The student's medical dictionary : including all the words and phrases generally used in medicine, with their proper pronunciation and definitions ... / by George M. Gould.

  • George M. Gould
Date:
1900
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    THE NEW STUDENTS’ MEDICAL DICTIONARY. A A [a, av, or a/u , without]. I. The Greek letter alpha, called alpha privative, equivalent to the prefix tin or in. It denotes absence or want of the thing or quality expressed by the root of the word. 2. Symbol of Argon. Aa [am, of each]. An abbreviation, written aa, used in prescriptions to denote repetition of the same quantity for each item. Ab \ab, from]. A Latin preposition signi- fying from. Abaca {ab'-ak-ah, Sp. pron. ah-vah-kah'). Manilla hemp. See Hemp. Also Musa textilis, the plant which produces it. Abadie’s Sign. See Signs and Symptoms, Table of. Abaptiston {ah-bap-tis'-ton) [d priv. ; rioTog, immersed]. A trephine so shaped that penetration of the brain is impossible. Abarthrosis {ab-ar-thro'-sis) \ab, from; ar- throsis, a joint]. Same as Diarthrosis, or A b articulation. Abarticular {ab-ar-tik'-u-lar) \_ab, from; articulus, joint]. Not connected with or not situated near a joint. Abarticulation {ab-ar-tik-u-la'-shun) \ab, from; articulatio, joint]. I. Same as Di- arthrosis; sometimes also a synonym of Synarthrosis. 2. A luxation. Abasia {ah-ba'-ze-ah) [d priv. ; jSdai^, a step]. Motor incoordination in walking. See Astasia. Abasic {ah-ba'-sik) [d priv. ; jSdaig, a step]. Pertaining to, or affected with, abasia. Abattoir {ah-bat-war') [Fr.]. A slaughter- house or establishment for the killing and dressing of animals. Abaxial {ab-ak'-se-al) [ad, from; axis, an axle]. Not situated in the line of the axis. Abbe’s Catgut Rings, rings composed of eight or ten turns of heavy catgut in the shape 2 of an oval, with inside diameter pf two inches, for use in intestinal anastomosis. A. Con- denser. See Illuminator, Abbe. A. Illumi- nator. See Illuminator. Abdomen {ab-do'- men) \abdere, to hide]. The large inferior cavity of the trunk, ex- tending from the pelvic cavity to the dia- phragm, and bounded in front and at the sides by the lower ribs and abdominal mus- cles, and behind by the vertebral column, the psoas and the quadratus lumborum muscles. It is artificially divided into nine regions by two circular lines, the upper parallel with the cartilages of the ninth ribs, the lower with the iliac crests, and by two lines from the cartilages of the eighth rib to the center of Poupart’s ligament. The regions thus formed are, above, the right hypochondriac, the epigastric, and the left hypochondriac ; in the middle, the right lum- bar, umbilical, and left lumbar; and below, the right inguinal, the hypogastric, and the left inguinal. A., Pendulous, a relaxed condition of the abdominal walls in which the latter hang down over the pubis. Abdominal {ab-dom'-in-al) \^abdere, to hide^. Pertaining to or connected with the abdomen. A. Aneurysm. See Aneurysm. A. Aorta, the part of the aorta below the diaphragm. A. Aponeurosis. See Aponeurosis. A. Bandage. See A. Binder. A. Binder, a broad bandage of muslin or flannel ap- plied to the abdomen for making pressure after delivery or after an operation. Some- times a many-tailed bandage is used. A. Brain, the solar plexus. A. Breathing. See A. Respiration. A. Compress, a form of local pack, made by forming folds of a coarse linen towel of sufficient breadth to reach from the ensiform cartilage to the pubis ; one of the folds is then wrung out of cold water, applied,
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