Complete pronouncing medical dictionary : embracing the terminology of medicine and the kindred sciences, with their signification, etymology, and pronunciation ... On the basis of Thomas's comprehensive pronouncing medical dictionary.

  • Thomas, Joseph, 1811-1891.
Date:
1892
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    A CARDIOHJEMIA ACCRETION ster-foetus, born without a heart, or, rather, de- ficient as to the whole thorax. Acardiohaemia,* a-kar-de-o-he'me-a. [From the Gr. a, priv., napdia, the heart, and al/ua, blood.J A deficiency of blood in the heart. A-car-di-o-ner'vI-a.* [From the Gr. a, priv., aapiYia, the heart, and the Lat. ner'vus, a nerve.] A deficiency of nervous action in the heart, evinced by the sounds being inaudible. A-car-dl-o-tro'phl-a.* [From the Gr. a, priv., napdia, the heart, and rpotyi], nourish- ment.] Atrophy of the heart. A-carl-cIde (i.e., acarus-killer). [From the Lat. ac'arus, and cce'do, to kill or de- stroy.] A remedy against Acari, especially the Acarus Scabiei. Ac-a-ro-i'des,* or Ac'a-roid. [From the Lat. ac'arus, and the Gr. eidog, a form or re- semblance.] Resembling the Acarus. A-car'pous. [Lat. Acar'pus; from the Gr. a, priv., and nap-nog, fruit.] Having no fruit. Ac'a-rus,* plural Ac'a-ri. [From the Gr. anaprjg, that which cannot be cut on account of its smallness (from a, priv., and nelpo), to cut).] A genus of minute insects infesting the skin. Ac'arus Au-tum-na'lis.* The harvest-bug; the wheal-worm. Ac'arus Do-mes'tT-cus.* The domestic tick, found on the human body. Ac'arus Ri9/i-nus.* The dog-tick. Ac'arus Sac'eha-ri.* Acarus of Sugar. An animalcule found in sugar, causing grocer's itch. Ac'arus Sca-bl-e'i.* Acarus of Itch. The itch animalcule. A-cat'a-lep-sy. [Lat. Acatalep'sia ; from the Gr. a, priv., and KaraAa/j.6dvo), to appre- hend.] Uncertainty in diagnosis, etc. A-cat-ap'o-sis.* [From the Gr. a, priv., and KarcnrivG), to swallow.] Difficulty in swal- lowing. See Dysphagia. A-cau-les'cent. [From the Gr. a, priv., and the Lat. cau'lis, a stem.] Apparently stemless, the proper stem being subterranean or very short, as in most violets. A-cau'lis.* [From the same.] Having no stem, or having a very short stem; acau'line. Ac-cel-e-ra^tion. [See next article.] In- creased rapidity of the pulse, respiration, etc. Ac-^el-e-ra'tor, o'tis* [From the Lat. ac- cel'ero, accelera'tum, to hasten.] Applied to a muscle of the penis (Accelerator uri'nce) whose action propels the urine; also named Ejacula'tor sem'inis, from its performing a similar office as to the semen. Ac-9es/sion. [Lat. Acces'sio, o'nis ; from acce'do, acces'sum, to go to, to approach, to be added to.] The approach, or onset, of diseases, or of fits, paroxysms or exacerbations in fevers, etc. Accessorii Willisii,* ak-ses-so're-i wil-lis'e-i. The accessory nerves of Willis,—so named from the discoverer. The superior respiratory nerves, a pair arising from the spinal cord and joining the par vagum. 16 Ac-9es/so-ry. [Lat. Accesso'rius ; from the same.] Usually applied to muscular appendages that assist the action of larger muscles. In Bot- any, additional or supernumerary. Ac'91-dent. [Lat. Ac'cidens ; from a</cido, to happen.] A familiar word used by the French as synonymous with symptom. Also a fortuitous event; a casualty. See Accidentia. Ac-91-den'tal. [Lat. Accidentals ; from the same.] Adventitious; happening unexpectedly. Applied by French and some English writers to textures resulting from morbid action. Accidental Conors. A series of optical phe- nomena, so named by Buffon, and now known by the name of Ocular Spectra. If the eye be steadily directed for some time to a white wafer upon a dark ground, and be then turned aside, a well-defined image of the wafer will be perceived, with the colors reversed: the wafer will appear dark, the ground white. This new appearance is termed the accidental color, or ocular spectrum, or complementary color. By using differently- colored wafers we obtain the following results : Color of wafer. Color of spectrum. Black White. Red Bluish-green. Orange Blue. Yellow Indigo. Green Violet with a little red. Blue Orange-red. Indigo Orange-yellow. Violet Bluish-green. Darwin classes the Spectra under the two heads of direct and reverse,—the former depending on the permanence of the impression, the latter on exhaustion. Accidentia,* ak-se-den'she-a. [From the Lat. a<fcido, to happen, ac'cidens, happening, that which happens.] A chance or occurrence happening to one unexpectedly; an accident. Ac-9ip/i-ter.* [From the Lat. accip/io, to take.] A bird of prey. In the plural (Ac- cipitres, ak-sip'e-trez), applied to an order of birds, including the hawk, eagle, etc., called also Rapa'- ces, and Rapto'res, from their rapacious or preda- tory character. Ac-cli'mat-ed. [Lat. Acclima'tus.] (Fr. acclimate, a'kle'ml'ta'.) Thoroughly accustomed to a climate:—applied to persons or animals that migrate from their native country. Ac-cli'ma-tiz-a'tion. [Lat. Acclimatiza'- tio, o'nis.~\ The process or state of being accli- mated. Ac-cli'vis.* [From the Lat. ad, to, and cli'vus, the side of a hill.] Sloping upwards. Applied to a muscle of the abdomen, from the oblique ascent of its fibres, the Obli'quus inter'nus. Accouchement (Fr.), avkoosh/m&N/. [From accoucher, S'koo'sha', to put to bed, to de- liver.] The act of being delivered; delivery. Accoucheur, S'koo'shUR'. [From the same.] A man-midwife; an obstetrician. Ac-cre'tion. [Lat. Accre'tio, o'nis; from ad, to, and cres'co, ere'turn, to grow.] The process by which nutrient particles are added to the various tissues. The adhering together of parts naturally separate, as the fingers, etc.