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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Credit: 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. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ADRENAL AERTERIVERTER Similar properties are possessed by A. ver- nalis. Dose of fld. ext. TT\j-ij (0.06-0.13), A., Tinctura, dose TT\^x-xxx (0.65-2.0). Adrenal {ad-re'-nal) \_ad, near to; ren, the kidney]. I. Adjacent to the kidney, 2. The suprarenal capsule. Adrue {ad-ru'-e). Antiemetic root. The root of Cyperics articidatus; it is anthel- mintic, aromatic, stomachic. Dose of the fld. ext. gtt. xx-xxx (1.3-2.) Unof. Advancement {ad - vans ' - tnent) [PT. avancer, to advance]. The act of bringing or going forward. Specifically, an operation to remedy strabismus, generally in conjunc- tion with tenotomy, whereby the opposite tendon from the over-acting one, having been cut, is brought forward, so that, growing fast in a more advanced position, it shall have more power to act upon the globe of the eye. Adventitia {ad-ven-tish'-e-ah) \_adventitius, foreign]. The external coat of a blood- vessel. Adynamia {ah-din-a'-nie-aJi) [a priv. ; 6v- vafiig, power]. Deficiency or loss of vital or muscular power ; prostration. Adynamic {ah-din-am'-ik) [d priv.; 6vva- fi/.g, power]. Pertaining to or characterized by adynamia. JE-. See E-. iEgophony {e-goff'-o-ne). See Egophony. i^^quator. See Equator. Aer {a'-er'). See Air. Aerated {a'-er-a-ted) [d^p, the atmosphere]. Impregnated or charged with carbon dioxid or air. Aeration {a-er-a'-shun) \_aqp, air]. The pro- cess of supplying or charging with air or with some gas, such as carbon dioxid; the state of being supplied with air or gas. Aerial {a-e'-re-al). Pertaining to the air; conveyed by the air, as A. conduction of sound waves. Aeriform {a-e'-re-fort7i) [d^p, air; for77ta, form]. Resembling air or gas. Aerobic {a-er-ob'-ik) [arjp, air; /5<of, life]. Requiring oxygen (air) in order to live. A term applied to those bacteria requiring free oxygen. Those that do not grow in its presence are called ajiaerobic. Between these extremes there are forms that are able to grow without oxygen under favorable conditions, though they make use of it when present; others that may grow in its pres- ence, though flourishing best in its absence ; these are called respectively facultative aero- bic or facultative anaerobic, in distinction from those first mentioned, which are called obligatory aerobic or obligatory anaerobic. Aerobiotic {a-er-o-bi-ot'-ik) [d^p, air; (3io)ri- xdf,pertaining to life]. Thriving only in the presence of air. Aerodynamics {a-er-o-di-nam'-ics) [d^p, air; power]. The branch of phys- ics that deals with gases in motion. Aerography {a-er-og'-ra-fe) [d/jp, air ; -ypd<pq, a writing]. The description of the air and its qualities. Aerology {a-er-ol'-o-je) [d^p, air; 7Myoq, treatise]. The science of the air and its qualities. Aerometer {a-er-om'-et-er)\ar]p, air; perpov, a measure]. An instrument for ascertaining the density of gases. Aerophobia {a-er-o-fo'-be-ali) [d^p, air; (pojSog, fear]. Dread of a current of air. Aerophone {a'-er-ofon) [d^p, air; sound]. An instrument for increasing the amplitude of sound-waves. Aerophore {a'-er-o-for) [dqp, air; dopelv to carry]. I. A device for the inflation of the lungs of a still-born child with air. 2. A breathing apparatus to be used by firemen and others, to prevent the inhalation of nox- ious gases. Aeroplethysmograph {a-er-o-pleth-iz'-nio- graf) [cLTjp, air; Tz/fdog, fulness ; ypd^eiv, to write]. An apparatus for registering graph- ically the expired air; the latter raises a very light and carefully equipoised box placed over water, and this moves a writing-style. Aeroscope {a'-er-o-skof) [d^p, air ; gkotteIv, to observe]. An instrument for estimating the purity of the air, Aeroscopy {a-er-os'-ko-pe)[ai]p,3.\r •, gkottsIv, to observe]. The investigation of atmos- pheric conditions. Aerostatics {a-er-o-stat'-iks) [dpp, air; ara- TiKog, standing]. The branch of physics that treats of the properties of gases at rest. Aerotherapeutics, Aerotherapy {a-e-ro- ther-a-pu'-tiks, a-er-o-thei-'-a-pe) [dpp, air ; depcnreveiv, to heal]. A mode of treating disease by compressed or rarefied air or by other gases. Aerothorax {a-er-o-tho'-raks) [d?)p, air; dojpa^, the chest]. See Pneumothorax. Aerotonometer {a-er-o-ton-otn'-et-er) [dpp, air ; ~6vdg, tension ; psTpov, measure]. An instrument for estimating the tension of gases in the blood. Aerourethroscopy {a-er-o-u-re-thros'-ko-pe) [dpp, air ; ovpqQpa. urethra ; OKoneiv, to ex- amine]. Urethroscopy conjoined with infla- tion of the urethra with air. Aerteriversion {a-er-ter-iv-er'-slum) [d^p, air; rppee/v, to hold; vertere, to turn]. A method of arresting hemorrhage by everting the cut end of an artery, invaginating the vessel in itself, and fixing the parts by a needle. Aerteriverter {a-er-ter-iv-er''-ter) [d^p, air ; TTjpkuv, to hold ; vertere, to turn]. An in- strument used in performing aerteriversion.
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