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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![Bit'ter-Ap'ple. ) M. Bled. Common names Bit'ter-Cu'cumber. • for the plant and also the Bit'ter-Gourd. j irmt otthe Cucumis colo- cynthis, from which the sub&tance colo- cynth is olitained. Bit'ter Prin ciple. Bot., Physiol. A peculiar principle, on the presence of which the bit- ter quality of certain vegetables depends ; as in the wood of quassia, gentian-root, the hop, etc. Bitter Sorinjan, Bot. See Sorinjan Tulk. Bit'ter-Sweet. M. Med. Common name for the plant Solanum dulcamara. Bit'tem. Chem. Term for the water remain- ing after the crystallisation of common salt in sea-water, or the water of salt springs. Bit'ters. Term applied to several medicinal substances, expressing their quality as par- ticularly perceptible to the taste, and which are further distinguished into the ai-omatic, pure, and styptic bitters. Bitumen, 'mis, n. (As if PitfM7ne7?,from'7rrTTa, pitch.) Chem. Term for certain indam- mable mineral substances, of different con- sistency, from fluid to solid; the former are naphtha, mineral tar, mineral pitch, and Petroleum ; the latter, asphalt, elastic bitu- men, or mineral caoutchouc, mineral adipo- cire, retinasphaltum, pit coal, jet melHlite or honey-stone, and amber: Asphaltum and Succinum, or amber, have been used in medicine. See Carahe Funerum. Fr. anal. hitume, m. Germ. syn. Erdpech, n. Bitiiinen Barbaden'se. M. Med. A name for the Petroleum of the pharmacopoeias (L.E.) or Barbadoes tar. Bitumen Juda'icum. Jew's pitch; a name for Asphaltum. Bitilmen Li'quidum. Liquid bitumen ; a name for Petroleum. Bituminisa'tion. {Bitumen.) Term for the transformation of organic matter into Bitu- men, as wood, by natural processes, into coal, and the remains of vegetable sub- stances into peat. BitUminXsatio, onis, f. Fr. anal, hituminisation, f. Bitu'minised. A term applied to that which is changed into bitumen, as bituminised wood, etc. Bitu'minous. (Bitumen; termmal-usus.) Chem. Belonging to, or of the nature of bitumen. BXtummvsus, a, um. See Diss. div. i. s. iv. Fr. anal, bitumineux, adj. Germ. syn. erd- pechig, adj. Bival'vis, is, e. {Bis, twice, or double; valva, a valve.) Having two valves; double valved: bi'valve. Bot., Conchol. Applied to cer- tain seed-vessels opening into two parts; and to shells of similar construction, as those of the oyster, mussel, etc. Fr. anal. liivalve, adj. Germ. syn. zweiklappig, adj.; zweischalig, adj. Biven'ter. {Bis, double ; venter, the belly.) Anat. Double-helly; a faulty term used for Digastricus, and apjilied to a muscle that has two bellies; also called Bigaster. Fr. anal, biven'tre, adj. Bix'a, a, f. A Linn, genus of plants, CI. Poly- andria; Ord. Monogynia. Bix'a Orellana. ] Names of the plant which Bix'a Orleana. ) yields the Terra Orellana, I or Orleana, or annotto. See Achioll, Da- buri. Blach'mal. Alclifimical term for a substance formed by pouring a mixture of several fused metals upon sulpliur. Johnson. Black. (Sax. Blue.) Chem., Nat. Philos. The colour produced by a body which does not reflect light, but absorbs it completely. Ni- ger, gra, grum. Fr. syn. noire, adj. Germ, syn. schicarz, adj. Black Can'cer. Pathol. A term for the dis- ease Melanosis. Black Cock. Ornithol. Common name for the Tetrao tetrix, or black grouse. Black Co'ral. Nat. Hist. The Corallium ni- grum, or Gorgonia antipathes. Black Death. Pathol. A name for the Pestis nigra, or black plague. Black, Deep. Chem., Nat. Philos. See Atcr. Black Disease. Pathol. A term for the dis- ease Melana. Black Draught. Med., Pharm. Term for a solution of sulphate of magnesia or Ep- som salts, in an infusion of senna. Black Drop. Pharm. Term for a preparation of opium, verjuice, nutmeg, saffron and su- gar. Black Jaun'dice. Pathol. A name for Icterus, when, the disease being of long duration, tlie colour becomes dark. Fr. syn. melaitic- tire, m. Germ. syn. schwarze Gelbsucht. Black Jet. Mineral. The common name for sulphuret of zinc, found in the mines. See Blende. Black Lead, Chem.. Common name for the substance, natural or artificial, called Plum, bago. Black Lep'rosy. Pathol. Name for a variety of Lepra, the L. nigricans, in wliich the colour of the patches is dark and livid. Black Lion. Palhol. A fanciful term given by the troops, when in Portugal, to the Memhrum virile ; because, under an attack of syphilis, it became inflamed a few hours after connexion, and, having grown black, di-opped oft' in the poultice, leaving a mere stump. • Black Mullein. Bot. See Mullein, Black. Black Oak Bark. M. Med. See Quercus Tinctorin. Black Pest ilence. 1 Pathol. Common names Black Plague. J for the disease Pestis nigra. Black Snake-root. Bot. A common name for the AcUca racemosa, or rich-weed. Black Vomit. Pathol. A term applied to the dark coloured matter like coffee grounds vomited in the last stage of yeUow fever, becoming, towards dissolution, black and bloody; also applied to the fever itself. Black Wash. Pharm. Term for a lotion made with calomel and lime-water; also called grey lotion. Black Wa'ter. Pathol. A popular term in England for the disease Pyrosis, or water- brash. Black-Berry. Bot., M. Med. Common name for the Ruhus villosus, the root of wliich is used (U.S.A.) as astringent; also common name of the fruit of the Rubus fruticosus, or. bramble.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21462124_0153.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
