An expository lexicon of the terms, ancient and modern, in medical and general science; including a complete medico-legal vocabulary / by R.G. Mayne.
- Mayne, Robert Gray, 1808-1868
- Date:
- 1860
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![Aplas'tic. ('A, priv.; TrKdaaca, to form ; ter- minal -iKhs.) Pathol. Withont form or regular structure; applied to morbid de- posits that have no true organisation. Ap- lastXcus, a, um. See Diss. div. ii. s. vi. t. C. Fr. anal, aplastique, adj. Aples'tia, cb, f. (■'A7rAi7(TTos, insatiable.) Med., Pathol. Old term, Gr. anal. &ir\-qa-TLa, used by Galen, I. de dign. et cur. an. morh. c. 9, for insatiability. Fr. anal, aplestie, f. Apleu'ros. 1 ('A, priv.; irAevpa, a. rib, or Apleu'rus, a, tim. ] the side.) Anat. Wanting rilis ; an ancient term, Gr. anal. &iT\evpo!, applied by Galen to one supposed to be so deficient. Apace'a, ce, f. ('A, priv. ; ttvcoi, to breathe.) Pathol. Term used by Galen for the partial privation, or suspension of breath, ■which may arise from various causes, and is generally but impropei'ly expressed by tlie word Asphyxia, which really means sufloeation, or the complete privation of breath. Fr. anal, apnee, f. Germ. syn. Athemloaigkeit, f.; Erstickiuig, f. Ap'nus, a, um. ('A, priv.; irye'to, to breathe.) Med., Pathol. Old term, Gr. anal. &Trvoj^, for respiration so slow and slight, that the breath seems to have altogether ceased. Apobam'ma, iitis, n. ('ATrb, for, or as for; Sdij.ua, a tincture.) Cliem. Old term, used by Cardanus, de Subtil. Rer. I. v., for water in wliich hot iron lias been quenched. Apocapnis'mus, i, m. CPL-noK3.irvi^ai, to fumi- g;ite; terminal-itr/iby.) Med. Ancient term JFor a fumigation: apocap'nismus. See Diss. div. ii. s. vi. t. 7. Fr. anal, apocapnisvie, m. Apocarpason. See Opocarpason. Apocathar'sis, is, f. ('Airii, from ; KaBaipai, to purge.) 31ed. Term for a purging whetlier upwards or downwards ; catharsis : apoca- thar'sis. Fr. anal, apocatliarsie, f. Germ, syn. die viillige Rc.inigung. Apocathar'tic. ('Awb, from ; Kadaipw, to purge; terminal -iKhs.) Med. Having power to purge; cathartic. Apocatharticus, a, wn. See Diss. div. ii. s. vi. t. 6. Fr. anal, apoca- thartique, adj. Germ. syn. Vollkoinmeri reinigend. ApSeenoses. (Nom. pi. of Apocendsis.) In- creased discharges; an Order of the Cl. Jyocales, of Cullen's Nosology. Apocenosis, is, f. ('Avrb, from; Kfv6ci), to empty out.) Pathol. A term for an in- creased discharge, flux, or evacuation at- tendant on disease, as of blood, or other fluid. Fr. anal, apocenose, i. Germ. syn. Enth'crung, f. Apochoreon. ('ATroxa'peca, to fall from.) Phy- siol. Old term, Gr. anal. aTrox^peui', for tlia feces or excrements; applied also by Hip- pocrates, Aph. vii. 69, to the urine. Apochrem'ma, atis, n. ('.WoxpfATTo^iai, to spit out with retelling.) Med. Old tonn, Gr. annl. aTrcixpe^/ia, used by Hippocrates, de n. ]\in Acut. t. 27, for Sputum, or spit. Apochremp'sis, is, or eos, f. {'AvoxpffJ-rrTofiai, to spit out with retching.) Med. Old term, Gr. anal. aTri^xpfM'l^) used by Hippocrates, Coac. Pranot. c. 2-L2, for the act of spitting or hawking up tlic sputum. Sec Screalio. Apochylis'raa, ('itis,n. ('Awuxv^'i^u, to extinct juice.) Pharm. Term for juice extracted from vegetables and inspissated, corres- ponding to the officinal term Eob.; the same as what is now called an extract. Apo'ehyma, afi's, n. Med., Pharm. Old name for the pitch obtained from ship's bottoms, being impregnated with sea-salt, and for- merly esteemed in medicine. Apoelas'ma, atis, n. {'AiroKXd'j>, to break off.) Anat., Surg. A term formerly used, syno- nymous with Apagma. Ap5'cope, es, f. ('AiroictiTrTeu, to cut off.) Surg, A term for Abscission, or amputation. See Apothrausis. Fr. anal, apocope, f- Germ, syn. Abliisung, f.; Wegschneiden, n. Apo'crisis, is, f. {'AiroKpivai, to secrete, or se • parate. Med. Physiol. A term used for expulsion; also for feces or excrement, and whatever is cast out from the body as redundant, or superfluous ; the same as Eccrisis. Fr. anal, apocrisie, f. Apo'crisis Morbosa. Pathol. A term formerly used for contagious eliimia, or miasmata. Apocrus'tieus, a, um. ('AiroKpouoi, to repel; terminal-iKos.) Med.,Pharm. Having tiie power of repelling and astringing: apocrus'- tic : apjilied, Gr. anal. airoKpovaTiKos, by Galin, Meth. Med. I. ii. 15, to a mechcine which was much esteemed. See Diss. div. ii. s. vi. t. 6. Fr. anal, apocroustique, adj. Apocyesis, is, or eos, f. {'AiroKveai, to biiiig forth, or beget.) Ohstet. Ancient term, Gr. anal. aivoKvria-is, used by Galen, de Caus. Morh. I. i. c. 7, for parturition or child-birth. Fr. anal, apocijesie, f. Germ. syn. Gebdrcn, n.; Gcburt, f. Apocynaceus, a, um. {Apdcjjnum, the herb dog's-bane.) Bot. Having an arrangement of parts, as in the genus Apocynum ; applied to a Juss. Order (ApocynacecB, nom. pi. f.) of plants; apooyna'ceous : synonymous Avith Aimryneus. Fr. syn. apncyne, adj. Apocyn'eus, a, um. {Apocynum, the herb dog's- bane.) Bot. Having an an-angement of parts as in the genus .4j)oc!/witTO; applied to a Juss. Order {Apocynece, nom. pi. f.) of plants : apocyn'eous. See Apocynaceus. Fr. anal, apocyne, adj. Apo'cynum, i, n. ('Arb, from; kvuv, a dog; because thought to be poisonous.) A Linn, genus of plants, Cl. Pentandria ; Ord. Mo- nogynia. Juss. Apocynacece: the plant dog's-bane. Apo'cynum Androsaemifol'ium. Bot. The sys- tematic and phanuacopaial name (U.S.A.) of a plant, the powder of the root of which is used as emetic. Apo'cynum Cannabinum. M. Bled. The phar- raaeopccial name (U.S.A.) for the root of Apocynum cannabinum, found in many parts of the U.S.A.; used in powder as em- etic, and in decoction as hydi'agogue pur- gative. Apo'cynum Jiiven'tas. Bot. The systematic name for a plant given by the natives of India \,o old persons as a cordial. Apo'cynum Marltimiun. 1 Bot. The systenialic Apo'cynum Venetum. J names for the plant Venetian dog's-bane. Apo'cynum Syri'acum. Bot. A name for the Asvlepias Syriiira ; or Syrian dog's-baiic.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21462124_0102.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
