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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![TSrlcIfo'rmls, is, e. ( Vdrix, a swelled vein ; and fomia, resem- blance.) Pathol. Resembling a vanx: va'riciform. Varlc6c61e, es, f. {Vdrix; Kvki], a tnmour.) Surg. Pathol. A swelling of tlie veins of the scrotum, or of the spermatic cord: va'ricocele. ■Va'rlcose. ( VdHx; teiTninal-os-w^.) Surg. Pathol. Applied to veins in a state of permanent dilatation, with accumulation of dark-coloured blood, the circulation of which is materially retarded in the affected vessel, being irregular, knotted, and Avinding in a variety of ways. VdHcosus, a, xim. Varicose Aneurism. SeeA?ieM- rismal varix. Vari'ety. (Vdrius, of divers colours.) Nat. Hist. Differing from others of the same species, though not so essentially as to be reckoned a different species. Vdri'Uas, dtis, f. VSriifd^liQS, a, um. {Vdrius; fdlium, a leaf.) Bot. Having leaves not all of the same form. See Di- versifolnts. VarVttla, ce, f. {Vdrius, spotted.) Pathol. The highly contagious dis- ease characterised by synocha and an eruption of red pimples on the third day, which about the eighth contain pus, and afterwards drying fall off in crusts : small-pox. A genus, Ord. ExanthcTnata, Cl. Pyrexice, of Cul- len’s Nosology. Varldlaris, w, e. {Vdridla.) Pathol. Pertaining to Variola: vari'olar. Variaiatns, a, um. {Vdridla.) Charged with small eminences like the pustules of small-pox: vari'o- late. VariSiridSg, adj. {Vdridla; ter- minal -odes.) Pathol. Having or full of small-pox: vari'olous. VarlOloIdes, ad;i’. {Vdridla; ter- minal -Ides.) Pathol. Resembling variola: vari'oloid. Tariaioig, %dis, f. (Dim. Vare- ola.) Pathol. A modified variola through previous vaccination. Vftrlogpe'rmng, a, um. {Vdrius; mrepiia, seed.) Bot. Having seeds of different sizes : variospe'rmous. Vfirlx, icis, m. {Vdrus, crooked.) Surg. Pathol. The dilatation of a vein, generally becoming knotted and winding in its course ; a dilated vein; a genus, Ord. Tumores, Cl. Locales, of Cullen’s Nosology. TarOlii, Pons. Anat. The square portion of medullary sub- stance connected with, and indeed common to the Cerebrum, Cerebellum, and Medxdla oblongata, first de- scribed by Varolius ; otherwise term- ed the Corpus annulare, Processus annularis. Tuber annulare, and Txi- bex'cxd'um annulare. Vftrus, i, m. Pathol. A spot or pimple on the face. Varus, a, um. (Not satisfactorily ascertained.) Crooked; ill-shaped. Sxirg. Applied to a variety of the deformity called Talipes, or club- foot. Vdrns Punctatns. Pathol. The pimple so common in the skin of the face, particularly of young persons, and called maggot pimple, because worm-like sebaceous substance may be pressed out of it. Vas, vdsis, n. Anat. A vessel through which a fluid or secretion, necessary to the wellbeing of the economy, is conducted. Vas Defgrens. Anat. The duct conveying the semen secreted in the testicle, being a continuation of the Epididymis, and terminating in the ejaculatory duct. Vasa BrC'via. Anat. The small branches of the splenic artery which anastomose with others of the gastric artery, distributed on the large arch of the stomach. Vasa CapreOlaria. Anat. The spermatic vessels, from their tortuous course. See Capredldris. Vasa EffSre'ntia. Anat. Ap- plied generally to vessels that go out from a gland, but specially to five or six tortuous vessels which ascend obliquely backwards from the testis. Vasa InfSrc'ntia. Anat. Ap- plied to vessels which enter a glanti. VSsa Vasorum. Anat., Physiol. The very minute arteries and veins by which the substance of larger vessels is supplied with nourish- ment. Vfisa VortXcSsa. Aoiat. Applied to the fine vascular ramifications principally connected with the veins on the extenial surface of the choroid coat of the eye. Va'scular. (VcLscuhim, a little](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b24862393_0445.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
