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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![Bole. See Bolus. Bolc'tntc. {BdletKcum c'lcidum ; terminal -ate.) Chem. A combina- tion of boletic acid with a base. Bdletas, atis, f. Bolc'tie A'cid. Chem. An acid discovered in the Boletuspseudo-igni- arius. Br>lcln.s, i, m. (Bw\os, a mass.) A kind of fungus refen-ed to the genus Lycoperdon. Boletus iKiiiariiis. M. Med. The agaric of the oak, or touchwood; the Agaricus chirurgomm, or the Fungus igniarius. Bolus, i, m. (Bw/Vos, a mass.) Pharm. Any roundly formed medi- cine, larger than an ordinary sized pill, yet small enorr^h to be swal- lowed: a bo'lus. Mineral. A kind of argillaceous earth: bole. Bolus Armeuiae. See Armenian Bole. Bombaccus, a, um. {Bomhax.) Bot. Having an arrangement as in the Bomhax; applied to a Juss. Ord. (pi. f.); bomba'ceous. Bo'nibax, dcis, f. A Linn, genus. Cl. Monadelphia; Ord. Polyandria. The cotton tree. See Oossyp)ium. Bo'uibiate. {Bomhicum acidum; terminal -ate.) Chem. A combina- tion of bombic acid with a base. Bo'mbias, dtis, f. Bo'mbic. (B o/itv a silk-worm; terminal-fc.) Chem. Pertaining to the Bombyx. Bo'mblcus, a, um. Bo'mbic A''ci<l. Chem. An acid obtained from the silkworm chry- salis. Bo'mbns, i, n. (Bo/i€o5, the buzzing of bees.) Med. A ringing noise in the ears ; also, the sound of flatus moving through the intestines. See Tinnitus Aurium, Borborygmus. Bone. See Os, ossis. Bone-Biiifler. The Osteocolla. Bonpla'iulia, ce, f. {M. Bon- goland, their discoverer.) A Linn, genus. Cl. Pentandria; Ord. Mono- gynia. Juss. Diosmece, or Rutacece. Bonpla'nclia TrlfOliata. M. Med. Former name of the plant affording Angustura bark, now re- ferred to the Galipea cusparia. Bora'clc A'cid. Chem. An acid obtained from borax. Bo'ratc. {Bdraxlcxmdic\([\\m; ter- minal -ate.) Chem. A combination of boracic acid, with a base. Bdro^, atts, i. BOrax, dcis, f. (Arab. Bauwx, a species of nitre.) Chem., M. Med. Pliarmaco])oeial name (L. E.)for the Biboras sodee; the Boras sodoe (D. j BorbAry'KinuH, i, m. (Bo/>(.'o- pvX,(o, to produce a rumbling in the bowels.) Med. 'fhe gurgling noise ])roduced by the movements of flatus in the intestines. See Intonutvo. Bo'ron. Chem. The base of bo- racic acid. Borium, ii, n. Bo'riiret. (Boron; terminal -uret.) Chem. A combination of boron with a simi^le body. Bdruretum, i, n. Bo.swc'llia Serralai. M. Med. The tree believed to afford Olibanum.. Bo'tJil’.s Hole. Anat. Hhe, Fora- men ovule of the fetal heart. F6rd- men Bdtdle. Botano'logy. (BoT-ai/j;, anherb; \oyos, a discourse.) Sameas^oto?iy. Bdtdnold'gia, oe, f. Bo'tany. (Bo-raz/jj.) That branch of natural history which relates to the vegetable kingdom. Botd'nlca, a:, f. BothriftcS'pbiilns, i, m. (Bdtf- piov, a little pit; K6<^aX^, a head.) Zool. The Tcenia solium. Botryoi'dal. IncoiTect for Bo- try oid. BotryoId5.s, adj. (Bd-r^us, a clus- ter of grapes ; tenninal -Ides.) Bot. Resembling a cluster of grapes: bo'- tryoid. Bottle-sb.ipcd. Lageivoefor- mis. Bougie. (Fr., a wax candle.) Snrg. A slender instrument for introduc- tion into the urethra; also, stronger, for the rectum, vagina, and oesopha- gus. Bougie, A'rmed.) Surg. A bou- Bougie.t’aii'slic. ) gie with a piece of Nitras argenti fixed in its ex- tremity. BA Vina Filmes. The disease limia. Braccatns, a, um. {Bracea, breeches.) Ornithol. Having bree- ches ; brae'eate. BralcliC'rluin, ii, n. {Brdchium, the arm.) Surg. Bee Sxdligamen. Brilcliiac'us. Anat. Sameas^rcf- chialis. Brfteliia'lgia, cp, f. (Same; aX- yos, pain.) Pathol. Pain of the arm, or of any part of it; brachuv'lgy.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b24862393_0076.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
