A medical vocabulary : being an explanation of all terms and phrases used in the various departments of medical science and practice, giving their derivation, meaning, application, and pronunciation, intended specially as a book of reference for the student / by R.G. Mayne and J. Mayne.
- Mayne, Robert Gray, 1808-1868
- Date:
- 1875
Licence: Public Domain Mark
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![the eyes, giving them a distorted aspect; and in which objects are seen in an oblique manner ; squint- ing ; a genus, Ord. Dgscinesia?, Cl. Locales, of Cullen’s Nosology. Str<lbbtb'm ia, ce, f. (2Tpa/3os, squinting; ropy], a cutting.) Surg. Operation for Strabismus: strabo'- tomy. Straddling. See Divaricatus. Straight. See Rectus, St rictus. Strain. See Sprain. Strainer. See Colatorium. Straining. See Spasma. * Stramonii Fo'lia. M. Med. Pharmacopoeial name (B. P.) for leaves of Datura stramonium. Stramonii Sciuina. (B. P.) Stramonium seeds. Stramonium, ii, m. (Strdmen, straw.) M. Med. Pharmacopoeial name for the herb Datura stramo- nium. Stra'ngulated. (Strangulo, to choke.) Surg. Choked ; applied to irreducible hernia. Strangulatus, a, um. Strangnla'tion. (Strangulo, to choke.) Med. The state of choking. Surg. Constriction of a part from the presence of a stricture. Strangu- latio, onis, f. Stra ngury. (2rpaf, a drop; oSpov, the urine.) Pathol. A pain- ful difficulty in passing water, which can be discharged only by drops. Stranguria, ce, f. Strap-shaped. See Ligidatus, Linearis. Stratification. (Stratum, a layer ; fdcio, to make.) Chem. The placing of layer upon layer of dif- ferent substances in a crucible, to calcine a metal, etc. Geol. The na- tural state of many strata placed one upon another. Stratificatio, onis, f. 1 Stratiflcatus, a, um. (Same.) Geol. Applied to a rock having parallel fissures, and divided into beds or layers one upon another. Stratlfo'rmis, is, e. (Stratum ; forma, likeness.) Mineral. Having the appearance of layers : strati- form. Striifoidcs, adj. (Stratum; ter- minal -ides.) Geol. Resembling strata or layers: stra'toid. Striittt'mctrum, i, n. (Stratum ; fj.eTpov, a measure.) Geol. An in- strument for determining in what manner the layers press upon each other: a strato'meter. Sf rid ii m, i} n. (Sterno, to spread.) Geol. A layer of matter of a series of which the earth, stratified rocks, etc., are composed. Strawberry. (Sax. Strawberje.) Dot. The fruit of the Fragaria vesca. Streaked. See Lineatus. Stre'ptftpus, a, um. (SrpeTrrb?, twisted; 7rou?, a foot.) Bot. Having the foot or stipes twisted: stre'p- topous. Striatus, a, um. (Strio, to make furrows.) Bot. Grooved; furrowed: stri'ated. Structure. (Stringo, to bind.) Surg. Pathol. Term for a contrac- tion in a canal, tube, or duct, as in the oesophagus, urethra, etc. Stric- tura, ce, f. Stridor IKv'ntiu in. Pathol. Grinding of the teeth ; the grating noise produced by powerful attri- tion of the teeth of the lower jaw on those of the upper. Frequently symptomatic of abdominal irrita- tion, especially in children. Stridulus, a, um. (Strideo, to crash.) Pathol. Creaking; crashing : stri'dulous. See Cgnanche Stridula. Strlgdsus, a, um. (Stnga, a small stiff hair.) Bot. Having strigee : stri'gose, or stri'gous. Stri'iflorus, a, um. (Stria ; flos, a flower.) Having the tube of the corol striated: striiflo'rous. Strbbilaccus, a, um. Bot. Ap- plied to a plant with flowers dis- posed in a kind of amentum; strobi- la'ceous. Strftblli'frrns, a, um. (Strdbilus ; fero, to bear.) Bot. Having flowers disposed in spikes and furnished with large bractece; so that the whole imitates more or less per- fectly a cone or strobilus, as the Flemingia strobilifera: strobili'fe- rous. Strft'bllTfo'rmis, is, e. (Strubi- lus; forma, likeness.) Bot. Resem- bling a cone : stro'biliform. Strttbllliuis, a, um. (Strdbilus.) Bot. Having the appearance of a pine or fir-cone : stro'biline. Strbblllte.s, is, or cc, m. (Strd- bilus ; A.i'005, a stone.) Fossil fruit of a cone-like appearance.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2486240x_0420.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
