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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![branchial arches in fishes. Cirdto- branchidlis, is, e. C’Ci*iit5cClo, es, f. (Ke/o«s ; kv\i], a tnmonr.) Surg. Pathol. A hernia of the coniea. €Crat.o-i;lo'88u.s, a, um. {Clrdto-; •yXioo-cra, thetongne.) A nat. A name for the Hyo-glossm mnscle, from its appearance and insertion: cera'to- glossal. Ceratoliy'ul. (Ke^oas ; hycndes, hyoid.) Comp. Anat. Applied by Owen to the lower and larger of the two principal parts of the cornu, of the hyoid bone. CSratShydlis, is, e. CgraloidSs, adj. (Kc/octs ; ter- minalResembling a honi: ce'ratoid. Ceratoma. See Keratoma.. Ceratonyxis. See Keratonyxis. CSratopla'stica, ce, f. (Ke'^oas ; TrXacrorw, to form.) Surg. The arti- ficial formation of the cornea: cerato- plasty. C^ratosiis, a, um. (Kepas, a horn; terminal -osus.) Having, or full of horn'*; cera'tous or ce'ratose. Cera'totome. (Kepas; 'refivoa, to cut.) Surg. A knife for dividing the cornea. Cerdto'tomus, i, m.! €£rat0t6'inia, ce, f. (Kepas; Tefivw, to cut.) Surg. Cutting of the cornea: cerato'tomy. Ceratum, i, n. {Cera, wax.) Pharm. A stiff compound ointment in which wax predominates as an in- gredient : ce'rate. Ce'rcea, ce, f. (Ke'pfcos, a tail.) Entomol. Applicable to feelers situated behind the body. Ce'rclmus, n. (Ke'/oxw, to ren- der hoarse.) Pathol. A noisy res- piration : wheezing. See Rhoncus. Cercali'n. {Ceres, the Goddess of Com.) Chem. The nutritious prin- ciple of flour. Ceredllna, ce, f. CCrcillls, w, e. (Same.) Bot. Per- taining to com; ce'real. CCrebcIlItes, Idis, f. {Ctrthel- lum; terminal -Itis.) Pathol. In- flammation of the cerebellum. cerebellum, i, n. (Dim. Cere- brum.) Anat. The little brain, situ- ated in the lower and back part of the cranium. cerebrfills, is, e. {Cerebrum.) Belonging to the brain; brain-like; ce'rebral. Cere'brlc. {Certbrum; tenninal •ic.) Chem. Apjdied to a fatty acid existing in the brain in combination witli soda. Cere'bricus, a, um. cere'brifo'riiiis, is, e. {Cere- brum; forma, likeness.) Med. Like the form or substance of the brain; encephaloid: cereTrifonn. Cercbrl'n. {Cerebrum.) Chem. The cerebral, lamellous st^rin ob- tained from the brain-mass. Cere- brlna, ce, f. Cerebrltis, Idis, f. {Cerebrum; inflammation.) Pathol. Inflam- mation of the substance of the brain. ce'rCbro*. Anat. Physiol. A pre- fix in compound temis denoting con- nection with the Cerebrum. CerCbroides, adj. {Cerebrum ; terminal -Ides.) Resembling brain : ce'rebroid. Ce'rebrot. {Cerebrum.) Same as Cephalot. ce'rebrum,f, n. (Kdoa, the head.) Anat. The brain proper, occupjing the entire upper portion of the cra- nium, and separated from the cere- bellum by the Tentorium. C6r6visia, ce, f. (As if Cereris ws in aqua, the strength of com in wa- ter.) Any liquor brewed from com; ale; beer. Cfrgvisiae Ferme'ntum. M. Med. Yeast, or barm. Ceri'n. (Cera, wax.) Chem. A component of common wax which dis- solves in sixteen times its weight of boiling alcohol, and has properties almost exactly the same as those of wax. Cerlna, ce, f. Ce'rnnns, a, um. {Cernuo, to bow do\\Tiward.) Bot. Nodding: ce'muous. eSrumen, inis, n. {Cera, wax.l Physiol. The wax-like secretion of the ear given out by follicles of the inner surface of the Meatus audito- rius externus; ear-wax. Ceru'miuoiis. {Cerumen; ter- minal-os»«.) Physiol. Belonging to the cerumen. Ceriimlnosus, a, um. CCru'ssa, ce, f. {Ki/p, a plague, death, or poison ; from its poisonous qualities.) Chem. The subcarbonatc j of lead; white lead: cera'sse. | Cervi'oail. {Cervix.) Anat. i longing to the neck. Cervicdlis, | is, e. I Cervldsp, patron, pi. m. {Ccirus: \ i](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b24862393_0092.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
