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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![tation on the nature and stnictui-e cartilages: chondro'logy, f. ['hoiulroma, dtis, n. (XoVSpos.) thol. A cartilaginous growth. Dliomlroptery'gius, a, wn. {Xov- ; 'TTTepvyiov, a little wing.) ithyol. Cartilage-finned; applied i distinct series (pi. ni.): chondro- iiygious. Cliondrosis, is, or eos, f. Pathol. e progress of Chondroma. Physiol. e formation of cartilage, rhondrttttt'mia, ce, f. {XovSpos; iivw, to cut.) A7iat., Surg. Dis- itiou or division of cartilage. Chord. {Xopdi].) A string of a rp. Geom. A ri^ht line from one tremity of an arcli to another: a btense. Cho'rda, oe, f. Cho'rda Ma'gna. A^iai. The ndo xichillis. Cho'rda Ty'mpsini. Anat. A inch of the seventh pair of nerves. Cho'rdse Tendl'iiese. A^iat. At- :hments connecting the Caimeoe umnce of the ventricles to the auri- lar valves of the heart. Cho'rdae Vocales. Anat., Phy- i. The thyro-arytenoid ligaments the larynx, or the inferior liga- iuts of the glottis. Chordae 'Willisii. See Willis, ords of. Chordce. (Fr. Chorde; a cord.) dhol. A painful tension and down- ,rd curvature of the penis, experi- ced in Gonorrhoea. Ch5rea, ce,f. {Xopha, saltation.) '.thol. A kind of convulsive disease aracterisedby energetic movements the limbs, and involimtary gesti- lations; termed also the St Vitus mce. See Convulsio Hahitnalis. ChOrlon, w, n. {Xaypiov.) Ohstet. ysiol. The second or most exter- L membrane involving the fetus, so the Memhrana putaminis, or imbrane of the shell of the egg, Cho'roid. {Chorion; terminal '■es.) Anat. Resembling the cho- n. Choroldes, adj. f'ho'roid Me'mhrane. 'Tlie ■ond membrane of the eyeball, im- ;diately beneath the sclerotic coat. 30, the Velum interpositum, or oroid membrane of the brain. Mem- Ina. Choroldes. Cho'roid Ple'xiis. Anat. A ;xus of vessels, or fold of thin vas- cular membrane derived from the Pia mater, situated in the lateral ventri- cles of the brain. Plelxus Choro- ldes. €liris'tma.s ICofse. AL. Med. The Hellebcrt'us niger. Cliro'matc. {Chi'omlcum aciAom; terminal -ate.) Chem. A combina- tion of chromic acid with a base, Chromas, dtis, f. Cliroina'Cic. (Xpuyga, colour.) Belonging to colour. Chi'omWtlcus, a, um. Chromato'genous. {Xpo)p.a ; yevvctw, to generate.) Pathol. Ge- nerating or forming colour; applied to the functions of the de^mia. Chro- mdto'g'inus, a, um. ChrOnii'ltdld'gia, oe, f. (XpMfia; X070S, a discourse.) Nat. Philos. The doctrine of colour: chromato'- logy. €hrdmitto'p.%ia, ce, f. (XpwpLa ; ov//-is, vision.) Pathol. Coloured vision: chromato'psy. Chro'matrope. (Xpooga; Tpeirw, to turn.) Nat. Philos. An instru- ment for exhibiting, on the principle of the magic lantern, a variety of colours, combining by a rapid revolv- ing motion so as to produce beauti- ful and highly pleasing figures. Chro- mdltropus, i, m. CLiro'mic. Chem. Belonging to Chromium, applied to an acid ex- tracted from the red lead ore of Si- beria. Chromlcus, a, um. €lirr»midrosis, is, f. (Xpcop-a; Idpocu, to sweat.) Pathol. Abnor- mal colouration of the perspiration. Chromium, ii, n, (Xpu)p.a.) Chem. A metal extracted from na- tive chromate of lead, or of iron : chrome. Chro'mogen. {XpwpLa; yevvdco, to generate.) Chem. Vegetable co- louring-naatter, which, acted on by acids and alkalis, produces red, yel- low, or green tints. Chromog^'^iium, ii, n, Chromo'psy, See Chromatopsia. Chro'nlc. (X/od2;os,time.) Pathol. Long-continued; opposed to acute. Chrb'nlcus, a, um. Chronothc'rmnl. (Xpovos; depp.7], heat.) Applied to a theory that all diseases have periodic inter- missions, with alternate chills and heats. Chrbnbthermdlis, is, e.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b24862393_0097.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
