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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    t rophy, or morbid enlargement of the soleeii; similar to Splenoncus. ‘splint. (Tent. to split.) Surg. A thin piece of wood, tin, or pasteboard, for retaining fractured bones in apposition, during the pro- cess of reunion. Splenium, ii, n. Spon<lyla'lgia, 05, f. (27toi/(5i;A.o?, a veriehni; aXyo-s, pain.) Pathol. Pain in a vertebra: spondylalgy. SpondylartliritiSy Idis, f. (Same ; arthritis.) Pathol. In- flammation of an articulation of the vertebrce. Spondylapflirft'cstce, cs, f. (Same; ar^/irocac<5.) Pathol. Caries of a vertebra. SpondylexartlirOsis, is, or eos, f. (Same; exarthrosis.) Pathol. Dislocation of a vertebra. Spondylitis, Idis, f. (Same ; terminal -liis.) Pathol. Inflammation of a vertebra. Spondyl5dy'nia, ce, f. (Same ; bourn], pain.) Pathol. Pain in the body of a veri'tebra: spondylo'dyny. SpondylOpyosis, is, or eos, f. (Same; ’pybsis.) Pathol. Forma- tion of pvs in a vertebra. Sponge>tent. Pharm., Surg. The Spongia prueparata. Spo'ngia, oe, f. (STrdyyos, or envoyyia.) Pharmacopoeial name (E. D. and U.S.A.) for Spongia offi- cinalis. Spo'ngia Officinalis. M. Med. The marine production sponge. Spo'ngia Praeparata. Pharm., Surg. Sponge dipped in hot emplas- Imm cerm compositum and pressed (jetween iron plates, then, when cold, cut in pieces of any shape for dilat- ing small openings, the wax melting by the heat of the part, allowing the sponge to expand; sponge-tent. Sponglfo'rmis, is, e. {Spongia.; forma, likeness.) Zool. Having the appearance of sponge; spo'ngi- form. Spongiodes. Same as Spongiosics. Spo^ngiole. (Dim. Spongia.) Bot. An expansion of the cellular tissue in the extremity of each radicle, terminating the root. Spongi'dlum, n. SponglOsas, a, um. {Spongia; terminal -bsus.) Having or full of pores like sponge; spongy: spo'ngiose. SpongoIdSs, adj. (STrdyyos; terminal -ides.) Resembling sponge: spo'ngoid. Spontaneous Combustion. See Preternatural Combustion. Spttra, 05, f. {'Irrropa.) Bot. A detached gemma, or bud of the Algce, which is really the genn cell; a spore. SpOrft'dIcus, a, um. (^TTeLpU), to sow.) Pathol. Applied to diseases that are not epidemic, but seize only a feAV persons at a time, from causes peculiar to each : spora'dic. Spbrangl'dium, ii, n. (Dim. SpS- rangium.) Bot. A little seed-vessel; also the columnella of mosses. - SpOrangiOlI'fCrus, a, um. {Spb- rangiolum; f^ro, to bear.) Bot. Bearing sporangioles: sporangioli'- ferous. Spdrangidlum, i, n. (Dim. S2JS- ranglum.) Bot. A small capsule containing a certain number of spores in a sporangium: a spora'ngiole. Sporangium, ii, n. (27rd|oa; ayyoiov, a vessel.) Bot. A seed- vessel or membranous capsule con- taining the spores of cryptogamous plants. ' SpOridl'fOrus, a, um. {Sporl- dium; firo, to bear.) Bot. Bear- ing sporidia: sporidi'ferous. SpOridlum, ti, n. {Spora.) Bot. Applied to the reproductive corpus- cles of mushrooms when it is uncer- tain whether they are spores, gongyles, sporangia, or gongylangia. SpOrO'pbOriim, i, n. {Sirbpa ; (fyepoj, to bear.) Bot. The organ otherwise called Trophospermium. SpOrO'pliOrus, a, um. (Same.). Bot. Bearing or containing seed : sporo'phorous. SpO'rula, 05, f. (Dim.^cS'm.) Bot. The small body developed in ferns, heaths, mosses, etc.: a spoTule. SpftrulI'fOrus, a, um. (Spbrula; fero, to bear.) Bot. Containing sporules or seminules: sporuli'fe- rous. SpOrfill'gSrus, a, um. {Spbrula; g'^ro, to bear.) Same as Sporulifervs. Spdruldsus, a, um. {Sphrula; terminal -osus.) Bot. Having or full of sporules : spo'rulous. Sprain. (Properly Strain, from Fr. etreinte, a hard wringing.) Surg. The sudden shifting of a joint farther than the natural conformation oi' 2 n