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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![Ba'lsslmum Verum. M. Med. le Balsamuin Oileademe. Bu'udnge. {Yi\ Bandage.) Surg. le or more pieces of cotton, linen, flannel, for wrapping round any rt of the body ; they are simple, as 3 circular, spiral, uniting, etc. ; or tnpound, as the T bandage, the spensory, eighteen-tailed, etc., etc. Utgdtio, onis, f. Fas'cia, cb, f. Ba'ndy. (Slang.) Having legs the nes of which are curved outwards, otherwise. See Devalgatus. Ba'nguc. Bot., Med. Hindoo me for the Canmibis Indica, or dian hemp. See Nepenthes. BiVplilcns Co'ccus. Bot. Tlie 3rmes berry, from its colour; also lied Baphicum coccum. Baptorrhoe'a, ce, f. (BaTTTos, fected; peio, to flow.) Pathol. A neric term proposed by Dr E. G. ayne for Gonorrhoea, Blennorrhoea, lenmrrhagia, etc., as indicating liat these do not express—an infec- ms flow, which is the essential .aracteristic of the discharge con- futing the disease intended itself. BaptdtliMorrhoe'a, oe, f. (Bctt- k; 6}jk7], a sheath, and so, the gma;/dew.) Paihol. Proposed by • R. G-. Mayne, for Baptorrhoea in jmen; literally, an infectious flow m the vagina. Bapturetlirorrlioe'a, CB,f. (Bctt- s; ovpiiQpa, the urethra; piu3.) ithol. Proposed by Dr R. G. Mayne ' Baptorrhoea in men ; literally, an fectiousflowfrom the urethra; wldch conceives is quite distinctive, for 8 affection cannot occur in the ethra of women without being also Bsent in the vagina. Barba (loe.s Leg. Pathol. A -ease of hot climates; the Elephan- sais Arahum. Barba'does Tar. M. Med. The \tumen Barhadense, Bitumen pet- lm», or Petroleum Barhadense. Barbatns, a, uin. {Barba, a ard.) Bearded: baPbate. tarbellatus, a, um. {Barhella, ittlebeard.) Bot. Having barbels: rbellate. Barbc'lluiritii.Sy a, um. (Dim. rhella.) Bot. Having barbel- es, or very small, conical, pointed lamellules of the pappus; barbel'- ate. B.Vrbiers. Pathol. A disease of India and the Malabar, coast; a peculiar species of palsy. Barbl'ggrus, a, um. {Barba; g^rc, to bear.) Bot. Having a beard; hairy: barbi'gerous. Barblne'rvliis, a, um. {Barba; nervus.) Bot. Having hairy nerv- ures; barbiner'vious. Barilla, oe, f. Chem. Impure soda imported from Spain and the Levant; there called Barillor; British barilla, obtained by burning sea- weeds, is called kelp. Bark. (Dan.) Bot. Cor’tex,%cis, m. M. Med. Popular term (pi. barks) for Penivian bark, or that of any species of cinchona. See Cin- chona. Bark, Caribean. See Cinchona Caribcea. Ba'rley. M. Med. The seeds of Hordeum distichon, or vulgare. Hor- deum, i, n. Ba'rley, Cans'tic. Bot. Seeds of Veratrum sabadilla. Barley-Sugar. The Saccharum hordeatum. Barm. See Fet'mentuiijh cerevisioc. Baromacro'meter. {Bdpos, weight; ^a/cpds, long; geTpov, a measure.) Obstet. Instrument for ascertaining the weight and length of new-born infants. . Bdromacrd'me- tram, i, n. Baro'meter. {Bdpoi, weight; pLeTpov, a measure.) Nat. Philos. Instrument for ascertaining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere; a weather-glass. Bdro'mUrum, i, n. BUroscd'plnm, ii, n. (Bdpos, weight ; a-KOTreco, to see.) Nat. Philos. A barometer sensible to the slightest atmospheric variations: a ba'roscope. Bartbblinianae Cilan'dulsB. Anat. The s ublingual glands, named after Bartholin. Bilryecoia, ce, f. {(3apv9, heavy ; d/coi/, hearing.) Pathol. Duiness of hearing; deafness. Biirypbuula, cb, f. (Bapvs; (poivn, the voice.) Pathol. Diffi- culty of speech: barypho'ny. Bitry'ta, ce, f. (Bapds; from its weight.) Chem. The primitive earth Terra ponderosa: bary'tes. Ba'salt. {Basal, Ethiopian word for iron.) Geol. A kind of marble](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b24862393_0069.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
