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
Licence: Public Domain Mark
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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![Alums. Chem. A gi’Oiip of salts having a constitution similar to that of common alum. PL of A lu- men, Inis, n. Alflsia, ve, f. (’AXuoj, to become insane.) Pathol. Hallucination; illusion; mental deception, error or misconception. Alflsia Elfltlo. Pathol. Senti- mentalism, or mental extravagance. Alflsia IBypoclioiidrl'iisls. Pa- thol. Low spirits, or hypochondria- cism. Aiatilcciis, a, um. {A liita, dressed leather.) Bot. Like a soft, tanned skin : aluta'ceous. Alvcfli’iiim, ii, n. {Alveare, a beehive.) Amit. That part of the external meatus of the ear, Avhere the cerumen is secreted. Alve'olar. Anat. Belonging to the alveoli, or sockets of the teeth. Alvetilaris, is, e. Alvedlatns, a, um. (Alvedlus.) Having little troughs or cavities: alve'olate. Alve'ftlifoi*^inls, ts, e. {Alveolus; forma,, likeness.) Formed like alve- oli: alve'oliform. Alve'51us,i, m. (Dim. Alveus.) A little trough. Anat. The socket of a tooth. Al'vens, i, m. {A Ivus, the belly.) A trough. Anat. Applied to tubes, canals, especially their enlarged por- tions, through Avhich some fluid flows. AlVeus Anipiilles'ceiis. Anat. The dilated portion of the thoracic duct at its commencement from the receptaculrm, chyli. AlVeu.s Commflnls. Anat. The communication of the ampullae of the semicircular canals of the ear. Al'vl Flu'xus. Pathol. Diarrhoea. AlVine. {Alvus.) Anat., Phy- siol. Belonging to the belly, stomach, or intestines. A Imum, a, um. Al'vlne Coiicre'tloii. Pathol. A calculus in the stomach or bowels. Ent^rli'llthus, i, m. Al'vus, i, m. and f. {A lo, to feed.) Anat. The belly, stomach, paunch, or intestines. Abdomen, Venter. Al'vns Asfric'fa. Med. A cos- tive state of the bowels. Al'vns Flii'Idn. Med. A loose state of the bowels. Amndoii. Surg. A siibstance for graduated compresses, support to varicose veins, protection of abraded surfaces, etc Aiiiul'Kain. (Afxa, together; yayew, to espouse.) (Jhem. A com- bination of mercury with any other metal. Ama.Vqdmo, ce, f. AnialKania'tion. (Jhem. The process of combining mercur}’^ with a metal, or forming an amalgam. Amalgdmatio, bnis, f. Anianltl'n. {'Kyav'vrai, fungi, or mu.shrooms.) Chem. The poisonous principle ofAmanltlna, a;,L Amarl'n. (Amariw, bitter.) Chem. The bitter principle of vegetables. Amdrlnu, ce, f. Aniaturia Fc'brls. Pathol. Amatory fever; a term for Chlorosis. Amatorins, a, um. {Amo, to love.) Belonging to love : a'matory. , A not. Applied to the oblique muscle of the eye, used in ogling. Amaurosi.s, is, f. (’Kfiavpoto, to. darken.) Pathol. Partial, or total loss of vision, from paralysis of the retina, usually with paralysis and di- ^ latation of the iris, though occasion- n. ally it is rigidly contracted; also y termed Gutta serena. Amanrotlcns, a, um. Pathol. Belonging to amaurosis: amauro'tic. -v Am'ber. {Ay-Kap, tt pronounced ' as t, after y.) M. Med. A trans- ^ parent bituminous substance, of a v; yellow or orange colour, having elec- ^ trie properties ; anciently called nXeic- rrpov, whence the word electricity. J Sudclnum, i, n. ^ Am'bergrease. \ A concrete hi- | Am'bcrgris. ) tuminoxis sub- * stance, of a grejdsh or ash colour, j found about the sea-coast of warm '5 countries; also in the intestines of > the Physeter macroceplmlxis, but in < what particular state of health, or of ; disease, is uncertain: it is chiefly ; valuable as a perfume. AmbragrUsea, \ ce, f. Aniblde'xfor, tri, m. {Amho. j both ; dexter, the right hand.) One ’ who uses his left hand as well as hLs ] right. 'i. Amblyii'pliin, ce, f. {’AptXv^, blunt; «(/)?;, sense of touch.) Pathol. 1 Blunted or dulled sense of touch. \ Aniblyflpin, ce, f. (’AptXv^, weak- j ened ; an//, the eye.) Pathol. Im- paired vision from defective sensation 'j of the retina ; incomplete amaurosis,](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b24862393_0040.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
