A Dictionary of terms used in medicine and the collateral sciences / by Richard D. Hoblyn.
- Richard Hoblyn
- Date:
- 1859
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Credit: A Dictionary of terms used in medicine and the collateral sciences / by Richard D. Hoblyn. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![DICTIONARY OF MEDICAL TEEMS. A (a). In words of Greek derivation this letter is employed, as a prefix, in a privative [or negative] sense, as in ct-ce- phalous, headless, a-phonia, voicelessness. A A (contracted from avd), ' of each ;' an expression used in prescriptions, to denote that an equal quantity of two or more substances is to be employed. AAA. A chemical abbreviation for amalgama, amalgamate. [ABALENIATION (Ab, from; alieno, to estrange). Decay of the whole or part of the body, also a loss of the senses or mental faculties.] [ABANGA. The name given by the inhabitants of the Island of St. Thomas to the eatable fruit of a palm tree which they term Ady. This fruit contains a stone, the kernel of which is much esteemed by the islanders in diseases of the chest. Three or four are given three or four times a day.] ABAPTISTON, (a, priv.; (Sairr^w, to plunge). The perforating part of the tre- phine, which had formerly the figure of a truncated cone, to prevent its sudden plunging into the brain. [ABBREVIATION (brevis, short). The contraction of a word or passage, made by dropping some of the letters, or by substituting certain marks or characters in their place. Abbreviations are used principally either for celerity or secrecy; and were probably resorted to for both purposes by the older physicians, who made copious use of them. They are chiefly used in prescriptions. Subjoined is a list of those now employed :] A. Aa. Ana, of each ingredient. Abdom. Abdomen, the belly. Abs. febr. Absente febre, in the absence of fever. Add. Adde et addantur, add, let there be added; addendus, to be added; addendo, by adding. Ad def. animi. Ad defectionem animi, to fainting. Ad 2 vie. Ad duas vices, at twice taking. Ad gr. acid. Ad gratum aciditatem, to an agreeable sourness. Ad lib. Ad libitum, at pleasure. Admov. Admove, apply ,• admoveatur or admoveantur, let there be applied. Ad recid. prcec. Ad recidivum praecaven- dum, to prevent a relapse. Adst. febre. Adstante febre, when the fever is on. Aggred. febre. Aggrediente febre, while the fever is coming on. Allem. horis. Alternis horis, every other hour. Aliquant. Aliquantillum, a very little. Alvo adst. Alvo adstricta, when the belly is bound. Amp. Amplus, large. Anodyn. Anodynus, anodyne. Apert. Apertus, clear, Ac. Applic. Applicetur, let there be applied. Aq. bull. Aqua bulliens, boiling water. \_Aq. comm. Aqua communis, common water.] Aq. dest. Aqua destillata, distilled water Aq.ferv. Aqua fervens, boiling water. [Aq. fluv. Aqua fluviatilis, river water.] Aq. font. Aqua fontana, spring water. \_Aq. marin. Aqua marina, sea water.] [Aq. niv. Aqua nivalis, snow water.] [^4(7. pluv. Aqua pluvialis, rain water.] [Aq. p>ur. Aqua pura, pure water.] [B. A. Balneum arenae, a sand bath.] [Bain, marice. Balneum marite, or Bal- neum maris, a warm water bath.] Bain. tep. Balneum tepidum, warm bath.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2103753x_0018.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
