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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$off.) Bot. Applied to winged leaves ending without a leaflet, or tendril; also, to roots which descend pei^pendiculai'ly, but seem as if they had met some interruption that caused them to end abruptly: abrup't. Ab'rus, i, m. {'Afiphs, soft, or delicate; from the extreme tenderness of its leaves.) A Linn, genus of plants, CI. Diadclphia ; Ord. Decandria. Juss. Leyuminosce. Wild liquo- rice. Fr. anal, abrus, m. Germ. syn. Abrus- straitch, m. Ab'rus Precatorius. Bot. The systematic name of a small shrub growing in Africa and in the East and West Indies ; its root is used for the same purposes as hquorice ; its seed, called Angola seed, is farinaceous, of a bright scarlet colour, with a black spot, and used formerly to be employed as beads for necklaces and rosaries, whence its specific name; also called, irreverently, jumble beads; the Jamaica wild hquorice. Abscedens, tis, part. (Abscedo, to depart.) Departing. Pathol., Surg. Applied formerly to those parts {Absccdentia. Nom. pi. n.) which, when the body is in its natural con- dition, are either united or contiguous to other parts, but when diseased, no longer maintain their union or contact, as the bones, etc., in ulceration. Abscess. {Abscedo, to depart; because it causes a separation, or departiu'e from each other, of the parts where it forms.) Pathol., Surg. Teim for a tumour or swelling con- taining matter or pus. Abscessus, us, m. See A2}ostasis, Apostema, Exitura, Selaa. Fr. anal, abcis, m. Germ. syn. Eiterbeule, f.; Geschwiir, n. Absces'sus. See Abscess. Absces'sio, o)m'.s, f. {Abscedo, io de'pa.ri). A de- parture. Pathol., Surg. A term, Gr. syn., 'Air<j..Ta-is, applied by Hippocrates, Aphor. iv. 31, 3^, 74, and Pranot. vi. 37, to a solu- tion of continuity, or contiguity; also to the transition of one fever into another, Epid. i. s. 3, t. 21, or to evacuations of every kind supervening on acute diseases, Epid. vi. s. 3, t. 39, and Epid. i. s. 2, t. H, where Galen, in Comvi. writes a-noarauiv kut' eKpouv, a defection by flowing out: an absces'sion. Abscis'sa, Vox. Pathol. See Vox Abscissa. Abscis'sio, unis, f. (Abscindo, to cut away.) Med. Term, Gr. syn. avoKovT], used for the termination of a disease by death, before the occurrence of its decline, according to Ga- len, I. de tot. morb. temp. c. i. et v. Also for the loss or suppression of the voice, ac- cording to Dioscorides, I. ii. c. 146; Scribo- nius Largus, n. 72, TOO ; etc. Surg. Applied to a fractured bone when a part of it is cut off and removed, or to the cutting off of any soft part, as of a nerve, or the prepuce, etc. Hipp. Ap)h. vi. 19, and vii. 28; Foes. Oicon. p. 74. Also employed for a surgical operation by which a decayed part, or other degenerated substance is removed by a cut- ting instrument, according to Hiklanus in CenturiisObservationum, and other authors: an absois'sion. Fr. abscission, f. Germ. syn. Abschneidimg,f. Abscis'tus, a, um. (Abscindo, to cut away.) Cut away. Pathol. Applied to the loss of voice, by Celsus. See Vox Abscissa. Absoon'sio, oiws. f. (^bsco7ido, tohide.) Anat. A term formerly used, the same as Simts ; a cavern, or that which biUTows or winds under the skin, and dilates under it: an abscon'sion. Absin'thate. {Absinthicum aoidum, absinthie acid; terminal -ate.) Chem. Term for a combination of absinthie acid with a sali- fiable base. Absin'thas,atis, f. Fr. anal. a6- sin t]iate,m. Germ. ■f.ya.ioerniuth.saWre Salzc. Absia'thic. (J^.suif/u'ioft,wormwood; terminal -ic.) Chcm. Of or belonging to the herb Absi}ithinm, or wormwood; applied to an acid obtained from it. Absin'thtcus, a, um. Fr. anal, absinthique, adj. , Absin'thin. Chcm. Name given to the bitter principle discovered in the Absinthium, or wormwood. Absinthina, <e, f. See Diss, div, ii. s. vi. i. 4. Fr. anal, absrnthine, f. Germ, syn. Wermuthbitter, n.; Wermuthstoff, m. AbsintMtes, ce, m. (^ftsinf/witm, wormwood ) Name for a wine impregnated with the qua- lities of the Absinthium, or wormwood. Absin'thium, ii, n. {'A\f/ipSiov, from a priv.; i^/i>'6of, delight; because of its disagreeable bitterness.) M. Med. The pharmacopaial name (L. E.), for the Artemisia absinthium, or wormwood, and (U. S. A.) for the tops and leaves of same herb. See Artemisia absinthium, Barypicron, Bathypicron. Fr. anal, absinthe, f. Germ. syn. Wermuth, m. Absin'tMum Commune. M. Med. Another name for the Artemisia absinthium, or com- mon wormwood. Absin thium Maritimum. Bot. Another name for t lie ^ rtcni i - ia ma ritima, or sea wormwood. Absin'tMum Fonticum, 1 Bot. Other names Absin'tMum Komanum. J for the Artemisia 2)ontica, or lloman wormwood. Absin'tMum Santonicum. M. Bled. Another name for the Artemisia santonica, or Tar- tarian southernwood. Absin'tMum Vulgare. 31. Med. Another name for the Artemisia absinthium, or common wormwood. Ab'solute. {Absolvo, to finish or accomplish.) That which has perfection in itself; arbi- trary ; free from the power of another. Chem. Applied to alcohol, and to other substances that are perfectly pure, or di- vested of all impurities. Absolutus, a, um. Fr. anal, absolu, adj. Germ. syn. undebingt, adj. Ab'solute Al'cohol. Chem. Term for Alcohol as free from water as it can be obtained. Ab sorbent. {Absorbeo, to suck up.) Sucking up. Anat., Physiol. The lacteal and lymph- atic vessels are called absorbents, from their function of taking up the chyle, or other substances, according to their situation on the surface, or in the cavities of the body. Bot. The absorbents are the origins of the different kinds of vessels constituting the vascular tissue, as they are found in the root, where they draw or absorb the nutri- tive fluids from the earth. Pharm. Applied to medicines which neutralize acidity in the$