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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![rcntri'petal. {Centrum; liUo, seek.) Tending to the centre. ntri’p^tus, a, um. Ceutri'petjil Force. Nat. Phi- . That by which a body moving ind anothei', tends, or is impelled the centre. reniro-sta'Itic. {Centrum; stalil- staltic.) Physiol. Applied by Hall to the action of the Vis ner- ia, in the spinal centre. Centro- UtXcus, a, um. L'e'n'truiu, i, n. (KeyT-eco, to prick pierce.) Comp. Anat. Applied Owen to the homologues of the dy of a vertebra. Ce'nfrum Commflue. Anat. ,e solar plexus. Centrum Ovale of Vieussens. e Vieussens, etc. Centrum Ovale of VicqO'Azyr. e Vicq D’Azyr, etc. CSpliaclis, is, i. A Linn, genus, , Pentandria; Ord. Monogynia. ss. Cinchonacece. Cfphaelis Ip6cilcna'nlia. M. td. The plant from which ipeca- inha root is chiefly obtained. Ct^phillre'mia, ce, f. {Ke<pa.\vi, i head; dlya, blood.) Pathol. Iness of blood, congestion of the id; congestion of the brain. CCphiVljlgra, ce, f. {Ke<paXi); pa, a seizure.) Pathol. Chronic n of the head, gouty or rheu- tic. Cfpliillalgia, ce, f. (Ke^jaXu, : head; aXyo<s, pain.) Pathol. ad-ache, or pain in the head; ce- ilaTgy. Depha'Iic. {K.e<paXr'i.) Anat., arm. Belonging to the head. C^- I'licus, a, um. Cephalitis. See Encephalitis. CC'plisllo-, {KeefyaXv.) Anat. This compound names of muscles, etc., lotes connection with the head. CC'plullogr4Vphia,og,f. {Kecf)aXii; to write.) Anat. Adescrip- 3 of heads : cephalo'graphy. CSpliillOhiemlitoma, dtis, n. :(t>aXn, the head; aifiaTw/xa, a ody fungus.) Pathol. A san- neous tumour of the craniimi: ephalohe'matome. 't^phftloIdSs, adj. {Ke<f>aXi); Tiinal-icZes.) Besembling the head: ihaloid. .'(plifiloio'gia, ce, f. {KeepaXi) ; Xdyo9, a discourse.) Anat. A treatise on the head : cephalology. FCpIijIlO'metcr. {KecfjaXi] ; ph- rpov, a measure.) Obstet. Axi in- strument for ascertaining the size of the fetal head during parturition, C^phdlb'metrum, i, n. CgphitlO'pddus, a, um. (Ket^aX?); 7Toi>s, a foot.) Zobl. Applied to a Class (pi. n.) of Mollusca, in which the strong fleshy productions by means of which they crawl proceed from the head : cephalo'podous. Ce'phalot. {Ke<paXi).) Chem. A distinct fat discovered in the brain, containing phosphorus and sulphur. See Cerebrot. Cc'plialotome. (Ke^aXi); Tepvw, to cut.) Obstet. Surg. An instru- ment for cutting or breaking down the head of the fetus ; there are vari- ous forms and adaptations of it. C'?- phdlo'tonnis, i, m. CCplusUfttd'mia, ce, f. (Ke^aX?); T-e/.ii'w, to cut.) A nat. Surg. Dissec- tion of the head ; also the cutting or breaking down of the fetal head: cephalo'tomy. Ce'plialotrilje. {KeepaXi]; Tpitw, to break down.) Obstet. Surg. An instrument intended to supersede the crotchet and perforator in the opera- tion of craniotomy. Cera, ce, f. (Kijpd?, wax.) 2f. Med. Pharmacopoeial name (L.) of yellow wax (D. E. and U.S.A.); the Cera Jiava, or waxy secretion of the Apis mellijica. Ornithol. A mem- brane covering the base of the beak in which the nostrils are pierced. Ceraceu.s, a, um. {Cera.) Of the appearance or consistence of wax: cera'ceous. Cerasi'n. {CSrdsus, the cherry tree.) C^rdslna, ce, f. See Adra- ganthin. CCratites, ce, m. (Kepas, a horn.) Geol. The TJnicornu fossile. ceriititis, Idis, f. (Kepa? ; ter- minalSame as Comeitis. CCrato-. (Kepa?.) Anat. A preflx denoting connection with the cornu or horn of the hyoid bone, or with the cornea. Cera'tobra'ncliial. {C^rdto-; (ipayyia, the gills.) Comp.' Anat. Applied by Owen to the longer bent pieces, supported by the bones which form the lower extremities of the](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b24862393_0091.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
