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
Catalogue details

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.

    412/464 (page 394)
    loosen.) Surf/, Pathol. A sprain, or strain, a partial dislocation. Sub- laxcUio, Gnis, f. SHb]iic'i’.sio, Gnis, f. {Sub-; mcrgo, to sink.) Pathol. Drown- ing ; one of the causes producing Asphyxia suffocationis: subme'rsion. 8iil)iiie'rsus, a, um. (Submerr/o, to put under water.) Hot. Under the surface of water: submersed. Snbmu'riatc. {Sub-; muriati- cum acidum ; terminal -ate.) Chem. A combination of muriatic or hydro- chloric acid with a base, having a de- liciency of the former. Submiirias, dtis, f. Subopc'rcular. {Suboperculum.) Comp. Anat. Applied by Owen to that of the four opercular bones which is below the interopercular and pre- opercular. Siibopercularis, is, e. Subdpe'rculiim, i, n. {Sub-; operculum, a lid.) Ichthyol. A bony formation with which the oper- culum and interoperculum compose a sort of lid for the gills. Subscapularls, is, e. {Sub-; sctipula, the shoulder-blade.) Anat. Uudi&ciXxe,scapula, or .shoulder-blade: subsca'pular; applied to a muscle be- neath scapula; same as Infrasca- pularis. Siib^de'ntia, ce, f. {Subside, to rest.) Med. Applied to the sedi- ment of the urine, etc.; subsidence. See Hypostasis. Sn'bstantive. {Substantia, that which stands by itself.) Chem. Ap- plied to those colouring matters which have a strong attraction for cloth, without the aid of a mordant. Sub- stantlvus, a, um. Subsu'ltus, -hs, m. {Suhsulto, to leap.) A leap or jump. Sub.su'ltiis Te'ndinnm. Med., Pathol. Convulsive twitchings of the tendons of the hands or feet, common in low nervous and typhus fevers. Subtense. {Subtendo, to extend.) Geom. A right line connecting the extremities of an arch; a chord. Sub- tdnsa, ce, f. Subtillfit'liiis, a, um. {Suhtllis, delicatea leaf.) Bot. Hav- ing linear leaves or folioles: subtili- fo'lious. SabubTtns. a, um. {Subiila, an awl.) Bot. Having likeness to an awl: su'bulate. Sabull'renis, a, um. {Saljula; fh'o, to bear.) Bot. Bearing object's like awls: subuli'ferous. SbbulIf'A'IiiiK, a, um. {Subiila; fGlium, Bot. Having subu- late leaves : subulifo'lious. Sribullfo'riiiis, is, e. Same as i Svhulatus. .Sabullpes, pMis, adj. {Subula; l pes, a foot.) Bot. Having the stipes j long and slender : sulmlipede. 8uccedaueiim. {Succedo, to ■ come in place of.) Med. A substi-1 tute; applied to medicines, etc. Neut. of Succeddneus, a, um. Sn'ccinate. {Succlnlcum acidum jf* terminal -ate.) Chem. A combina-ii tion of succinic acid with a base. ( Svicclnas, dtis, f. Succi'nic. {Succlnum, amber; terminal -ic.) Chem. Belonging to amber ; applied to an acid obtaiued from it. Succl'nlcus, a, um. Su'ccinum, n. juice.' M. Med. Pharmacopoeial name (E. D., U.S.A.) for amber. Snccl'v5ru.s, a, um. {Suecus„ voro, to devour.) ZoGl. FeedingX)r juice : succi'vorous. Su'cculciis, tis, adj. ) {Succus. Snccule'utiis, a, um. j Bot, Juicy; full of juice: su'cculent. Su'ccii.s, i, m. {Sugo, to suck. Bot. The juice of fruits, plants, roots, etc.: sap. Sneens Ga.stricns. See Gastri^ Juice. • j Succu'ssion. {Succiitior, to b«j shaken.) Med. Giving the trunl! abrupt rapid shakes to produce flucft tuation of a liquid suspected to exisj. within the chest, or abdomen, and s«{ ascertain its presence and quantity; Succu'ssio, Gnis, f. Slicker. See Stole. Siicturins, a, um. (Sugo, to suck.i Having the power of sucking: sue: to'rious. Sfidamen, Inis, n. (Sudo, ti sweat.) Pathol. A vesicle like millet-seed, appearing in numbers suddenly and unattended by fevei after great sweating from hard laboir SfiiliUto, Gnis, f. {Siido.) Mec A sweating : a suda'tion. Sflilatoria. «?, f. {Sudo.) Patho A morbid sweating. The same a Ephidrosis, Idrosis. SadiUOrlum, ii, n. (Siido