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

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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$ABESAMUM—ABOESUS. state of the mind or intellect. Nat. Philos. Applied to certain conditions of the rays of light, as a deviation in these when refracted hy a lens, or relleoted hy a mirror so that they do not converge into a focus, or point. Aberrdtio, dnis, f. Fr. syn. aberration, f. Germ. syn. Abirrunj, f.; Abweichunrj,i. Abesamum, i,n. Chevi.,Med. Old name given to the oxide which forms on the iron of wheels, and was employed in medicine. Ruland, and Johnson, in Lex. Chem. Abes'si. (Arab. Abes, filth.) Physiol. An old term for the alvine excrement. Quincy. Abesum. Chem. Old name for quicklime. Ruland, and Johnson. Abevacua'tion. {Ab, chm.; evacuo, to empty.) Med. Term for a partial or incomplete evacuation, whether naturally or artificially produced. Abeviicuatio, vnis, f. See Ab- vacuation. Abhal. (Arab.) Bot., Med. Name given to a kind of fruit well known in Asia, yielded by a species of cypress, and said to be pow- erfully emmenagogue. Abiecula, a, f. (Dim. Abies, the fir tree.) Bot. Name for the dwarf fir tree. Ab'ies, etis, f. {Abeo, to depart, or go from; from the great height to which it grows.) M. Med. The specific name of the fir tree. Hee Piiius Abies. Ft. syu.sapin, m. Germ, syn. Tanne, f. Ab'ies Excel'sa. M. Med. The systematic name of the tree, referred to by the filmr- macopoeia (L. D.) as one of the plants from which the Thus or frankincense is obtained, and (E.) as probably that from which Bur- gundy pitch is in a great measure obtained. Ab'ies Larix. M. Med. The systematic name of the tree, according to the pharmacopcpia (E.) from which Venice tui'pentine is ob- tained. Abietlcus, a, im. {Abies, the fir tree.) Bot., Pharm. Of or belonging to the plant Abies, or the fir tree : abiet'ic. Ab'ietin, {Abies, the fir, which yields tur- pentine.) Chem. Name given to a resinous substance obtained from Strasbourg tur- pentine ; also called the resin Gamma, or third in order of the same turpentine. Abietma, ce, f. See Diss. div. ii. s. vi. t. 4. Abietmus, a, urn. The same as Abieticus : aljie'tine. Abietis Eesina. M. Bled., Pharm. The resin of the fir tree; the former name (Pharm. L. 1836) for the concrete resinous juice spontaneously exuded by the Pinus abies, or spruce fir tree; the Thus, or common frankincense. Fr. syn. resine, f. Germ, syn. Harz, n. Abiga, ce, f. {Ablgo, to drive away by force, or'stealth ; because it induces abortion.) Bot. A name for the Teucrimnchamcepitys; the ground-pine, or ivy. Abiotos. {'A^iwTO'!, without life.) Bat., Bled. A name given to the hemlock pilant, from its deadly qualities. See Conium. Abirrita'tion. (^6, dim.; irrito, to irritate.) Med., Pathol. A term for a diminished condition of the vital phenomena in tlie va- rious tissues, and, therefore, slightly distinct plete reduction of their powers. Abirritdtio, uiiis, f. Fr. anal, abirritation, f. Abit. (Arab.) Chem. Old name for the substance Cerussa, or white lead. Ruland. Ablacta'tion. {Ab, pm.; Zacto, to give suck.) Bled. Term, Gr. syn. avoyaAaKTiafihs, used by Hippocrates, de dentitione, ed. Lind. ii. 11, for the weaning of a child. See Foesius, p. 72 Ablactdtio, onis, f. Fr. anal, ablac- tation, f. Germ. syn. Absaugung, f. Note.—In the Dictionnalre des Termcs de Med. Chir., etc., this wiirJ is conliiied to cessiitiou of suclc- liug so far as regards tlie mother; for, as to the child (or weaniug), it is called Sevrage. Abla'tion. {Aujero, to take away.) The act, or process, of taking away from, or removing. Surg. Term for the removing, or taking away, of any part of the body by excision, extii-pation, or amputation. Ablutio, vnis, f. Fr. ana,].ablation,i'. Germ. syn.Absonderung, f.; Wegnehmung, f. Ablep'sia, ce, f. (A, priv.; $\4na, to see.) Pathol. A teiTn for want of sight; blind- ness : ablep'sy. See Blindness. Ab'luent. {Abluo, to wash away.) Chem., Bled., Pharm. Washing away ; that which washes away, or canies off impurities ; Gr. syn. 'FviTTovTa, applied by Galen, de Simpl. fac. ii. 12. to medicines, {Abluentia, nom. pi. n.) the same as Abstergent, which see. Ab- luens, tis, part. Fr. anal, abluant, adj. Germ, syn. abfuhrend, part.; reinijend, part. Abluea'tia. See Abluent, and Abstergent. Ablu'tion. (^bhw, to wash away.) The wash- ing of the body, whole, or in jjart. Chem. Applied to the separation of extraneous matters by washing. Bled. Applied, Gr. syn. 'Airrfi/iifiis, by tlie ancients to an internal washing, which was accomplished by admi- nistering profuse libations of milk-whey, as mentioned by Galen, de sal. dicet. 1.18. Ab- li(tio,6nis,i. Fr.a,na,l.ablution,f. Germ. syn. Abivaschung, f. Abneleoten. (Arab.) Chem. Old name for the substance Alumcn, or alum. Ruland. Abnor'mal. (y!l),from, orneg.; mornia, a rule.) Bled. Contrary to the rule of nature, or to what ought to be in the natural condition; in every respect irregular; unnatural; this term is used synonymously with Anormal. Abnormis, is, e. Fr. anal, anormal, adj. Germ. syn. unregehniissig, adj. Aboit. (i^ab.) Chem. The same as Ahit. Abolitio, onis, f. {Ahjleo, to destroy.) Bled., Surg. Old term for destroying or utterly removing any useless substance, or part: aboli'tion. Turton. Fr. anal, abolition, f. Germ. syn. AbschaJJung, f. Abolitio Pulsus. Med. Ol^iermiorAsphyxia: abolition, or cessation of tho pulse. Cas- tellus. Abomasum, i, n. {Ah, from; omasum, the paunch.) Zool. Term for the foiu'th sto- mach of the Uumina ntia, or that part of the paunch nearest to the intestines. Fr. syn. caillette, f. Germ. syn. der Unterster (vierte) niagen der loiederkduenden Thiere. Abommatio, onis, f. (^&wm?;ior, to abominate.) Bled. Term formerly used for loathing of food, according to P. M. de Galdera, ii. p. lOli : abomina'tion.$