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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![filtering, adding sulphuric acid by slow de- grees till the liquid has an acid taste, then setting aside to cool, when the boracic acid will be deposited in small white, shining, scaly crystals ; also found native in the vol- canic formations of the Lippari islands, and at Sasso in Italy, hence called Sassolite; it was once named the sedative salt of Hom- berg. Fr. anal. I'acide horacique, or borique. Germ. syn. Boraxadure ; Boraiisaiire. Eoragin'eus, a, um. {BOrfigo, the plant bo- rage.) But. Having an arrangement of plants, as in the genus Bora/jo ; applied to a Juss. Order {Boraginece, nom. pi. f.) of plants: boragin'eous. Fr. anal, horagini, adj. Borades. Old term for Limatura, or file dust. Kuland. Borago, uiis, f. (As if Corago; cor, the heai-t; ago, to cheer; because it was used in the behef that itexhilarated or strengthened the heart.) A Linn, genus of plants, CI. Pentandria ; Ord. Monogynia. Juss. Bora- ginece. Fr. syn. boitrrache, m. Germ. syn. Boragcn, m.; Borretsch, m. Borago Officinalis. The systematic name of the plant borage. Fr. syn. bourrache commun. Bo'rate, (Bdrdcicum acidam, Boracic acid; terminal -ate.) Chem. Term for a com- bination of boracic acid, with a salifiable base. Boras, atis, f. Fr. anal, borate, m. Germ. syn. boraxsaure Salze. Boraz, acis, f. (Arab. Baurac, a species of nitre.) Chem., M. Med. The pharma- copieial name (L.,E.) for the Biboras soda, or biborate of soda; the Boras sodce (D.) or borate of soda. See Anucar,Atiiicar,Bati- rac, Burac, Capistrum Auri, ChrysocoUa, Tincal. Fr. syn. borate siirsature; cliryso- colle,TO..; sous-borate de sonde. Germ. syn. Borax,m.; boraxsauresNatron; boraxsaures Sodiumoxyd. Borboryg'mus, i, m. {BopSopi^co, to produce a rumbling in the bowels.) Med. Tenn for the gurgling noise produced by the move- ments of flatus in the intestines. See Ra- gitus. Fr. anal, borborigme, m. Germ. syn. Knurren im Leibe. Bor'der. (Teut. Bord, a fringe or edge of a thing.) Bat. Applied to the upper spread- ing part of the petals of a Corolla. Margo, inis, m. or f. Fr. anal, bord, m. Germ, syn. Rand, m. Bor'dered. Having a margin, or border. Mar- ginatus, a, um. Fr. anal, borde, adj. Germ, syn. eingefasst,Y>avt adj.; geraiidet,pa.rt. adj.; gesdumt, pai't. adj. Boritis. A name for the philosopher's stone. Ruland. Bo'ron. Chem. Name for the base of boracic acid. Bi/rium, ii, n. Fr. anal, bore, m. Germ. syn. Boraxstoff, m. Borozail. (Ethiop.) Pathol. Name for a dis- ease, endemic on the shores of the river Se- negal, which affects the genital organs of both sexes, called Asab in males, and Assa- batus in females; it is different from syphilis, though arising from venereal excess, and is supposed to be identical with i^'ram&cesi'a, or the yaws; also termc;d Zail. Borrago. See Borago. Bor'ri. (Ind.) Bot., Pharm. Name for tur- meric; also, for an ointment made from the root of the Curcuma longa, or turmeric plant. Boruret. {Boron; terminal -uret.) Chem. Term for a combination of boron with a simple body. Boruretum, i, n. Fr. anal. borure, m. Bos, bovis, c. g. (BuCs, from ^6a, or $6irKo}, to feed; because it fed or sup)ported man by its labom's.) Zoiil. The ox or cow; a genus of the Ruminantia; the flesh, called b. ef, is highly nutritious and digestible: tlie young animal, or veal, abounds with nu- tritious matter, but is about the least di- gestible perhaps of the meats in common use. Fr. syn. bauf, m. Germ. syn. Ochs, m.; Stier, m. Bos Tau'rus, Zoiil. The ox, or gelded buU. Fr. syn. taureau, m. Germ. syn. Bulle, m. Bosa. (Egypt.) A name for an inebriating mass made of the meal of darnel, hemp- seed, and water. Bos'moros. (BoDs, an ox; n6pos, a portion ; be- cause freed from the chatf by the treading of oxen.) Bot. A name for a species of corn. Boswell'ia, <b, f. A Linn, genus of plants, CI. Decandria; Ord. Monogynia. Juss. Coni- fers. Boswell'ia Serrata. M.Med. The systematic name for the tree which is believed to aiford the Olibanum, or true frankincense. Bo'tal's Hole. Anat. Name given to thei'o?'a- men ovale of the heart in the fetus, because supposed (erroneously) to have been dis- covered by Leonard Botal; it is mentioned by Galen. Foramen Botale. Fr. syn. le trou ovale; trou de Botal. Germ. syn. das eirunde Loch. Bot'amum. Chem. Old name for Plumbum lotum, or washed lead. Ruland. Botan'icon. (Boravr], an herb.) Pharm. Old name for a plaster made of herbs, described by Paulus zEgineta, vii. 17. Bot anist. {Qoravri, an herb.) Term for one who cultivates the science of botany. Bota- nicus, i, m. Fr. anal, botaniste, m. Germ, syn. Boianifter, m.; Krauterverstandiger, m. Botanol'ogy. {Borav^, an lierb; \6yos, a dis- course.) Nat. Hist. Term for a treatise on, or histoiy of plants, their characters, etc., synonymous with Botany. BOtanolo- gia,ce,i. Fr. and Germ. anal. 6ota?ioZo5'ie,f, Bofany. {Borav)}, an herb.) Term for that branch of natural history which relates to the vegetable kingdom. Bdtdnica, ce, f. Fr. anal, botanique, f. Germ. anal. Botanik, f.; Krduterkunde, f.; Krduterwissenschafte, f.; Pjlanzcnkunde, f. Bot'any-Bay Crum. Bot. Name for a yellow gum pioduced by the Xanthorrhoea hasti- Us, or grass tree of New South Wales. Botar go. Name of a salted preparation made in Italy and the South of France, from the roe of the grey mullet, used as seasoning to other food. Botiu. ill. 3Ied. Old name for Terebinthina, or turpentine; also for Balsam of turpentine. Ruland. Bothor. (Arab.) Pathol. A term for Ex- anthema ; also for an abscess of the nostrils, according to Waltherus, Sylv. Med. p. Ib3 ;](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21462124_0159.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
