pyrexice, of Culleu C Nosology. ■