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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    Anat. The coloured layer of the Tunica choroides. Tapeworm. See Tcenia. Tapeworm, Long. Zool. The Tcenia osculis inarginalibus, or T. solium. Tapping-. See Paracentesis. Tar. M. Med. The Fix liquida. Tar, Barbadoes. See Petroleum Barhadense. TdrautTsmns, i, m. {TdrantUla, a peculiar venomous spider; terminal -ismus.) Pathol. The morbid de- sire of excessive motion, or dancing, excited by music in those affected by the bite of the tarantula: tara'ntism. Tara'xslcum, i, n. (Tapao-cra), to change.) Pharmacopoeial name (L. E. and U. S. A.) for the root of the Leon- iodon taraxacum; the dandelion. T^ra'x^lcnm Dens-leonis. M. Med. The dandelion. Tardiflorns, a, um. {Tardus, slow ; Jlos, a flower.) Bot. That which flourishes slowly: tardiflo'rous. Tardi'gradiis, a, um. {Tardus; grddus, a step.) Zoiil. Moving slowly; applied to certain anunals (pi. n.) which from their peculiar construction move with excessive slowness, as the sloths: ta'rdigrade. Target-shaped. See Peltatus, Scutiform, Thyroid. Ta'rsal. {Tarsus.) Anat. Be- longing to the tarsus, or to the car- tilage of the eyelid. Tarsalis, is, e. Ta'r.sal Ca'rtilage.s. Anat, The thin elastic plates which give shape to the eyelids. Tarsophyma, dtis, n. {Tarsus; (pvfia, a growth.) Surg. Pathol. A morbid growth or tumour of the tarsus. Tarsorrlia'phia, 02, f. {Tarsus; pa<jii], a suture.) Surg. The miiting by suture any wound of the eyelids near the tarsus: tarso'rrhaphy. Tarsdta'mia, (b, f. {Tarsus; TefjLvw, to cut.) Surg. A cutting of the ta/rsus, or cartilage of the eyelid: tarso'tomy. Ta'rsus, i, m. (Ta/ocrds, the in- step.) Anat. That portion of the foot between the metatarsal bones and the leg, itself comprising seven bones; the instep. Also, the thin cartilage towards the edge of each eyelid, giving it flrmness and shape. Ta'rtar. {Tdprapos, infernal.) Chem. The crust found on the inside of wine-casks; the impure supertar- trate of potass. Physiol. An earthy- like substance deposited from the saliva, which becomes incmsted on the human teeth about the age of puberty and afterwards. TaJrtdrum, i, n., or Ta'rtdrus, i, m. See Tophm. Ta'rtar, Cream of. M. Med. The bitartrate of potass. Ta''rtar Eme'tic. AT. Aled. The potassio-tartrate of antimony, or Antimonmm tartarizatum. Tarta'rlc. (Tartdrum, tartar; terminal -ic.) Chem. Belonging to tartar; applied to an acid obtained from it, in which it is combined with potash. TartWrlcus, a, um. Ta'rtrate. {Tartdrlcum acidum; terminal -ate.) Chem. A combina- tion of tartaric acid with a base. Ta'rtras, atis, f. Taste. (Belg. Tast.) Physiol. That sense by which we perceive the savours of certain bodies upon the tongue, which is its principal organ; the lips, the inside of the cheeks, the palate, teeth. Velum pendulum pa- lati, pharynx, oesophagus, and even the stomach being susceptibl/of im- pressions by contact with tfie same bodies, which are termed sapid bodies, Gu'sties, Us, m. Tasteless Agne-drop. Med. An arsenical solution, formerly in great repute, for Avhich Fowler’s solution, or the Liquor arsenicalis, is now substituted. Tasteless Salt. M. Med. The Phosphas sodee. Tauri'n. (Tau|0O5, abull.) Chem. A particular animal substance in bile, first discovered in ox-gall. Taurlna, ce, f. Taxide'rmle. Nat. Hist. Be- longing to taxidermy. Taxide'rmi- cus, a, um. Taxide'rmy. (Ta^is, arrange- ment; Sep/xa, a skin.) Nat. Hist. The art of stuffing and preserving the skins of animals so as to represent their natural appearance, habits, and attitudes in life. Taxidc'rmia, ob, f. Ta'xls, is, f. {Tderarto, to put right.) Surg. Tlie operation of re- placing by the hand, without instru- ments, any parts which have quitted their natural situation, as in the re- duction of hernia, etc.