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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$Acalephe, es, f. {'AKa\7i(pr).) Bot. The nettle. See Urtica. Acalephus, a, um. {'AKaX'{i<pT], a nettle.) Of or belonging to a nettle. Zodl. Applied to a Class (Acalejpha, Nom. pi. n.) of the Eadiata, because certain species, on being touched, cause a stinging, burning pain like that produced by the nettle : acale'phous. Fr. anal, acalephe, adj. Acalycmus, a, uni.\{A, priv.; calyx, a flower- Acalycis, is, e. J cup.) Bot. Having no calyx or flower-cup : acal'ycine. Fr. anal. acaliicin, adj. Germ. syn. kelchlos, adj. Acalypha, ce, f. A Linn, genus of plants, CI. ISIonarh'lph.ia ; Ord. Moncecia. Acalypha Indica. Bot. The systematic name of a Malabar plant, used by the natives for gout and syphilis. Acamatos. ) ('A, priv.; Kd/xvai, to do Acamatus, a, um. J with labour, or to be ■weary.) Med. A term, Gr. anal, d/crfjuaroj, formerly applied to the muscles in a state of perfect rest, or free from action either of the extensors or flexors, according to Galen, I. ii. de Blot. muse. c. l,and Hippocrates, de Fract. c. i. t. 16. Acamech.. (Arab.) An alchemical term for the impure part of silver. Acamp'sia, «, f. (A, priv.; KO;UirTai, to bend.) Surq. Term for an inflexible state of a joint. See Ancylosis. Fr. anal, acampsie, f. Germ. syn. Unbiegsamkeit, f. Acanor. (Arab.) Chem. Old term for a par- ticular kind of furnace. Acan'tha, a, f. ('Aicj;, a point.) Anat. Gr. anal. anavSa, applied formerly to the spine of the back, or rather, the spine of a ver- tebra, by the regular arrangement of the series of which, the fonner is constituted; Galen, xii. de tl. P. c. 15. Bot. A thorn, spine, or prickle. Fr. syn. epine, f. Germ, syn. Darn, m. Acanthabolus, i, m. ^AKavda, a thorn, or prickle; ;8a'A\a), to send out.) Surf/. Name given by Paulus ^Egineta, vi, 32, to a kind of forceps for extracting any foreign body from a wound, etc., as a thorn or prickle from the flesh, or fish-bone from the oesophagus ; supposed to have been similar to the Vol- sella, mentioned by Celsus, vii. 30, and delineated in ScultetuSj^rjwam. Chir. tab. iv. /. 1. Fr. anal, acanthahole, f. Germ. syn. Gratzange, or Gratenzange, m. AoanthaceaB. Bot. See Acanthaceus. Acanthaceus, a, um. {Acanthus, the plant bear's breech ; or &K.avSa, a spine or prickle; from its rough prickly appearance.) Bot. Belonging to, or having an arrangement of parts as in the genus Acanthus ; applied to a .Juss. Order {Acanthacece. Nom. pi. f.) of plants ha^ing numerous prickles; prickly: acantha'ceous. Fr. anal, acanthace, adj. Acanthalru'ca. Bot. A name for the Echinops spharocephalus, or globe-thistle, according to Hooper; Quincy spells it Acanthalzuca. Acanthinus, a, um. (AKavSa, a thorn.) Bot. Of or belonging to a thorn ; thorny; prickly; acan'thine ; applied to gum-acacia, {Gummi acanthinum), because the tree affording it is prickly. Fr. syn. epineux, adj. Germ, syn. dornicht, adj.; dornig, adj. Acan'thium, ii, n. (AKavBa, a thorn.) Bot. The trivial name of the cotton-thistle, or white-thorn. See Onopordium Acanthium. Acanthocepiiala, Zodl. See Acanthocephalus. Acanthocephalus, a, um. (^AKavda, a spine; KerpaK^, the head.) Having a spiny head. Zoiil. Applied to a family (Acanthocephala. Nom. pi. n.) of the Entozoaparenchymata, comprising those which attach themselves to the intestines by a prominence armed with recurved spines, and which seems to act also as a proboscis : acanthoceph'alous. Fr. anal, acanthocephale, adj. Acanthopteiygii. Ichthyol. See Acanthop- teryrjius. Acanthopterygius, a, Mm. (^AKavda, a spine; irT6pu7toy, alittle wing.) Ichthyol. Having spiny fins; applied to an Order {Acanthop- terygii, nom. pi. m.) of fishes so provided: acanthoptery'gious. Fr. anal, acanlhop- tenjgiens, adj. Germ. syn. hartgrcitig, adj.; hartstrahlig, adj.; stachelstrahlig, adj. Aean'thiilus, i, m. (AKavda, a, thorn.) Surg. Name for an instrument with which thorns, or spicules of wood, bone, or other sub- stance, may be extracted from wounds, etc, Acan'thus, i, m. ^AKavda, a thorn or prickle.) A Linn, genus of plants, CI. Didynamia ; Ord. Angiospermia. Juss. Acanthacca;. The plant bear's breech. Fr. anal, acan- the, f. Germ. syn. Bdrenklau, m. Acan'thus Mollis. Bot. The systematic name of the plant bear's breech ; also called Carduus mollis, Marmolaria, Melamphyllum, Sphondylium. Acap'nos. ] ('A,priv.; Kairfhs, smoke; sup- Acap'nus, a, um, j posed because it gives out httle smoke when burned.) Without smoke. Bot. Gr. anal. &tcaiTvov, formerly applied to the plant marjoram, according to Gor- raeus. Also, &Ka,Trvov was used for honey ob- tained without smoking the bees, according to Pliny, ii. 16. Again, iLKairva was applied by the Greeks to all kinds of dry wood. Acar'dia, ce, f. ('A, priv.; KapS'ia, the heart.) Physiol. Term for the condition of a mon- ster-fetus, bom \vithout a heart, or, rather, deficient as to the whole thorax. Fr. anal. aca,rdie, f. Germ. syn. Herzlosigkeit, f. Acaricoba. (Braz.) Bot. A name for the plant Hydrocotyle umbellatum. Acarois Kesinifera. Bot. A former name for the tree which yields the Botany Bay gum. See Xanthorrhaa Hastilis. Acaron. i {'AKap^s, small, or short; from Acarum, i, n. f its diminutive size.) Bot. A name for the wild myrtle. Acar'tum. An Alchemical name for Minium, or red lead. Euland. Acarus, i, m. ('A, neg.; Kelpa, to cleave or cut, because it cannot be divided ; from its small size.) Entomol. Name of a genus of in- sects which infest the skin ; there are seve- ral species. SeeCyrones. Fr. anal.ac(jr(;,m.; syn. ciron,m.; mite,i. Germ. syn. Milbe, f. Acarus Autumnalis. Entomol. A species which presents a globular, ovate shape, wdth an abdomen bristly behind; its bite pro- duces inflammation and swelling, with much itching; the harvest-bug; the wheal- worm.$