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 lungs from the rupture of vessels. Aposlfma, n, (’Ac})iarri]fu, to depart from.) Surrj. Pathol. An abscess: an apo'stem. Apo'tliccary. ( a re- pository, Or store.) A licentiate of the Worshipful Apothecaries Com- pany, entitled not only to compound medicines, but to practise all the branches of the medical art. thecarius, ii, m. Api^lliecia, oe, f. 1 {’A'woQvkt].) ApftfIieclum,M,n. j Bot. The receptacle enclosing the reproductive corpuscles in the lichens. Apd'tliSma, htis, n. ( ’Atto ; 6e/xa, a deposit.) Chein. A brown powder deposited when vegetable extract is submitted to prolonged evaporation. Apparatus, 4s, m. {Apjjdlro, to arrange.) Instruments, or mechanical arrangements for experimenting, operating, etc. ; or organs for per- forming the natural functions. Appen'(lices£piplblci«. Anat Prolongations of the peritonceum filled with a soft fatty substance, at- tached all along the large intestines only. Appendl'cftla, ce, f. (Dim. Appendix.) A little appendage or appe'ndicle. Appeudlculatii.s, a, um. {Ap- pendictda.) Bot. Having appen^- cles; appendfculate. Appe'ndix, ids, f. {Appendo, to hang by.) Anat. A part of, or ad- dition to a thing ; an appendage. Appe'ndix Vermifor'nils. Anat. Tlie worm-like appendage; a small process of the Ccecum, which hangs into the pelvis. Ap'petite. {AppUo, to desire.) Physiol. The natural desire for food. Also, any natural inclination by which we are incited to act; inor- dinate desire; lust. AppHltus, 4s, m. Appetite, t'anine. See Bulimia. Appetite, Depraved. SeePfea. Appetite, Insatiable. See Bulimia. Appetite, Los.s of. See Anepi- thymia. Appetite, Voracious. See Bulimia, A'dephagia. Ap'ples, A'cid of. Chem. Malic acid. Appres'sus, a, um. {Ajyprhno, td pressclo.se.) Bot. Pre.ssed clo.se to. A'ptbrus, a, um. (A, priv. ; TT'repov, a wing.) Kntomol. Ap- plied to a Family (pi. n.) which have no wings: a'pterous. Apyre'tic. (A, priv. ; Truperos, fever.) Med. Having no fever, or febrile excitement. Apfri'ticus,a., um. Apyre'xia, oe, f. (A, jmiv.; Trype^is, a fever, or paroxysm.) Med. Ab- sence of fever, or intermission of its paroxysms : a'pyrexy. Aq : Pharm. For A of water. Aq : Distil: Pharm. Y ox Aqua distillatm, of distilled water. Aq: Font: Pha'rm. For Aq%UB fontis, or fontanoe, of fountain or spring water. Aq: Piir: Pharm. For Aqua puree, of pure water. A'qna, a, f. (As if jEqv.a, from its equal surface.) Pharmacopceial name (L.) for spring water. A'qna Fo'rtis. Chem. Strong wa- ter ; weak nitric acid. A'qiia Regia. Chem. Royal water ; a mixture of nitric and muri^ atic acids. A'qna Vitae. Water of life ; ar- dent spirits of the first distillation. Aquaednc'tns, 4«, m. {Aqua: ductus, a canal.) A nat. Applied to several canals in the body, though not always containing fluid: an a'que-j duct. See Cotunnius, Fallopius, and Sylvii Aqicceduct'us. A'qiicons Hn'nionr. Anat. A colourless fluid in the anterior and posterior chambers of the eye. A'qiiiila Acons'tioa. Anat. The fluid in the cavity of the vestibule of the internal ear. Arabic,Gum. ^eeG%mmiAcada. Araebnid^s, adj. (’Apdyi/jj, a spider; terminal -ides.) Resemblirg the spider. Zool. Applied to a Cl. of Artimlata. Arachnitis, idis, f. (’Apay^rj, a spider’s web; terminal -Itis.) Pathol. A faidty term, intended to mean inflam- mation of the arachnoid membrane. Aracli'noid. (’ApayM;; terminal -Ides.) Resembling a spider’s web. Anat. Applied to the second or middle membrane of the brain. A rach - noldcs, adj. Arachnoid Cana'l. Bichat, Canal of.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b24862393_0056.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
