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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    tUe first condition or origin of a tiling: rudinie'ntary. It lie. M. Med. The Ruta <jra- veolens. Itrit'IcaT'piiH, a, urn.. (RUfus, ruddy; Kctpiro^, fruit.) Rot. Hav- ing fruit of a ruddy colour: rufica'r- pous. Rftflne'rvis, is, e. (Rufus; ner- a nerve.) Rot. Having ruddy- coloured nervures: rufine'rvine. 1tfifflfr>ljiis, a, um. (Ruga, a wrinkle; folium, a leaf.) Rot. Hav- ing wrinkled leaves: rugifo'lious. ]tfig’o.sus, a, um. (Rugo, to have wrinkles.) Rot. Rugged ; wrinkled : ru'gose. Itum. A well-known spirituous licjuor obtained from the sugar-cane; Jamaica spirit. SplrittLS Jdmai- censis. Itilmcx, %eis, m. • (A spear.) Pharmacopoeial name of the leaves of the Rvmiex acetosa. A Linn, genus, Cl. Hexandria, Ord. Trigynia. Juss. Polygonece. See Lapathum. Itumex Acetosa. M. Med. The common sorrel, or soui’-dock. Ituminaus, tis, part. (Rumino, to chew the cud.) Zool. Chewing the cud; applied to an Ord. (pi. n.) oi Mammalia-, ru'minating. Rnmiiia'tion. (Same.) Physiol. Chewing the cud, or bringing up of the food, which has been swallowed, into the mouth again to be properly chewed. Rumindtio, dnis, f. RimciniUns, a, um. (Runclna, a saw.) Rot. Notched, like a saw; toothed: runci'nate. Riinuer. See Sa'nnentum. Rimujug'. Pathol. Popularly, the discharge in gonorrhoea. Rupelle'nsis Sal. (Rupella, Ro- chelle.) M.Med. Rochelle salt; the Soda tartaHzata, or Sodce p>otassio- tartras. Rfipia, ce, f. ('PuTTos, sordes.) Pathol. An eniptive disea se in which there are broad flat vesicles, succeeded by an ill-conditioned discharge which thickens into superficial scab.s, easily detached and immediately replaced by new ones. Rupllne'rvis, is, e. (Ruptus, broken; nervits, a nerve.) Rot. Ap- plied to leaves the nervures of whic growing almost parallel, break fn s])ace to sijac’e so as to form a ki of lash. Ru'piiirc. (Rumpo, to breal S^crg. The disease hernia. Ri tura, ce, f. Rrii'I'cOliis, a, um. (Rus, L country; cdlo, to inhabit.) Zo> Living in the country, or fields: in; colons. Rust. Chem. The powder, i cru.st Avhich grows on iron and otll metals when long exposed to the a| jErv.go, Inis, f.; Ruhlgo, Inis, f. , Rust ol‘Iron. Fem-ugo. ; Riistl'cAliis, a, um. (Rus, f| country; cdlo, to inhabit.) Oraith\ Living in fields or meadows: rus| colons. , Rtita, ce, f. (Vvofiai, to proted Phai-macopceialname(L. E. &U.S./ for the leaves, and (E.) also the unr: fruit of the Ruta graveolens. A Lii genus. Cl. Decandria, Ord. Mo\ gynia. Juss. Rutaceoe. Rfita Cirare'OIeus. M. The common rue plant. Rutaceus, «, um. Rot. Haw an arrangement as in the genus Rin applied to a Juss. Ord. (pi. f.): ml ceous. I Ruti(lu.sis, is, f. ('Pu-rts, a wr kle.) Pathol. A drawing, shrinkii or puckering of the comiea, a cert sign of approaching death. Ruy'scliiaua, Itlenibrana. An The internal layer of the choroid c of the eye: first particularised : Ruysch; also called Tunica Ri schiana. Ruy'scliii, Tu'nioa Cellulo! Anat. The cellular coat of the inf tines, described by Ruysch. Rye. (Sax. Ryge.) A kind bread corn of a coarse quality; als kind of grass. Rye, Ergot of. See Ergota. Rye Plant. Rot. The Sec cereale. Rye, Spurred. Rot., Med. 1 Seeale camvtvm, on ergot of rye. RytldAca'rpiis, a, um. (’PaT a wrinkle; Kap-wo^. fniit.) R Having wrinkled fruits: rjlidoc pons.