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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![the purest part of any sul)stance. Pharni. Any medicine believed to possess particular virtues, as the hermodactyl, or anima articulormn. Physiol. The intellectual principle of man, but specially the vital prin- ciple of animals or vegetables. A'liliiial, alis, n. {Anima, the spirit, or life.) Physiol. An orga- nised body, endowed with life and voluntary niotion. A'ntmnl. {Anima.) Physiol. Having life ; pertaining to life. Anl- vi'llis, is, e. A'nimal A'cid. Chem. That existing in animal bodies, or which can be obtained from them, as Al- lantoic, Amhreic, Butyric, Capric. A'cidum Animate. A'nimal Eco'nomy. The doc- trine of all matters relating to animal life ; physiology. (Econo'mia Anl- malis. Animal Heat. See Calor Ani- malis. Animal Jelly. See Gelatin. A'nimal King'dom. All those objects the study of which is called Zoology. Regnum Anlmale. A'nimal Mag'netism. A theory by Greatarick, in 1666 ; and revived by Mesmer.in 1776 or ’8—referring ail phenomena of life to a magnetic fluid universally diffused, and in- fluenced by external agents, especially those of magnetic power. Animal Temperature. See Ga- tor Animalis. AuimaTeule. (Dim. Animal.) Physiol. A creature whose true figure cannot be ascertained without a magnifying glass. Animal'culum, i, n. Anlmalitiis, atis, f. Physiol. The assemblage of faculties that dis- tinguish animal organic matter; vital activity of an animal body considered as unity: anima'lity. Animaliza'tion. {Aiilmal.) Phy- siol. The process by which food is assimilated to the various substances of the body. Anhnallzatio, onis, f. Anima'tion. {Anlvw, to give being.) Physiol. The effect pro- duced by the vis vitce, by which life is begun and maintained. A nlmatio, unvi, f. Animation, Suspended. See Asphyxia. A'nimlHts. Physiol. Those phy- siologists who believed that the anima, or soul, immediately actuated all the functions of the living body. A'nimus, i, m. (Ave/xos, wind or breath.) Physiol. The mind or soul in the sense of an intelligent being, distinguished from Anima, or the soul in that of a vital prin- ciple. A'nise. M. Med. The Pirn- pinella anisum. A'ni.sced. M. Med. The seeds of the Pimpinella anisum. AnlsOpiS'ldliis, a, um. (’Ayicros, petdlum.) Bot. Having unequal petals: anisope'taloms. AnlsOpbyTliis, a, um. (Ai/io-os; c\)v\\ov,SL\ea.i.) Bot. Having unequal leaves : anisophyllous. AulsostemOnis, is, e. {Avicro^; (TTVfxov, a stamen.) Bot. Having unequal stamens : anisoste'monous. Anisum, i, n. {’AvLt]/u, to emit.) M. Afed. Anise. Pharmacopceial name (L. E. and U.S.A.) for the fruit of Pimpinella anisum: the Anisi semina. \ Ankylosis, is, f. (’Ay/cuAtj, a clasp.) Surg. Pathol. Consolida- tion of the articulating extremities of two or more bones that previously formed a natural joint; stiff-joint. Anneal'ing. (Sax. On oelan; a heat, or baking of glass.) Chem. The process by which substances naturally hard and brittle are rendered tough. Annot'to. Chem. A kind of red- dish dye, obtained from the Bira Orellana, or Orleana; the Terra Or- leana of the shops. An'nnens, tis, part. {Annuo, to nod.) Anal. Applied to the Rocti antici capitis (pi. m.) because em- ployed in nodding the head. Annular Bone. See Os An- nulare. An'nnlar €ar'tila$;e. Anat. The cricoid cartilage; Carllldgo AnnH- ICire. An'nular Li'Knnient. Anat. A strong ligament encircling the ankle ; also, the wrist. Llgamen'tum Annulare. An'nnlar Pro'cess. ) A n- An'nular Prolu'berance. ) at. The Po7is Varolii; also called Tuber annulare, and Corpus annula.re. Pro-](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b24862393_0048.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
