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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Credit: An expository lexicon of the terms, ancient and modern, in medical and general science; including a complete medico-legal vocabulary / by R.G. Mayne. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![stiiction across the breast and in the lungs, wheezing, cough and expectoration in greater or less degree; a genus of the Ord. Spasmi; Ord. Neuroses, of Cullen's • nosology. Fr. anal, asthme, m. Germ, anal. Asthma, n.; syn. Enghrustigkeit, f. Asthmatic. ( Asthma; ierminaX-icus.) Pa- thol. Of or belonging to asthma; having or labouring under asthma. Astlimaticus, a. Mm. See Diss. div. ii. s. vi. t. 6. Fi'. anal. asthmatiqiie, adj. Geim. syn. asthmatisch, adj.; erigbiiistig, aid}. Astig'matism. ('A, neg.; ariyixa, a mark, spot, or sign of anything; terminal -wfihs.) Pathol., Physiol. A term for a structural eiTor, or malformation, congenital, or acci- dental, of the lens, as is supposed, of the eye, causing dimness of vision. The term is by no means a happy one, and is formed from the circumstance, that if a luminous point be viewed by an eye in which the op- tical apparatus is defective, the image of the point depicted on the retina \\dU not be a point as it should be when placed at the proper distance, but will assume some form dependent on the nature of the error. As- tigmatis'mus, i, m. See Diss. div. ii. s. vi. (. 7. As'tites. {Asto, to stand by; because by or near the neck of the bladder.) Anat. An old term for the lobes of the prostate gland. Nom. pi. of Astes, His, m. See Prostate. As'tomus, a, um. ('A, priv.; (rT({^a, amouth.) Bot.,Zodl. Having no mouth ; mouthless ; astomous; applied to an Order of mosses, and to a Family of apterous insects. Fr. anal, astome, adj. Germ. syn. mundlos, adj. Astragaloides, adj. {Astragalus, the milk- vetch; terminalBot. Resembling the Astragalus, or milk-vetch : astra'galoid; applied to a kind of bastard milk-vetch. See Diss. div. i. sect. i. Astra'galus, i, m. ('AaTpdyaXos, a die shaped like to an ankle-bone.) Anat. Name of the ankle-bone: the upper bone of the foot, on which the tibia rests. See Aristrios, As- trion, BallistcB Os, Quatrio, Talus. Fr. anal, astragals, m. Germ. syn. Sprungbein, n. (The etymon signifies, also, a wreathed circle on the top of a pillar, into which hemes were generally introduced, from some sup posed resemblance.) Bot. A Linn, genus of plants, CI. Diadelphia ; Ord. Decandria. Juss. LeguminoscB. The milk-vetch. Fr. anal, astragale, m. Germ. syn. Wirbel- kraut, f.; Tragant, m. Astra'galus Acuieatus. M. Med. A name for the Astragalus verus. Astra'galus Es'capus, Bot. The systematic name of the stemless milk-vetch ; the root of which is said to cure syphilis, and to be efficacious against nodes and nocturnal pains. Astra'galus Tragacan'tha. M. Med. The sys- tematic name of the plant which was sup- posed to yield gum tragacanth, but which is now known to be obtained from the Astrag- alus verus. Astra'galus Verus. M. Med. The systematic name of the plant from which gum-traga- canth is principally derived; also, called goat's-thorn, milk-vetch, Spina hirci, and Astragalus acuieatus. As'tral. (Aster, a, star.) Astron. Of or be- longing to the stars ; this term was for- merly applied to the influences of the plan- ets, when astrology was taken into account among the speculations of the ancient phy- sicians, etc. Astralis, is, e. Fr. anal, as- tral, adj. Germ. syn. zu den Sternen gehli- rig. Astran'tia, «, f. (Aster, a star; from the form of its flowers.) A Linn, genus of plants, CI. Pentandria; Ord. Digynia. Also, a name for the hnperatoria obstruthium, or master-wort. Astran'tia Major. \ Bot. Three names for Astran'tia Ni'gar. [ the plant black-master- Astran'tia Vulgaris.' wort; the root, of an acrid quality, was formerly used as purga- tive. Astricta Alvus. See Alvus Astricta. Astric'tion. (Ad, to; stringo, to hind.) Med. Term for the act of using, or the state pro- duced by the use of astringent medicines ; also, for constipation. Astrictio, Onis,i. Fr. anal, astrlction, f. Germ. syn. Zusammen- ziehung, f. Astrictorius, a, urn. (Astringo, to gird or straighten.) Astiingeut ; astrictive, or having power to bind: binding: astric'- tory. Astrin'geat. (Astringo, to gird or straiten.) Pharm. Term for a medicine, which ap- plied to the body produces contraction and condensation in the soft solids, thereby serving to check or diminish excessive dis- charges. Astringens, tis, part. See Astric- torius, Constrictivus, Constringens, Contra- hens, Sphingontes, Stegnoticos. Fr. anal. astringent, adj. Germ. syn. zusummenzie- hend, part. adj. As'trion. Anat. An old name, Gr. anal. &it- rpiov, for the Astragalus, or ankle-bone. Johnson, Ingrassias, Comm. in Gal. I. de Ossib.p. 164. Astrios. Geol. See Asterias. Astrobles, etis, adj. (AoTpov, a planet or star ; Pd\\(o, to strike.) Pathol. Blasted; planet- struck; an old term, Gr. anal. aarpo§\i]s, used for Apoplectic. Gorrseus. Astrobolis'mus, i, m. ('AcrTpo§o\'i^ofjiai, to be blasted; tenninal -lorixhs.) Pathol. A blast- ing ; a term, Gr. anal. aaTpoeoALa/xhs, used by Math. Flacius, de Vit. et Mort. ii. 24, p. 96, for Sphacelus, although properly refer- ring to plants that perished under the Dog star, as if stricken by it; also used for apo- plexy : astrobolism. See Diss, div. ii. s. vi. t. 7. Astroites, f. (Aa-rpoi; a star.) Geol. An old name, synonymous with Asterias; the star-stone. Ruland. See Note, Aerolites. Astrol'ogy, (Affrpov, a star or planet; xSyos, a discourse.) Term for the doctrine of the heavenly bodies, their nature and distinc- tions, and thus synonymous with Astronomy : also applied, however, to the so-called science which pretended to explain the phe- nomena of nature by astral influences, and to teU of the future by a scrutiny of the stars, planets, and constellations, their as- 13](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21462124_0125.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
