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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![CALCATREPOLA—CALCITRAPA. Calcatre'pola. \Bot. Old names, used by Para- Calcatrip'pa. | celsus, for the Delphinium, or lark-spur. Cal'cena. ) Med. Old terms for concretions Carcenon. ■ of the tartrate of lime, which Cal'ceiiSiiia. form in the human body; also spelt Calcinonia. Paracelsus, de Tartaro, ii. 1. Calceolaria, ce, f. (Calceolus, a little slipper.) A Linn, genus of plants, C\. Diandria ; Ord. Diffi/iiia. The plant slipper-wort. Calceolaria Primata. Bot. Systematic name of a species, used in Peru as laxative. Calceolaria Tri'fida. Bot. The systematic name of a species which is used as febrifuge. Calcenonius. \Mcd. Old terms, applied by Carceaos. J Paracelsus, de Tartaro, ii. 3, to the blood when supposed to abound in tartrate of lime; whence such was called calcined blood; also called Calcetus. Calcetus. Old term, the same as Calcenonius and Calcenos. Cal'oeum Equinum. Bot. The horse-shoe; a name for the Tussilago farfara, or colt's- foot, from the shape of its leaf. Calchithius. Cliem. Old name for verdigris. Quincy. Calci'dictun. Pharm. Old name for a medi- cine into which arsenic was introduced as an ingredient. Rnland. and Johnson. Calci'fraga, «,f. (Calx,]\me, or stone; frango, to break; because believed to break or crumble down the stone in the bladder.) Bot. A name given to the herb Colopen- driwm, or spleenwort, according toScribonius Largus, n. 150. The Calcifraga of Pliny is supposed to be the Globularia alypum of modern botanists, and by some it has been used synonymously with Saxifraga. Cal'cifying Seg'ment. (Calx, lime ; fio, to be- come.) Ornithol., Physiol. Term for a thick, glandular sacculus, or dilatation of the lower part of the oviduct in birds, which secretes the substance forming the shell; it is sometimes called the uterus. Calci'genous. {Calx, lime; yewdu, to gene- rate.) Chem. Applied to the common metals which with oxygen form a calx, or earthy looking substance. Calctgenus, a, um. Fr. anal, calcigenc, adj. Cal'cii Chloridum. Chem., Med. The chloride of calcium; also called Murias ealcis, or the muriate of lime, and formerly Sal ammoniacus fixus. Calcinatio Phiioso'phica. Alchemical term ap- plied to the process of rendering bony or horny matter brittle and pulverable, by suspending it for some hours over boiling water; also called Calcinatio spagijrica, and Calcinatio sine igne. Calcina'tion. (Cah; lime.) Chem. Term for the application of heat, to saline, metallic, \ or other substances, so regulated as to ' deprive them of moisture, etc., and yet pre- ■ serve them in a pulverulent form. Cakl- luitio, dnis, f. See Concrematio. Fr. anal. ! calcination, f. Germ. syn. Kalcinerung, f.; Verkalkung, f. Calclnatum. (Neut. of Calclnidus, a, um, cal- cined.) Sec Cdlcinatam Maju^, Ciiii/icatiim. Calclnatum Majus. A term used by the al chemists for whatever was dulcified by their art, and not so by nature, as lead, mercury, etc. Calclnatum Majus Poter'ii. Chem. Old term for mercury dissolved in aquafortis, and precipitated with salt water; apphed by Poterius to obstinate ulcers. Calcinatum Minus. Alchemical term applied to anything naturally sweet, as sugar, honey, manna, etc. Calcinatus, a, um. {Calx, lime; which on being burned and then subjected to the action of water, ciumbles into powder.) Reduced to powder; beaten small; calcined; applied to such reduction when effected by the application of heat. See Calcination, TJstus. Fr. anal, calcine, part. adj. Germ, syn. calcinirt, part. adj. Calcined Blood. Med. See Calcenonius. Calcinonius. Another spelling for Calcenonius. Cal'cis Carbonas. Chem. The carbonate of lime; a term for lime, as it is frequently found in nature, united to carbonic acid, as in limestone, marble, chalk, calcareous sjjar, etc. Cal'cis Chloridum. Chem. The chlorate of lime; called also, Calx chlorinata, or oxy- muriate of lime; and much used as a bleaching poiodcr; in aqueous solution, it forms Labarracque's disinfecting fluid, and is a powerful corrector of putiid effluvia. Cal'cis Cre'mor. Chem. The cream of lime; an old term for the pellicle formed on the surface of lime water by exposure to the au-. See Calcis Vivi Flores. Cal'cis Li'quor. Chem. A solution of lime, formerly termed Aqua calcis; lime water, made by pouring twelve pints of boiling distilled water, on half-a pound of lime first slaked with a little of the water and shaking them together, then covering the vessel and letting it stand for three hours. Cal'cis Murias. Chem. The Calcii chloridum. Cal'cis Os. Anat. The bone of the heeL See Calx, cis, m. Cal'cis Vivi Flores. Chem. Old term for the pellicle formed on the surface of lime-water lay exposure to the air; also called Cremor calcis. Calcitari. Chem. Old term for alkaline salt. Quincy. Calci'tea. Chem. Old term for vitriol. Quincy. Calciteosa. Chem. Old name for Litharjy- rum, or litharge. Quincy. Calcithos. Chem. Old term for verdigris. Quincy. Calcitrapa, es, f. {Calco, to tread upon; trabs, gieat pieces of timber set upright; from rpd<t>r]^, that part of a boat where the scalmus or round piece of wood whereat the oar hangs by a loop of leather, is placed. Such a derivation seems probable, as coming very near the idea which has evi- dently give origin to this word, viz: resem- blance to the caltrop, a warlike instrumeiil, anciently called Triliulu:^, consisting of four radiated iron spikes, so constructed that one of theia must always stand up- wards, which was used in order to disable the enemy's horses: the probability is](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21462124_0176.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
