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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    Spa'rfiiim, ii, n. {HirapTi], a ope.) A Linn, genus, Cl. Diadel- hia, Ord. DecandHa. Juss. Legu- iivx)sce. Spa'rtliimScopariiim. M. Med. 'he former S5'steniatic name of the ommon broom plant; now the Cy- isus scoparius. Spasm. See Spasina, Spasmus. Spa'sma, dtis, n. ('S.-naw, to raw.) Pathol. A convulsion or pa.sm, but more particularly volun- iry straining or violent exertion. Jso cramp, or spasm. Spasma'tic. {Spasvia.) Padhol. ipplied by M. Hall to a patient ffected with convulsive disease when 1 the condition of excitement, as istinguished from that of his being wexcited, or Spasmatode. Same as 'fo^smodicUrS. SpamndJtlcus, a, um. Spa'smatode. (Spasma; terminal jde.) Pathol. Applied by M. Hall 3 a patient affected with convulsive isease when in the condition of ex- itability, or w?iexcited, in distinction rom that of his bemg excited, or pasmatic. SyasmtUddes, adj. Spa'sni i. (N om. pi. f. of Spasmus.) led. Spasmodic diseases; applied D an Ord. of the Cl. Neuroses of Wien’s Nosology. Sp.*i'smo-. {Spasmus.) Pathol. L prefix denoting relation to, or con- ection with conviilsion or spasm. Spasnio(le.s, adj. (27rao-/xds, a pasm ; terminal -wSp?.) Pathol. laving or full of spasm or convul- ion: spa'smous. Spasmo'dic. {Spasmus.) Pathol. ielonging to convulsion or spasm. 'fosmo'dicus, a, um. See Spasma- 'ms. Spasmifdyspnoe^a, oe, f. {Spces- lus; dyspnoea.) Pathol. Convulsive ■yspnceM or difficulty of breathing. Spasmo'logy. (STracr^ds; A.dyos, discourse.) Pathol. The doctrine r consideration of spasms, or con- Wsions, their character and causes. '^asmdld'gia, oe, f. Spa'smns, i, m. (STraw, to draw.) athol. The sudden, involuntary ontraction of muscles, or of muscular hres; a convulsion, cramp, ors^iasm. Spa'smnst'iininiis. \Med.,Pa- ^Spa'.smii.s€j^'nlciis. j thol. The asm Sardonicus. See Sardonic Mugh. Spa'.sJic. (STrdco.) Pathol. Drawing to, or from; applied to the contraction of muscles, etc., from disease. Spa’sUcus, a, um. Spittlia, ce, f. (STrddi).) Bot. A sheath which completely encloses the flowers before their expansion, and bursts longitudinally to let them forth. SpittliaceiiSp a, um. Bot. Hav- ing a spatha or its form: spatha'- ceous. Sp;l'tliicii.s, a, um. Bot. Belong- ing to a spatha: spa'thic. Spittliiflorus, a, um. (Spdtha; a flower.) Bot. Havingflowers surroimded by a spatha: spathiflo'- rous. Spatliiila. See Spatula. Spatlmlatiis. See Spatulatus. SpiVtiila, m, f. (Dim. Spatha.) Phctmn. A broad instrument like a knife with blimt edges, for spreading ointments, etc. Spatulatus, a, wm. Bot. Shaped like a spatula: spa'tulate. Spear-miut. See Mentha Sativa or Viridis. Spear-sliaped. See Hastatus, Lanceolatus. Spe'cies, H, f. (Sp^cio, to behold.) Nat. Hist. Applied to individual objects descended from each other, or from common parents, or from such as strongly resemble them. Speci'lic. {Species; f&cio, to make.) Med. Applied to a medicine of infallible efficacy in the cure of diseases, if such may be said to exist; or which acts on a particular organ, as the Secale cornuturn on the uterus, etc. Sp'icilficus, a, um. Speci'lic Gra'vity. Nat. Philos. The weight of an equal bulk of dif- ferent substances compared with some standard of comparison; density. SpCci'llnm, i, n. {Sp^cio, to be- hold.) Surg. A probe. Spe'ctacled Snake. Zool. The Naja vulgaris, or Cobra de capello. Spe'ctrum, i; n. (Specto, to be- hold.) A figure seen or imagined : a spe'ctre. Nat. Philos. The coloured image that produces light, which has been decomposed by its passage through a prism. ' Spe'cular. Belonging to the Speculum. SpScUldris, is, e. SpC'culiim, i, n. {SpScio, to be-