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
Licence: Public Domain Mark
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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![1S2 BIGNONIA—BILIOUS TEMPERAMENT. forked footst alk whioli has two little leaves on the apex of each division ; twin-forked: bigem'inate. Fr. anal. 6i.9emiMe, adj. GeiTn. syn. doppeltziveizcihlig, adj. Bignonia, a, f. (Bignon,a celebrated author.) A Linn, genus of plants, CI. Didynamia, Ord. Anrjinspermia. Juss. Bii/noniacece. Bignonia Chelonides. Bot. The systematic name of a species, the fiowers of which are used in Malabar as a perfume. Bignonia In'dica. Bot., Med. The systematic name of a species, the leaves of which are used by the natives of India as an emol- lient application to ulcers. Biguoniaceus, a, urn. (ififynoma, the trumpet- flower.) Bot. Having an an-angement of parts as in the genus Bignonia ; applied to a Juss. Order {Bignoniacea, nom. pi. f.) of plants : bignonia'ceous. Fr. anal, bignon- iace, adj. Eihorius, a, um. (Bis, double; Mr a, an hour.) Lasting, or enduring two hours. Med. Em- ployed in prescriptions to express a stated period, or interval of two hom-s, and usually put in the neuter to agree with intervallum (understood) a space or interval. Bijugatus, a, um. ] {Bis, double ; jugum, a Bi'jugus, a, um. ) yoke.) Double-yoked. Bot. Arranged in two pairs; applied to a ■winged leaf bearing two pairs of leaflet*, etc.: bi'jugate. Fr. anal, hijuyue or hijuge, adj. Germ. syn. zweipaarig, adj. Bi'labe. (Bis, double ; Aageic, to lay hold on often.) Surg. Name of an instrument for extracting foreign bodies of sufficiently moderate size from the bladder, through the urethra; having two branches capable • of being expanded in the bladder after in- troduction, and then closed on the object to be withdrawn. Bilabiatus, a, um. (Bis, double ; Uihium, a lip.) Bot. Having two lips; two-lipped: bilab'iute. Fr. anal.btZafci'e,adj. Ger.syn.ziveili2>pig,A(\i. Ellacmiatus, a, MOT. (JBis, double ; lacinidtus, fringed.) Bot. Donble-fiinged: bilaci'niate; applied to leaves which have their margins cut into segments. Biladen. Chem. Old tei-m for Chalijbs, or steel. Castellus, Qnincy. Eilamellatus, a, um. (Bis, twice ; lamelUitus, having little plates.) Bot. Having two layers of little plates, bilamel'late: applied to parts of plants. Fr. anal, hilamelle, adj. Bilateralis, is, e. (Bis, double; Intendis, per- ■ taining to the side.) Bot. Applied to leaves or other parts which proceed from different points as well as different sides, and so some- what distinct from ojiposite: bilat'eral. Fr. AX\2L\.hilateral,&Ay Germ.syn.zweiseitig,a.A]. Bil'berry. Bot. A common name for the fruit of the Vaecinium vitis idaa. Bilberry, Bear's. See Arctostaphylos Uva Ursi. Bile. (B'llis, its Latin analogue.) Plujsiol. The gall, or peculiar secretion of the liver. See Bilis, Chole, and Fel. Fr. anal, bile, f.; galle, f. Germ. syn. Galle, f. Bil'iary. (BUis, bile.) Anat., Physiol. Of or belonging to the bile or gall. Btlidris, is, e. See Choleic, Cholic, Chololic, Cho- linic, Fcllinic. Fr. anal, biliaire, adj. Germ. syn. eur Galle gehiirig. Bil'iary Pores. Anat. Term for the small canals which arise from the glandules com- posing the substance of the Uver, gradually converging towards its under surface, till they at last form a single trunk, the i)«c- tus hepaticus. Pari Blliurii. Bilicbolin'ic. (B'dina, bilin; Ch/iVimeum aci- dum, Cholinic acid.) Chem. Pertaining to a combination of cholinic acid and unde- composed bilin. Blticholinlcus, a, um. BUieholin'ic A'cid. Chem. Term for a combi- nation of cholinic acid with undecomposed bilin, forming an acid compound, to which this name has been given. Bilifellin'ic. (Bilina,h\\m; Felliiiicumaclinm, Fellinic acid.) Chem. Pertaining to a com- bination of fellinic acid with undecomposed bilin. Bilifcllvnicus, a, um. Bilifellin'ic A'cid. Chem. Term for a combi- nation of fellinic acid with undecomposed bilin, forming an acid compound, to which this name has been given. BUimbi. (Ind.) Bot. Name of a tree which yields a juice used by the natives of India, for curing itch and other skin diseases, by wearing linen dipped in it and applied to the part. Bilin'. (Bilis, the bile.) Chem. Name given to a gummy, pale yellow mass, which, when quickly dried and pulverised, yields a white powder, inodorous and of a sweetish bitter taste, considered to be the principal and most important constituent of the bile. Blllnn, a, f. See Diss. div. ii. s. vi. t. 4. BUiiigi Billing-Bing. Bot. Indian name for the Blalus Indica, or Indian apple-tree. Bil'ious. (£iZts,bLle; terminal-osits.) Pathol. Having much, full of, or relating to the bile. Applied generally to disorders arising from too great a secretion of bile, as bilious diai'rhoea, etc. BiliOsus, a, um. SeeBilianj, Epicholos, Pericholos, Diss. div. i. s. iv. Fr. anal, bilieux, adj. Germ. syn. gallig, adj.; galUcht, adj.; gallsuchtig, adj. Bil'ious Tem'perament. Phrenol. It is cha- racterized by black hair, a dark skin, mo- derate fulness and much hardness of Hesh, with harshly expressed outline of the per- son ; the functions partake of great energy of action, extending to the brain, and the countenance iu consequence shows strong, marked, and decided features : this term has no reference to any particular liability in the constitution to bilious disease. Phg- siol. It is denoted by a vivid and easily ex- cited sensibility, which can dwell long ujion one object; by a strong, hard, and frequent pulse, a prominence of the subcutaneous veins, brown, yellowish sldn, black hair, the flesh hrm and moderately full, well defined muscles, and a harshly expressed form : there is a premature unfolding of the moral faculties, an excessive development of tho liver, usually a remarkable superabundance of the biliary juices and great energy of the sanguiferous system : the passions are vio- lent, the movements of the soul often abrupt and impetuous, the character firm and in- flexible : wliere all these characteristics ex- ist in the most intense degree and great susceptibilily is added, their possessor is](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21462124_0150.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
