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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![or king's spepa-.) Bot. Of or belonging to the asphodel; applied to a Juss. Family (As- phodelea, nom. pi. f.) of plants haxing the genus ^.sjj/io<?t'?i(,s-for its type: asphodel'eous. I'r. anal. aqjJiodele, adj. Asphod'elus, i, in. ('A(r<p65fKos, the Greek analogue.) The plant A^-phodel, or king's spear. A Linn, genus of plants, CI. Hexan- dria ; OvA. Mnnogynia. Jxiss. Asphodelece, A.tjilwdcli, or Liliace(c. AsphSd'elus Eamosus. Bot. The systematic name for the branched asphodel, or king's speai'; formerlj' supposed to be diuretic and emmenagogue, and applied locally to pro- mote suppm-ation,but now discarded. Asphyx'ia, a, f. ( 'A,priv.; a(pu^is, the pulse.) Fatliol. Tei-m for that lifeless state in which there is a total suspension of the powers of mind and body ; suspended ani- mation : asphyx'y. See Abolitin Pulsus. . 'Er. mm\. ttspliij.vie, {. Geim. syn. Pulslosig- A-f('f, f.; Scheiiitod, m. Aspbyx'ia Al'gida. Pathol. A term for as- ])hyxy caused by intense cold. Asphyx'ia Elec'trlca. Pathol. Term for as- Iiliyxy produced by lightning or electricity. Asphyx'ia Idiopath'ica. Pathol. A new tenn proposed for the case of asphyxy, or sudden death occurring without the presence of any very manifest cause, either in life, or as exhibited in jjo.st mortem appearances. Asphyx'ia MepMt'ica. Patliol. Term for as- phy.^y produced by the inhalation of car- bonic acid, or other non-respirable gas. Asphyx'ia Neophytorum. Med. A superfluous and inapproiiriate term given to deficient re>ipiration in new born children. Asphyx'ia Suifocationis. Pathol. Term for asphyxy from suii'ocation by hanging oi drowning. See Apanchomenos. Asphyxiated. {Asphyxia, asphyxy.) Med., Pathol. Labouring under asphyxy. As lihyxiutus, a, um. Fr. anal, asphyxie, adj. Germ. syn. asphyktisch, adj.; scheintodi, adj.; ohne Pulsscldag. Aspic. Zodl. See Asp. Aspidis'cus, i, m. ('AcririSi'crKTj, a little round shield.) Anat. Old term, Gr. anal. ao-Tn'Sia/cos. used by Cu?l. Aurelianus, Tard. Pass. iii. .'5, p. 45'2, for the sphincter of the anus, from its shape. Aspid'ium, ii, n. ('Ao-iris, a round shield.) A Linn, genus of plants, CI. Cryptoyamia ; Ord. Filices. Juss. Filices, or FilicoidecB. See Polypodium Barometz. Aspid'ium Fil'ix Mas. M. Med. The system- atic name of themale fern, or polypody; called also Polypodium filix mas. See Filix Mas. Asplenium, ii, n. (A, priv.; ci?\7]v, the spleen; because it was believed to remove disorders of that organ.) A Linn, genus of plants, CI. Cryptoyamia; Ord. Filices. Juss. Poly- podiacea ; spleenwort. Fr. anal. /o!(fl'«'e, f. Germ. syn. Farrenkraut, m.; Milzfarn, m.. Milzkraut, n. Asplenium Adian'thum Ni'gmm. Bot., Med. The systematic name of the leek fern, or black maiden-hair; used as astringent and pectoral. Asplenium Cet'erach. Bot., Med. The system- atic.name of the herb spleeu-wort, or milt- waste ; a small bushy plant, growing on old walls and rocks; it has a mucilaginous, rough taste, and has been recommended in diseases of the chest and in nephritic and calculous comjilaints; also called iJ/ec/MMure squamosum., Ceterach officinalis, Doradilla, Lonchitis. Asplenium Hemionitis, Bot. The systematic name for the plant mule's fern; used like the Scolopendrium vulgare as demulcent and pectoi-al, etc. Asplenium Murale. Bot. The systematic name for the plant wall-rue, or tent-wort; it has nearly tlie same qualities as the A. adian- thum nil/rum, and has by some been sup- posed specific in the ciu-e of ulcers of the lungs, in the form of decoction ; also called Adianthum album, Asplenium ruta muraria, Rata 7nuraria, and Salvia vitce. Asplenium Officinarum. Bot. Another name for the Asplenium ceterach. Asplenium Riita Muraria. Bot. Another name for the Aspleiiiufu murale. Asplenium Scolopen'drium. Bot. A name for the plant otherwise called Scolopendrium vulgare. Asplenium Tricho'manes. Bot. The systematic name of the plant common maidenliair, or spleenwort; its leaves have a mucilaginous, subastringent taste, sweetish, but without any particular flavoxir, and are esteemed expectorant and deobstrueut. See Calli- phyllum. Aspredo, Inis, f. {Asper, rough.) Pathol. An old tenn, Gr. syn. Tpdxoofia, used by Galen, in Def. Med. for a hardness and unequal roughness between the eyelids; the same as Trachoma. Asprel'ia, cE, f. {Asper, rongh.) Bot. Ajiame formerly used for the plant Equisetum ma- jus, or the rough horsetail. Ass. Zo'61. Common name of the Equus Asinus, a species of the genus Equus. Ass's MUk. See Blilk, Ass's. Assa Dulcis. M.Med. See Asa Dulcis. Assah. Pathol. See Asab. Assabatus. Pathol. Name for the disease Borozail, when it affects females. See Bo7vzail. Assafoe'tida, ce, f. M. Med. The pharmaco.- poeial name (L. E. D. and U.S.A.) of the concrete gum-resin which is obtained by exudation from the transversely cut root of the plant Ferula assafaitida, orNarthex {fer- ula,) (L.) or Narthex assafoitida (U.S.A.), and probably Ferula Persica (E.) See Al- tith, Anasjudaen, Asa Fatida, Hin, Hind- ish, Hiny, Hinyisch, Laser, Scordolaser. Fr. anal, assa-foetida, f. Germ. syn. Stinkasand, m.; stinkender Asand, m.; Tcufclsdreck, m. As'sala. (Arab.) M.Med. Ancient name for tlie Nux moschata, or nutmeg. Dornseus, Ruland, and Johnson. Assarabacca. M. Med. See Asarabacca. Assarium, ii, n. Med. A Greek weight, Gr. anal, aaadpiov, used by Galen, I. de Pond, et Mens., of two drachms, or the fourth part of an otmce ; also called As. See Assarius. Assarius, ii, m. A Eomaii weight; the same as Assarium. As'say. (Fr. Essayer, to prove or try.) Term](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21462124_0123.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
