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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![which the boletus is the type: bole'toid. See Boletidce. See Diss. div. i. s. i. Boletus, i, m. (Ba>\os, a mass.) Name for a kind of fungus referred by Linnajus to the genus Lycoperdon; a Linn, genus of plants, Gl. Crtjptogamia ; Ord. Fungi. Juss. Fungi. The leather-like, corky, or woody, species of this genus are those which have a collar on their footstalk, or a pepper-like, acrid taste, or which become green, or blue, when cut, and are all either poisonous, or at least suspicious. They are to be distin- guished from the agarics, in having tubes under their caps, instead of gills. Fr. anal. hnlet, m. Germ. syn. Sclmamm, m. BSletus Cer'vi, Bot. The deer-ball; said to be aphrodisiac. Boletus Igniarius. M.Med. The systematic name of the agaric of the oak, or touchwood; also called Agaricus chirurgorum, Fungus igniarius. Boletus Lar^cis. Bot. The fungus of the larch; also called Agaricus albus, and Fungus la- ricis. Boletus Suave51en's. Bot. The systematic name of the Fungus salicis ; a species which has a slightly urinous smell and a taste at first acid, but followed by a bitter; formerly given in phthisical complaints ; also called Dcedalea suaveolens. Fungus salicis. Fr. syn. bolet odorant. Germ. syn. wohlriechen- dcr M'eidenscluvamm. Boletus Sulpliiir'eus. Bot. A species which on drying evolves needle-like crystals of oxalic acid nearly pure. Bolis'mus, i, m. (B5a.os, a mass; teiTninal -i(r/i!)$.) Pathol. A former term, used by Avicenna, iii. fen. 13, tr. 2, c. 15, 10, for Bidimia.. See 2)iss. div. ii. s. vi. *. 7. Bologn'ianPhos'phorus. i Chem. Names given Bologn'ian Stone. ) to the sulpliate of baryta, which, afier having been exposed to heat, or after exposure to the sun's rays, acquires the property of shining in the dark; also called Bononiensis lapis. Bolus, i, m. (BciAos, a mass.) HFed., Pharm. Term for any roundly formed medicine, larger than an ordinary sized pill, yet small enough to be swallowed: a bo'lus. Mineral. ■ A kind of argillaceous earth : bole. Fr. sj'n. hoi, m. Germ. syn. ein mcdicinischer kugcl- fonnischer Bissen. Bolus Alimentarius. Physiol. Term for the soft mass formed by the food, after masti- cation and insalivation have been performed, so as to fit it for its transmission into the . pharynx, CEsophagus, and stomach: the alimen'tary bole. Bolus Armeniae. See Armenian Bole. Bombaceus, a, mwi. {Bomhax, the cotton tree.) Bot. Having an arrangement of parts as in the genus Z?o7«6flx applied to a Juss. Order (Bombacea, nom. pi. f.) of plants: bomba'ceous. Fr. anal, bombace, adj. Bom'bax, dcis, f. A Linn, genus of plants, CI. Monadelphia ; Ol d. Pohjandria. The cot- ■ ton tree. See Gossypiuni. Fr. syn. coton- nicr, m. Germ. syn. Baiunwollenbaum. m. Bora baxHeptaphyl'lum. Bot. Tlie systematic name of the tree which affords the sul)- stance called rnoc-main. BomTbiate. [Bombicum acidum, Bombic acid; terminal -ate.) Chem. Terra for a com- bination of bombic acid with a salifiable base. Bombias,atis,L Fr.a,nal. bombiate,m. Bom'bic. (BSfiSv^, a silk-worm ; terminal -ic.) Chem. Of or belonging to the silk-worm. Bom'bicus, a, urn. Fr. anal. bombiqu£, adj. Bom'bic A'cid. Chem. Term for an acid ob- tained from an acid liquor foiind in the silk worm chrysalis, in a reservoir near the anus. Fr. anal, acide bombique. Germ. syn. Seidenwurmersdure. Bom'bus, i, n. (Bo^ugbs, the buzzing sound which bees put forth.) Med. Term for a ringing noise in the ears, otherwise termed Tinnitus auriiim: also, for a sonorous movement of flatus in the intestines, whirli is tenned Borborygmus. See Tinnitus axirium, and Borborygmus. Fr. anal, bom- bement, ra.; syn. borborygme, m. Germ. syn. Ohrenlauten,m.; Ohrentonen,m.; Knur- ren im Leibe. Bon. Bot. The Egyptian name of the coffee tree; also spelled Ban. Bou'duch Indorum. Bot. Name for the fruit of the Guilandina bonduc; the Molucca, or bezoar nut; possessing warm, bitter, and carminative proiierties. Bone. {Sax. Ban.) Physiol. The hard, dry, whitish substance, compact, reticulated, or spongy, which composes the variously shaped portions of the skeleton, or frame- work of the body. The doctrine of the bones, or a treatise on their genei'al nature and uses, is termed Osteology; their par- ticular description is called Osteography ; while their formation and growth are com- prised in the term Osteogeny. Os, ossis, n. Fr. anal, os, m. Germ. syn. Bein, n.; Knochen, m. Bone, Reunion of. Surg. See Anaplasis. Bone-Binder. Geol. Common name for the Osteocolla, or glue stone. Bone-like. See Osteoid. Bononien'sis La'pis. Chem. The Bolognian stone or phosphorus. See Bolognian Phos- phorus. Bonplan'dia, a, f. {M. Bonpland, their dis- coverer.) A Linn, genus of plants, CI. Pentandria ; Ord. Monogynia; Juss. Dios- mece, or Rutareee. Fr. anal, bonplandie, f. Bonplan'dia Trifoliata. M. Med. A former name for the plant which produces the An- gustura bark, and wliich was also named Cusparia Jebrifuga; now the bark is referred to tlie Galipea cusparia, as the proper plant from which it is obtained. See Angustura Cusparia. Bonus Henricns. Bot. Name for the plant English mercury. See Chenopodium Bonus Henricus. Fr. anal, bon Henri. Bony. Physiol. Of the nature, or quaUty of bone ; os'seous. See Osseus. Fr. anal, os- seu.r, adj. Germ syn. bcinern, adj.; bcinig, adj.; knochern, ad].; knochig, a,Aj. Bora'cic. (Borax; tcnninal-jc.) Chem. Of or belonging to the substance borax. BO- ruclcu^, (7, um. See Diss. div. ii. s. vi. t. fl. Fr. anal, bnraciqne, adj.; borique, adj. Bora'cic A'cid. Chem. Term for an acid ob- tained by dissolving borax in hot water,](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21462124_0158.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
