A Dictionary of terms used in medicine and the collateral sciences / by Richard D. Hoblyn.

  • Richard Hoblyn
Date:
1859
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    A diminution in the quantity, or a sup- ' pression of the secretions.] [ACRODYNIA (u/cpo?, extremity; 65tivy, pain). This term was given to a disease •which prevailed in Paris in the years 1828 and 1829, and the most prominent symp- tom of which was intense pain in the wrists and ankles.] ACRATIA (a, priv.; Kpdros, strength). Weakness; intemperance. ACROS (aKpoi). Extreme. An adjective denoting the termination of any thing. 1. Acro-bystia (/Juco, to stop up). The extremity of the prepuce; or that part which covers the glans penis. 2. Acro-elieir (xaP> the hand). A term used by Hippocrates to designate the fore- arm and hand. 3. Acro-chordon (^opSii, a string). An ex- crescence on the skin, with a slender base. 4. Aero-gen (yevvdw, to produce). Point- grower; the name of a plant which grows only at its point or top, as a fern tree. It is distinguished from an exogen, which grows by deposition on the exterior, and from an endogen which grows by deposi- tion towards the interior, of its trunk. 5. Acr-oleine {oleum, oil). A substance of a highly pungent odor, given off by oils and fats when boiling at a high tempera- ture. It is a sure and delicate test of the presence of glycerine in the oil. 6. Acro-pathia (ndQos, disease). A dis- ease at any extremity of the body. Hippo- crates applies this term to disease of the internal orifice of the uterus, and to cancer. 7. Acro-posthia (ir6cd>i, the prepuce). The extremity of the prepuce; a term synony- mous with acro-bystia. 8. Aero-spire (aireipa, a spire). That part of a germinating embryo which botanists call the plumula. It is sometimes called plantula. 9. Acro-thymion (Qvpwv, a wart). A co- nical, rugated, bleeding wart. 10. Acr-olenion (ij\ivn, the cubit). The upper extremity of the ulna; a term syno- nymous with olecranon. 11. Acr-omion (w/iog, the shoulder). The humeral extremity of the spinous process of the scapula. 12. Acr-omphalion (d/x^aXbs, umbilicus). The extremity of the umbilicus, or navel ACROTISMUS (a, priv.; Kp0r0i, pulse). Defect of pulse. Asphyxia is the term em- ployed for this affection by Ploucquet. See Crotophus. [ACTiEA. A genus of plants of the natural order Itanunculacece.] 1. Actcea Itacemosa: Black snake-root; an American plant, recommended for its expectorant, antispasmodic, and diaphoretic properties. [2. Aetata Spicata. Baneberry. The root of this plant is purgative and sometimes emetic, and in over-doses poisonous. [3. Actcea Americana. White and red cohosh. This is supposed to have similar medical properties with the preceding.] ACTI'NIA (olkt\v, a ray of light). Sea Anemones or Animal Flowers; so named from the resemblance of their numerous tentacula to the petals of a flower. [ACTINOBOLISMUS (a«rti/, a ray; /3aXXw, to throw out.) An ancient term applied to the instantaneous flow of the animal spirits by which volition is commu- nicated to the different organs.] ACTI'NOLITE (AktXv, a ray of light; Xldos, a stone). A variety of hornblende. ACTINOMETER (<kr<V, a ray of light; uirpov, a measure). An instrument for measuring the intensity of light. This in- strument indicates the force of sunshine at the Cape of Good Hope at 48° 75', while ordinary good sunshine in England is only from 25° to 30°. ACTION (ago, to act). The motions or changes observed in the animal body, These are voluntary, involuntary, and mixed. 1. Voluntary actions are those produced by acts of the will, as the contractions of the muscles. 2. Involuntary actions are those excited either mediately, through the nerves and spinal marrow, as those of the larynx, pharynx, sphincters, &c.; or immediately, as those of irritability. 3. Mixed actions are those motions or alterations of inspiration and expiration which constitute the acts of respiration. [ACTUAL CAUTERY. Iron heated to a high temperature, and used as a cautery.] ACULEATE. Prickly; applied to a surface covered with prickles, as the stem of rosa. ACUMIN'ATE. Pointed; tapering grad- ually to a point, as the leaf of salix alba. ACUPUNCTURE (acus, a needle; pun- go, to prick). The insertion of needles into the skin or flesh. [ACUTE (acuo, to point). Ending in a point. Diseases are termed acute which are of severe character, have a rapid pro- gress, and short duration. Pain is called acute when it is sharp and pungent.] ACUTENACULUM (acus, a needle; te- naculum, a handle). A needle-handle; the name given by Heister to the porte-aiguille. [ACYANOBLEPSIA («, priv.; Zvavos, blue; jSAettw, to see). Defect of vision consisting in an inability to distinguish blue.] [ACYESIS (a, priv.; kvu, to conceive). Sterility in woman.]
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