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

Credit: 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. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$Ad-duc'tor, o'm.* [From the same.] A term applied to muscles that perform adduction. See Antithenar. A-deFphous. [From the Gr. cidt/.dog, a brother.] Joined in a fraternity :—applied to stamens. A-de-mo'ni-a.* [From the Gr. adrj/uoviu, to be in distress.] Anxiety; distress. A'den,* gen. Ad/e-nis. [Gr. adijv, a gland.] A gland ; a bubo. Ad-en-aFgi-a.* [From the Gr. adijv, a gland, and ulyog, pain.] Pain in a gland; ad'enalgy. Ad'en-em-phrax'is.* [From the Gr. adijv, a gland, and i/Mppat-ig, obstruction.] Glan- dular obstruction. A-de'nT-a.* A chronic affection characterized by great enlargement of the lymphatic glands. See Hodgkin's Disease. Ad-enl-form. [Lat. Adenifor/mis; from the Gr. adijv, a gland.] Formed like a gland; glandiform. See Adenoid. Ad-en-Ftis, idis.* [From the Gr. adijv, a gland.] Inflammation of a gland; bubo. A-den'o-cele.* [From the Gr. adijv, a gland, and nij7.rj, a tumor.] See ADENOMA. Ad'en-o-dynl-a.* [From the Gr. adijv, a gland, and bdvvrj, pain.] Pain in a gland. See Adenalgia. Ad-en-og'ra-phy. [Lat. Adenogra'phia; from the Gr. adijv, a gland, and ypaqu, to write.] A treatise or dissertation on the glandular system. Ad'en-oid. [Lat. AdenoFdes ; from the Gr. adijv, a gland, and eldog, a form or resem- blance.] Resembling a gland. Ad-en-oFo-gy. [Lat. Adenolo'gia ; from the Gr. adijv, a gland, and /.oyog, a dis- course.] The science which treats of glands or of the glandular system. Ad-e-no'ma,* or A-den'o-sele.* The swell- ing or morbid enlargement of a gland; a glan- dular tumor. Ad'en-o-me-nirFge-us.* [From the Gr. adijv, a gland, and juijviyi;, a membrane.] A term applied to mucous or pituitous fever (Febris adenomeningea), because the membranes and fol- licular glands of the intestines were held to be the chief seat of the complaint. Ad'en-on-co'sis,* or Ad'en-on-ko'sis.* [From the Gr. adijv, a gland, and by/too, to puff up or swell.] Swelling of a gland. Ad'en-o-ner'vous. The same as Adenoneu- ROSUS, which see. Ad'en-o-neu-ro'sus.* [From the Gr. adijv, a gland, and vevpov, a nerve.] A term applied to the plague [Febris adenoneurosa), because situ- ated in the nerves and lymphatic glands of the axilla and groin ; adenonerv'ous. Ad'en-o-phar-yn-gi'tis, \dis.* [From the Gr. adijv, a gland, and oapvytj, the pharynx.] Inflammation of the tonsils and pharynx. Ad'en-oph-thaFmT-a.* [From the Gr. adijv, a gland, and b<p6a?,uog, the eye.] Inflamma- tion of the Meibomian glands; adenoph'thalmy. 24 Ad'en-o-phy'ma.* [From the Gr. adijv, a gland, and tiviia, a tumor.] The swelling of a gland. When it occurs in the liver it is called hepatophyt)ia. Ad'en-o-scle-ro'sis.* [From the Gr. adijv, a gland, and cK/jjpou, to harden.] A hard, indolent swelling of a gland, not of a scirrhous character. Ad'en-ose. [Lat. Adeno'sus ; from a'den, a gland.] Having many glands; glandulous. Ad-en-ot'o-my. [Lat. Adenoto'mia; from the Gr. adijv, a gland, and Tejivu, to cut.] Dissection of the glands. Adephagia.* See Addephagia. A'deps,* gen. Adt-pis. A Latin term, sig- nifying fat, animal oil, lard. Also the Pharma- copceial name (U.S. 1870, 1880) for the prepared internal fat of the abdomen of Sus scrofa, purified by washing with water, melting, and straining. Lard is emollient. It is sometimes employed by itself as a liniment, but its chief use in pharmacy is as an ingredient of ointments, cerates, etc. See Fat. A'deps An-ser-i'nus.* Goose-grease. A'deps Ben-zo-T-na'tus.* Benzoinated Lard. The Pharmacopceial name (U.S. i! for a preparation made from lard and benzoin. A'deps O-viFlus.* Fat of the sheep; mut- ton-suet. A'deps Praep'a-ra'tus.* Prepared lard. A'deps Su-iFlus.* Hog's lard; Axun'gia porci'na. The same as Lardum. Ad-he'rence. [See Adhesion.] The intimate union of two bodies by their surfaces. In Botany, the consolidation of parts or organs which origi- nally are distinct. Ad-he'rent. In Botany, attached or growing fast to another different organ. Ad-he'sion, or Ad-he'rence. [Adhae'sio, o'nis; from ad, to, and hce'reo, hce'sum, to stick.] That property by which certain bodies attract others, or their particles adhere to each other:—one of the terminations .of inflammation. Ad-he'sive. [Lat. AdhaesFvus; from the same.] Having the property of adhesion. See Glutinous, Viscous. Adhesive In-flam-ma'tion. [Lat. Inflam- ma'tio Adhaesi'va.] The process by which the sides of incised wounds, being brought into exact contact, unite without suppuration, constituting union by the first intention. Adhesive Piaster. [Lat. Emplas'trum AdhaesFvum.] The common name for the Em- plastrum Resin^e, which see. Ad-i-an'tum.* [Gr. adlavrov ; from a, priv., and diaivco, to moisten :—so named because less juicy than many other ferns, or because the leaves are not easily moistened.] A genus of ferns called maiden-hair, from which a syrup termed capillaire is prepared. See Capillaire. A-dFa-pho-re'sis.* [From the Gr. a, priv., and diapopeu, to perspire.] Deficient cutaneous perspiration. See Adiapneustia. A-dT-aph'o-rus.* [From the Gr. a, priv., and dia<pepu, to differ.] Formerly applied to medi-$