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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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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    govern.) Med. The regulation of the diet. Kc'gion. (R^go.) Anat. A particular portion of the body ; also, any portion in reference to a parti- cular organ or viscus, as of the liver, heart, kidney, etc. Ri'gio, onis, f. IteiSularifldrus, a, um. {Regu- Idris, regular; jios, a flower.) hot. Applied to the calathidium and the discus of the Synantherece, when com- posed of flowers with regular corols : regulariflo'rous. Regulns, i, m. (Dim. Rex, a king.) Chem. A pure metal reduced from its ore. Kegiirgltiitlo, onis, f. (Re, again; gurgito, to swallow.) Physiol. Sy- nonymous with Eructaiio. llelaxa‘'tion. {RUaxo, to loosen.) Med. Languor; debility. RUaxdtio, onis, f. Rell'qniae, drum, f. pi. {RUin- quo, to leave.) Geol, Applied to organic remains, as fossil Zoophyta, Crustacece, etc. Reme'diiim, ii, n. {Re; medeor, to heal.) Med. That which is em- ployed in the treatment of diseases, whether palliative, preventive, or curative : a re'medy. Remige.s, f. pi. {P^Mmigo, to row.) Oomithol. Lengthened, strong, and stiff feathers in the wings, which answer the purpose of oars in flying. Remi'tteiit. {R^mitto, to abate.) Pathol. Applied to disorders .the symptoms of which abate consider- ably and then return again and again iintil the disease is overcome, or proves fatal. Rhni'ttens, tis, part, Remdtlfu'lins, a, um. {R^mo- tus, distant;a leaf.) Bot. Applied to leaves distant from each other: remotifo'lious. Rdmdtivns, a, um. {Rimoveo, to remove.) Bot. Applied to ger- mination when the episperm is withdraum from the sheath of the cotyledon, or from its vaginiform prolongation, by a lengthening of the cotyledons of which it envelopes the summit. Rcn» enis, m. ('Pew, to flow.) Anat. Tlie kidney, by which the urine is secreted. Re'nal. the kidney.) Anat. Belonging to the kidney. Rendlis, is, e. IT-r a4> Re'nal A'poplexy. Pathol. disease Ischuria re'nalis. Re'nal Ca'lciiliis. Podhol. concretion of the kidney. See phrolithos. Re'nal Glands. Anat. The sim! prarenal glands or capsules; calleu, also atrabiliary cajjsules. Gla'ndul(\, Pt-endles. RenlfO'lliiH, a, um. (Pten; Hum, a leaf.) Bot. Having ren^ form leaves; renifo'lious. Re'niiurm. {Pten; forma, rd semblance.) Formed like the kiJ ney. Renlformis, is, e. RCpandus, a, um. {Re, again uj pando, to bow down.) Bot. Ben<||j ing down, or waved : re'pand. Repe'llent. {Repello, to bea^ back.) Med. Driving back; ajl plied to medicines of this characteis PtepeHlens, tis, part. Repens, tis, part. {Repo, creep.) Bot. Growing on the earth creeping: re'pent. Repercn's.sion. {Repercutio, beat back.) Ohstet. Proposed to 1 substituted for BaUottement. R4 percu'ssio, onis, f. Repercu'tiens, entis, part (Same.) Phamn. Beating back cif repelling; applied to medicines: r®- percu'tient. Reple'tion. {Repleo, to fill up li Med. The state or condition of mg full, or gorged. Rejoletw, onis, See Plethora. i Replleatixus, a, um. {Repl to unfold or fold back.) Bot. A plied to aestivation when the flo; organs are folded inwards upon them^ selves ; to prejloration when the sii perior part of the leaves contained i the bud is bent back and rests iipotjJi the inferior; replica'tive. Repllcalus, a, um. {Repllco, imfold.) Unfolded so as to form groove, or channel: re'plicate. Reprodu'ctlo, onis, f. {Repr< diico, to produce again.) Xat. //tsi] The action by which orgaiiised Imdii produce others similar: reprodu'etio; RSprodiictiviis, a, um. (Samei JVat. Hist. Producing again: repn du'etive. Rept Atio, onis, f. (Repto, to cree much.) Zoiil. The mode of progre sion proper to serpents and certaii Invertehrata; creeping: repta'tiou.