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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$ft ACARUS DOMESTICUS—ACCOUCHEUR. Acarus Domesticus. Eiitpmol. A species wliicii iiit'osts the Imnian body, particularly the heaJ, and in a filthy state the person, also gangrenous sores, and dead bodies : the domestic tick. Acarus Ricinus. Entomol. The dog-tick, a species \vlii< h infects the dog, slieep, etc. Acarus Scabiei. Entomol., Pathol. Kame of the itch animalcule, called Syron by ancient authors; also, a wliite species with reddish legs, which burrows neai the ulcer of the itch, and in ordinary ulcers, gi-eatly increas- ing their irritation : found chielly in warmer climates, ])artieularly in Madeira,and seldom in this country : the itch-tick. Acarus Siron. Entomol. The systematic name of the mite. Acatalep'sy. ('A, priv.; KaraJianSdvu, to ap- prehend.) Med. A term for uncertainty in the diagnosis, or prognosis of disease. Acatiilep'sia, ce, f. Acatalis, is, f. Bot. A name for the berry of the juniper tree. Acataposis, is. f. ('A, priv.; KarairiVoi, to swal- low.) Med. A term for ditliculty in swal- lowing ; difficult deglutition. Fr. anal. acatapose, f. Germ. sjti. das Unvcrmdjcn zu schliirkcn. Acatastatos. 1 ('A, priv.; KaBla-TtiiiU, to Acatastatus, a,nm.\ determine.) Med. In- constant; infirm; Gr. anal, a .aTt£(rTaTor, ap- plied by Hippocrates, Coac. pranot. t. 5H4., to fevers which maintain no unifonnity either in their paroxysms, or in the state of the urine, etc., but are always changing. Acatera, ce, f. Bat. A name for the lai-ge, or black juniper tree. Acath.ar'sia,a',f. ('A, priv.; Koeafpni, to cleanse.) Med. A term, Gr. anal. aKadapaia, used by Hippocrates, de Fract. t. 33, for impurity of the blood and humours; also, for the omission of purgation. Acatsjaval'li. Bot. Name for a plant grow- ing at Malabar, used as astringent and ai'o- matic. Acau'lis, is, e. {A, priv.; caulis, a stem.) Bot. Having no stem ; siemless ; applied to flow- ering plants which have no cUstinct stem, as the cowslip, lily, etc: acau'line. Fr. anal, acaule. adj. Germ. syn. ohne Stangel. Acawe'ria. Bot. Name in Ceylon for the root of the Ophioxylum serpentinum, or ser- pentine-wood plant. Acaz'dir. (Arab.) Chem. A name ior Stan- num, or tin. Ruland, and Jolmsou. Accatem. i Chem. Name for a compound me- Accatum. i tal nearly resembling brass. Ru- land, and .Johnson. See Aurichalcum. Accelera'tion. {Accelero, tr: h?.'^'cn.) A has- tening, or increased motion. Pathol., Phy- siol. Applied to a greater activity of the fanctions, but especially those of the circu- lation and respiration. Acceleratio, onis, f. Fr. aual. acceleration, f. Germ. syn. die vermehrte SchnelUykeit ; Bcschleunigung, f. Accelerator, oris, m. (Accelero, to hasten.) A hastener forwai-d ; applied to the muscle of the penis {Accelerator tirinee) whose ac- tion propels the urine, and which is also named Ejaciilator seminis, from a similar , office which it performs in reference to the i semen : an accel'erator. Fr. anal, accele- rateur, m. Germ. syn. beschleunigend, adj. Acces sion. {Accedo, to draw near.) Pathol. A term for tlie beginning, or onset of dis- eases, or of fits, paroxysms or exacerbations in fevers, etc. Accessio, onis, f. Fr. syn. acces, va. Germ. syn. Anfall, m.; Anwand- lung, m.; Krankheitsanfall, m.; Zuganj, m.; Zutritt, m. Accessdrius, a,um. (Accfdo, to he added to.) Anat. Applied to certain muscular appen- dages that assist the action of lai'germuscles to which they are superadded; also applied to two nerves of the neck: acces'sory. Fr. anal, accessoire, adj. Accib. (Arab.) Chem. Old name for Plum- hum, or lead. Kuland, and Johnson. Ac'cident. (.-IccTf/r), to happen.) Happening. Med. A faraiUar word, noticed here only because it is used by the French with re- ference to the sick, as synonnuous Avith symptom ; such ha«ng being the case with the Greeks, who sometimes emjdoyed (tvih,- inaua in the same sense, and also with cer- tain of the older English writers ; things out of the usual course, happening to the healthy, were termed accidentia. (Nom. pi. n.) Galen, Meth. med.i.i). Accidens, tis, pai't. See Accidentia. Fr. anal, accident, m., as usually etnployed, but, strictly, acci- drntcl, adj. Germ. syn. znjailig, adj. Acciden'tal. {Accldo, to happen.) Med. Applied by French writers to textures re- sulting from morbid action, and similarly adapted by some English authors. Acci- dentdlis, is, e. Fr. anal, accidentel, adj. Germ. svTi. znfdllig, adj. Acciden'tia, a, f. (Formed from Acctdens, part, of AccUlo, to happen.) A chance or occurrence happening to one unexpectedly : an accident. Fr. anal, accident, m. Germ, syn. Zufall, m. Note.—This word, or rather its English analogiie, is often eoufounded with Ih&tof Accidens. Umiertbe last mentioned, or Accident, the distinction is noticed. Accipiter, tris,m. (Accipio, to take.) Orni- thol. A bird of prey; applied to an Order (Accipitrcs, uom. iH.) of birds ; called also RajMces, and Raptores. Fr. anal, accipitres, m. pi. Accli'mated. (Fr. Acclimate, accustomed to the climate.) 2Ied. Become accustomed or familiarized to a climate. Acdlmatus, a,um. Fr. anal. ace?n«afe, adj. Germ. syn. n)!.s Klima geiviihnt. Accli'nal. {Accllno, to bend upv,-ards.) Lean- ing, or bending upwards. Geol. Applied to slopes of st.;ita inclining to an anticlinal r.xis. Acclinis, is, e, and Acclinus, a. uin. Acc!ivis, is, e. [Ad, to ; cllvus, the side of a hill.) Inclining to, or raising upwards to a cliff. Anat. Applied to a muscle {Accli- vis muscuhis) of the abdomen, from the ob- lique ascent of its fibres ; otherwise called the Ohliquus intcrnus musculus. Accouchement. (Fr. Accoucher, to deliver, or to be delivered.) Obstet. The act of being delivered; delivery. See Delivery. Germ. s;\-n. Entbindung, f. ; Niederkunft, f. Accouclieur. (J:r. Accoucher,to dehver.) Obstet. A deliverer; aman-mid«ife; an obstetrician. Germ. syn. Gehurtshel/er,L; Hebarzt m.$