A dictionary of terms used in medicine and the collateral sciences / by Richard D. Hoblyn.

  • Richard Hoblyn
Date:
1858
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    SYMPATHE'TIC NERVE. A nerve consistine of a clmin of ganglia, extending along the side of the vertebral colutnn from the head to the coccyx, communicating with all the othfr nerves of the body, and supposed to produce a sympathy between the affections of different parts. SY'MPATHY {(xvfiTraifia, like-feeling). The consent, or suffer- ing together, of parts. Thus, pain is felt at tlie termination of the urethra in calculus of the bladder; vomiting is produced by irri- tating the fauces; vascular action is induced in the kidney on the application of cold to the skin ; &c. SYMPHORE'SIS ((7uu</)o'/ji|o-is, a bringing together). Congestion. In the present day we speak of simple vascular irritation, which is likewise termed active congestion. SY'MPHYSIS (aiixtpuai'i, a growing together). The growing together, or connexion of bones, which have no manifest motion, as the sympliysis pubis. Hence, symphysiotomy is the operation of dividing the symphysis pubis. SYMPIESO'METER (a-ujuTn'tern, a pressing together, tiirpov, a measure). An instrument invented by Adie, of Edinburgh, in 1819, to serve as a barometer, for the purpose of measuring the ])ressure of the atmosphere, or of exhibiting the variations of its density over the earth. SY'MPTOM (<ru/nrx(u/ua, any thing that has befallen one). A sign or mark by which a disease is characterized. Symptomato logy (\d70s, a description). That branch of medicine which treats of the diagnosis, or symptoms of diseases. SYN- {cruv). A preposition, signifying with, together, union, kc. For the sake of euphony, the final n of the preposition is changed into m, before the labials b, m, p, ph, ps, &c.; into s, I, r, before these letters ; and is entirely omitted when followed by two consonants, or a double one. SYNA'NTHEROUS {avv, together, avQnp, an anther). Growmg together by the anthers : the characteristic feature of the compositffl, and a more expressive term than the more common one, syngcnesious. SY'NAPTASE. A peculiar matter obtained from the sweet and the bitter almond. SYNARTHRO'SIS {avvapQpuxji^, a being joined together), lhat form of articulation in which the bones are intimately and immoveably connected together. 'Aee Articulation. SYNCAR'POUS ((Till/, together, /capiros, fruit). A term applied to the carpels of a plant, when they cohere together, as m Poppy. Wheu distinct from one another, they are called apocarpous, as in Ranunculus. . . ^-i \ SYNCHONDRO'SIS {>TvyxovSpu>aii, a growragmto one cartilage). Articulation by means of intervening cartilage. SY'NCHRONOUS (o-uyxP'''. contemporaneous), lhat wlucn occurs in equal times, as the strokes of the pulse; a term synonymous •with iso-chrtiiious. , ^ t u f„ SY'NCHYSIS (auyxua-Li, a mixing together). Literally, a conlu- Bion or a melting; a term applied to the confusion of the humours ot the eye from Idows, attended with rupture of the internal membi-anes and capsules; or to dissolution of the vitreous humour, from absorption of the septa of the membrana hyaloi'dea.