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

  • Richard Hoblyn
Date:
1859
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    vered by mucous membrane. In animals, which were the principal subjects of dis- section among the ancients, the opening of the larynx with the arytaenoid cartilages bears a striking resemblance to the mouth of a pitcher, having a large spout. ASAPHATI (a, priv.; aa<pm, clear). A sort of serpigo, supposed to be generated in the pores, like worms. ASAPHIA (a, priv.; trafris, clear). De- fective utterance; a want of clearness of articulation or speech. [ASARABACCA. The common name for the plant Asarum Europceum.~\ ASARI FOLIA. Asarabacca leaves. The leaves of the Asarum Europeum, a plant of the order Aristolochiacece, abound- ing in a bitter principle called asarin, and used as an errhine. [ASARUM CANADENSE. Canada snake-root, wild ginger. A plant of the order Aristolochiacece, the root of which is aromatic, stimulant, tonic, and diaphore- tic] ASBESTOS (a, priv.; ofihvvni, to extin- guish). A mineral substance of a fibrous structure, from which an incombustible linen is made. There are several varieties, all more or less flexible and fibrous, and termed amianthus, or mountain flax, moun- tain leather, Ac. [ASBOLIN (asSdXri, soot). Name given to a substance, supposed to be a peculiar principle, discovered in soot; but said by others to consist simply of acid pyretin, combined with that species of pyretin and pyrelain formed during the distillation of pyretin. The anthelmintic powers ascribed to soot have been believed to reside in this substance.] ASCARIS (aoKapifa, to jump). A genus of parasitical worms found in the human body. 1. Ascaris Lumbrico'ides. The long and round worm. 2. Ascaris Yermicularis. The thread or maw-worm. See Vermes. ASCENSUS MORBI. The ascent or increase of a disease. ASCIA (an axe, or hatchet). A bandage, so called from its shape, and described by Hippocrates. [ASCIDIATUS (ascidum, a small bot- tle). Ascidiate; shaped like a small bottle.] ASCI'TES (aoicbs, a sack; a skin-bottle; a big-bellied man). Hydrops ventris, vel abdominis. Dropsy of the belly or abdomen. ASCLEPIADACE.E. The Asclepias tribe of Dicotyledonous plants. Shrubs or herbaceous plants, with leaves opposite, alternate, or whorled; corolla monopeta- lous, hypogynous; stamens inserted into the base of tho corolla; ovaries two ; fruit one or two follicles. In this tribe the sexual apparatus is very peculiar. [ASCLEPIAS CURASSAVICA. Sys- tematic name of the bastard or white ipe- cacuanha of the West Indies, the root and expressed juice of which are used as eme- tic, cathartic, and anthelmintic] [ASCLEPIAS GIGANTEA. See Colo- tropis gig ant ea. [ASCLEPIAS INCARNATA. The sys- tematic name (U. S. P.) of the flesh-col- oured Asclepias, an American plant, the root of which is officinal, and is said to be a useful emetic and cathartic] [ASCLEPIAS SYRIACA. Silk-weed. The root of this species is said by some to possess anodyne properties, while others state that it acts as a cathartic and alterative. It has been used in asthma, scrofula, Ac] ASCLEPIAS TUBEROSA. Swallow- wort; [Butterfly-weed;] an American plant, used as a diaphoretic in catarrh and rheu- matism. [ASCLEPIAS VINCETOXICUM. See Cynanchum Vincetoxicum.] ASEPTA(o,priv.; o-^w, to putrefy). Sub- stances free from the putrefactive process. ASHES. The residuum of the combus- tion of vegetables, containing alkaline salts. ASIATIC PILLS. Each pill contains about one-thirteenth of a grain of white oxide of arsenic, and somewhat more than half a grain of black pepper. ASITIA (a, priv.;. oiros, food). Loss of appetite. [ASPARAGIN. See Asparamide.] [ASPARAGUS OFFICINALIS. Com- mon Asparagus. A well known plant of the natural order Asphodelece. The young shoots are diuretic, and are by some con- sidered aperient, deobstruent, and to exert a sedative influence over the heart. A syrup and extract have been prepared, which pos- sess the same powers as the fresh plant.] ASP AR AMIDE. A principle discovered in the juice of the asparagus, and in the root of the marsh-mallow and liquorice. It is the same as the agedoite of Robiquet. ASPARMIC ACID. An acid obtained from asparamide, when boiled some time with hydrated oxide of lead or magnesia. [ASPER. Rough.] ASPERA ARTERIA. Literally, a rough air-vessel. The trachea; so named from the inequality of its cartilages. ASPERGILLIFORM. [Aspergillus, brush.] Brush-like; divided into minute ramifications, as the stigmas of grasses, certain hairs of the cuticle, Ac. ASPERSION {aspergo, to sprinkle). A kind of affusion, in which the liquid is thrown drop by drop, like rain, upon the body.
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