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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![CACOPATHIA—C^CALIS. 143 ditioned ; applied, Gr. anal. KaKoriB^ '4\Kr],hy Galen, Meth. Med. iv. 5, to ulcers or dis- eases which disobey all remedies: cacoe'- thic, or caco'ethous. Note.—This and the preceding term are strictly the same word, aud t'orni the literal analogue of the c;reek term. The former, used by aneieut writers in the neuter of that term, has been adopted, however, into the Latin as a noun,and therefore both are here given. CacopatMa, ce, f. (Kanhs, bad ; irdBos, afflic- tion.) Pathol. Old tenn used by Hippo- crates, for a severe aliection or malady ; an affliction: ca'copathy. Fr.anal.cacopothie,t Cacophonia, «, f. (Kawbs, bad; <p<i)f);, the voice.) Pathol. Old term for a harsh, grating or discordant state of the voice: cacophony. See Paraphonia Raxica. Ga- len. Fr. anal, cacophonie, f. Germ. anal. Kakophonie, {.; syn. Ucbelklanrj, m. Cacoplas'tic. (Kauhs, had ; irKdacrw, to form ; terminal -ikJis.) Pathol. A tenn apphed to morbid deposits that are of an imperfect organisation, or structure. Cacoplasticus, a, um. See Diss. div. ii. s. vi. t. 6. Cacopragia. (Kaxhs, bad; npdrrcD, to do.) Pathol. Old term for a diseased, or depraved condition of the viscera by which nutrition is carried on. Fr. anal, cacopragie, f. Germ. anal. Kakopragie, f. Cacorema. See Cacocorema. Cacorrliytli'nius, a, um. (Kaicbs, bad; ^u6/j.bs, order.) Med. Old term applied to an iiTegular or disordered pulse, as to its rhythm. See Arythrnus. Fr. anal, caco- rythme, adj. Germ. syn. unordentlich, adj. Cacosis, is, or eos, f. (KaKoai, to conupt; also, to afflict.) Bled. An old term, Gr. anal. KOKwtrir, used by Hippocrates, de Intern. Aff., for a bad habit of body: caco'sis. See Cachexia. Fr. anal, cacosis, f. Cacositia, cb, f. {Kaxhs, bad; cniov, food.) Med. Old term for an aversion to food. Fr. anal, cacositie, f. Cacosphyx'ia, «, f. (Ka/cbs, bad; (r<f>i5|is, the pulse.) Med. Former tenn for a liad, or irregular state of the pulse. Galen, de T>iff. Sympt. c. 4. Fr. anal, cacosphyxie, f. Caeosto'machus, a, um. (KaKos, bad; trrinaxos, the stomach.) Med. That which hurts the stomach; formerly applied to improper food. Gon'SBUs. Caco'stomus, i, m. (Kaicos, bad; (TTS/j-a, the mouth.) Pathol. An old term for one who has a bad or diseased mouth. Cacothymia, a, f. (Kaicbs, bad; Bvuhi, the mind.) 3Ied. Old term for a disordered or depraved state of mind. Lindenus. S. M. i^x. ii. § 29. Yr. anal. cacothymie,f. Germ, anal. Kakothymie, f. Cacotri'bulus. Bot. An old name for the Centaurea calcitrapa. Hooper. Cacotro'phia, cb, f. (KokJis, had; rp4<l>a>, to nourish.) Med. Old tenn for disordered or imperfect nutrition: caoo'trophy. Galen, de Biff. Sympt. c. 4. Fr. anal, cacotrophie, f. Germ. anal. Kakotrophie, f. Cac'teus, <i, M?7i. (Cactits, the artichoke.) Bot. Having an arrangement of parts as in the genus Cactus; applied to a Juss. Order {CactecB, noni. pi. f.) of plants : cac'teous. Fr. anal, cacle, adj. Cac tus, i, f. (KoKToj, a thistle.) Bot. An- cient name for the artichoke. A Linn, genus of plants, CI. Icosandria; Ovd. Mo- nogynia. Juss. Cactece. Fr. syn. cactier, m, Cac'tus Coccinel'lifer. Bot. The systematic name of a Mexican plant, called by the natives Nopal, the leaves of which are the habitation of the Cochineal insect, which is also found on several other kinds of Cactus. Fr. syn. le nopal. Cac'tus Melo-Cac'tus. Bot. Systematic name of the South American plant, the melon thistle, the fruit of which is excellent, glo- bular like the melon, and beset with prickles; called also Melocactus communis, and Echi- nomelococtus. Cac'tus Opun'tia. Bot. The systematic name of the Iiulian fig, or prickly-pear plant; growing in Spain, Italy, and South America; the fruit resembling atighas asweetflavour, and deeply tinges the mine red ; the leaves abound with mucilaginous matter, and are used in poultices as emollient; also called Opuntia vulgaris. Cacumen, Inis, n. (As if Coacumen, from co'eunt acumina, where several points meet; or as if Capitis acumen, the point or top of the head.) A ridge; the top, summit, or highest point of anything. Fr. syn. som- 7net,m. Germ. syn. Gipfel, m.; Spitze,{. Cadaver, eris, u. (Cade, to fall.) 3Ied. A body deprived of life: a corpse, carcase, or dead body. Fr. knal. cadavre, m. Germ, syn. Leichnam, m.; ein todter Korper. Cada'veric. {Cadaver, a corpse; terminal-?cus.) Med. Of or belonging to a dead body. Ca- daverlcus, a, um. See Diss. div. ii. s. vi. t. 6. Fr. anal. ca('aoerique, adj. Germ. syn. Kadaverartig, adj. Cadet, Fu'ming Li'quor of. Chem. Term for the chloride of arsenic. Cadmia, a, f. (Ko5/*n'a, or Ku^fiia, brass ore.) Chem. A name applied to several metaUio substances. Calamine, Cobalt, Tutty. See Capnitis, Diacadviias, Katimia, Ostracitis, Placitis. Fr. anal, cadmie, f. Germ. syn. Galmei, m. Cadmia Facti'tia. \Chem. Terms for the sub- Cadmia Fornacum. J stance Tutia, or tutty. Cadmia Fos'silis. ) Chem. Terms for the sub- Cadmia Lapidosa. j stance Calamina, or ca- lamine. Cadmia Metal'lica. \ Chem. Terms for the sub- Cadmia Nativa. j stance Cobalt: the latter has been applied to the Lapis calaminaris, or calamina. Cadmium, ii, n. {Cadmia, tutty; in which it was first obsen'ed.) Chem. Name for a metal found in several of the ores of zinc. Fr. anal, cadmium, m. Cadiicus, a, Mm. (Caio, to fall.) Anat, Bot., Pathol. Falling oif; dead: eadu'cous. Fr. syn. eaduc, adj. Germ. syn. hinfrillig, adj. Caducus. \Pathol. Old ejiithets for Caducus Mor'bus. j Epilepsia. Cadus, i, m. (KaSoj.) An ancient wine vessel, containing about eleven gallons and a quar- ter, equal to the Metreta Attica. Lindenus. Cseeal. See Ccecalis, and Cecal. Caecalis, is, e {Ccecum, the blind gut.) Anat. Of or belonging to the C(?cMm ; ce'cal. See 10](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21462124_0173.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
