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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    ADENOMYOMA ADONIS ^STIVALIS Adenomyoma [ad-en-o-mi-o'-mak) [adijv, a gland; fiv^, a muscle; onia, tumor]. A tumor composed of glandular and muscular tissues. Adenomyxoma {ad - en - o - miks - o'- ma/i) [iidrjv, a gland; fiv^a, mucus; o/na, tumor]. A growth having the characters of adenoma and myxoma. Adenopathy {ad-eri-op'-a-the) [adfjv, a gland; Trddog, disease]. Any disease of a gland. Adenopharyngitis {ad -en-o-far- in - ji'- tis) [adtjv, a gland ; (pdpvy^, the throat ; mf, in- flammation]. Inflammation of the tonsils and pharynx. Adenophthalmia {ad - en -off- that'- me - ah) \_a6T]v, gland ; b^dakfio^, the eye]. Inflam- mation of the Meibomian glands. Adenosarcoma {ad-en-o-sar-ko'-mak) [adrjv^ a gland; odp^, flesh; oma, a tumor]. A tumor with the characters of adenoma and sarcoma. Adeps {ad'-eps) [L., gen., Adipis\. Lard. The fat obtained from the abdomen of the hog, composed of 38 per cent, stearin and margarin, and 62 per cent, olein. It forms 70 per cent, of ceratum and 80 of unguentum. A. anserinus, goose grease. A. benzoi- natus, contains two per cent, of benzoin. A. lanae, lanolin. A. lanae hydrosus, hy- drous wool fat, the purified fat of the wool of the sheep. A. ovillus, mutton suet. Adipis, Oleum, a fixed oil expressed from lard. A. preparatus (B. P.), purified fat of the hog. Unguentum Simplex, con- tains white wax, benzoated lard, and almond oil. A. suillus, hog’s lard; adeps. Adermia {ah-der'-me-ah) [a priv.; deppa, skin]. Absence of the skin. Adhesion {ad-he'-zhun) \_adh(erere, to stick to]. I. The attractive force between two dissimilar bodies that are in contact. 2. Ab- normal union of two surfaces as a result of inflammation, etc. A., Primary, called also Healing by First Intention and by Inwiediate Union, a method of healing of wounds by the production of lymph, followed by the vascu- larization and cicatrization of the exudate. A., Secondary, or Healing by Second Inten- tion, or by Granulation, is that mode of heal- ing attended by the production of pus and the formation of granulations. A., Plaster. See Emplastrum. Adhesive {ad-he'-siv) \adhcerere, to adhere]. Sticky, tenacious. A. Inflammation, in- flammation accompanied by plastic exuda- tion, and tending to the union of apposed surfaces. A. Plaster. See Resin -and Efnplastriwi. Adiantum {ad-e-an'-turn) [d priv.; diavrbq, wettable]. A genus of ferns ; the maiden- hair. A. capillus Veneris and A. pedatu77i, of N. America, are serviceable in coughs and as demulcents. Adipic {ad-ip'-ik) \_adeps, lard]. Of or be- longing to fat. A. Acid. See Acid. Adipocere {ad'-ip-0-sir) \adeps, fat; cera, wax]. A wax-like substance formed by the exposure of fleshy tissue to moisture, with the exclusion of air, i. e., in the earth or un- der water. It consists of the fatty acids in combination'with the alkaline earths and ammonium. Human bodies in moist burial places often undergo this change. Adipoma {ad-ip-o'-mah) \_adeps, fat; otna, a tumor: pi., Adipomata\ A fatty tumor; lipoma. Adipose {ad'-ip-ds) \adeps, fat]. Fatty. A. Tissue, fatty tissue, which is distributed extensively through the body. It consists of areolar connective tissue, the cells of which contain fat globules. Adiposis {ad-ip-o'-sis) \adeps, fat]. Cor- pulence ; fatty infiltration. A. dolorosa, a disease characterized by the formation of soft nodules throughout the connective tissue of the body, accompanied by neuralgic pains. A. hepatica, fatty degeneration or infiltra- tion of the liver. Adipositas {ad-ip-os'-it-as) Fatness; corpulency. Adiposity {ad-ip-os'-it-e). Fatness ; corpu- lency. Adipsia {ah-dip'- se-ah) [a priv.; Siipa, thirst]. Absence of thirst. Aditus {ad'-it-us) [ad, to; ire, to go]. In anatomy, an entrance. A. laryngis, the entrance to the larynx. Adjuster {ad-jus'-ter) [Fr., adjuster, to ad- just]. I. He who or that which adjusts. 2. A device formerly used for the forcible re- duction of dislocations. Adjustment, Coarse. The rack and pinion for raising or lowering the tube of a micro- scope a considerable distance. A., Fine, the micrometer screw generally at the top of the column of a microscope for raising or lower- ing the tube slowly through a short distance. Adjuvant {aj'-u-vant) [adjuvare, to assist]. A medicine that assists the action of another to which it is added. E.dL'ooyid,{ad-neks'-ah) [ad, to; nectere, to join]. Adjunct parts, as the adnexa of the uterus. A. bulbi, the appendages of the bulb of the eye. Adolescence {ad-o-les'-ens) [adolescere, to grow]. Youth, or the period between puberty and maturity, usually reckoned as extending in males from about 14 to 25 years, and in females from 12 to 21 years. Adonidin {ad-on'-id-in) [Adonis\ A glu- cosid derived from Adotiis vernalis, a plant indigenous in Europe andAsia. It is recom- mended in cardiac dropsy. Dose gr. yi-% (0.0075-0.015). Unof. Adonis aestivalis {ad-o'-nis es-tiv-a'-lis). A plant much used in Italy as a cardiac tonic.
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