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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$Acore'tion. {Ad, over and above; cresco, to increase.) Physiol. Term for the process by which nutrient particles which are neces- sary to the maintenance of the body are added to its various tissues. Surg. Ap- phed to the adhering together of parts that are natiu'ally separate, as the fingers, etc. Accretio, onis, f. Fr. anal, accretion, f.; syn. accroissement, m. Germ. syn. An- wachs, m.; Vcrgrdsserung, t; Zunahme, f.; Zuwaclis, m. Accuba'tion. {Accumho, to lie down.) Med., Obstet. A term for the act or state of re- clining, or lying down; also, for being in child-bed. Accuhdtio, Onis, f. Aoephala. See Accphalus. Acephalia, cb, f. ('A, priv.; Ke(f)a\ii, the head.) Physiol. Term for a variety of Agenesia, or defective developement, consisting in the absence or want of the head. Fr. anal. acephalie, f. Germ. syn. Kopjiosigkeit, i. Acephalobrachia, a, f. \k, priv.; K€<l>a\^, the head ; jSpoxiwc, the arm.) Physiol. Term used by Breschet for a variety of Agenesia, or defective developement, consisting in the absence, or want, of the head and arms. Fr. anal, acephalobrachie, f. Acephalobrachius, ii, m. ('A, priv.; K6<fo\r), the head; ;3/joxi'£<ii',the arm.) Physiol. Name given to a monster-fetus having neither head nor arms. Fr. anal, acephalohrache, m. Germ. syn. eine Leibesfruchtohne Kopf und Arme. Acephalocar'dia, ce, f. ('A, priv.; KecpaXri, the head; Ka/ioi'a, the heart.) Physiol. Tei-m used by Breschet for a variety of Agene- sia, or defective developement, consisting in the absence of head and heart. Fr. anal. aciphalocardie, f. Acephalocar'dius, ii, m. ('A, priv.; KcpixX)), the head; KapSia, the heart.) Physiol. Name given by Breschet for a monster- fetus, born without head or heai-t. Fr. anal, aciphalocarde, m. Germ. syn. eine Leibesfrucht ohne Kopf und Herz. Acephalochirus, i,m. ('A, priv.; Ke(pa\Tj, the head; x^'P' ^^^^ hand.) Physiol. Name given to a monster-fetus, hom without the head and hands. Fr. anal. acephalochire,m. Germ. syn. eine Leibesfrucht ohne Kopf und Hdnde. Acephalocys'tis, ?d!S, f. ('A, priv.; Ke4>7\r], the head; /cutrTU, a bladder.) Zoiil. Term for . the headless animal hydatid, a si^ecies of the Entozoa, which is formed like a blad- der and distended with aqueous fluid : an a«eph'alocyst. Fr. anal, acephalocyste, m. Acephal5gas'ter, tri, m. ('A, priv.; K€(pa\ii, the head; yacniip, the belly.) Physiol. Name used by Breschet for a monster-fetiis, bom without head, chest, and upper part of the belly. 'Fr.eL'nii\.acephalogastre,m. Germ, syn. eine Leibesfrucht ohne Kopf und Magen. Acephalogas'tria, ce, f. ('A, priv.; K€<pa\r), the head ; ■yaoT'tjp, i\ie stomach.) Physiol. Term used by Breschet for a variety of Agenesia, or defective developement, consist- ing in the want of the head, chest, and belly. Fr. anal, acephalogastrie, f. Acephalopod'ia, <s, f. ( A, priv.; Kf<t>a\ii, the head; ttoCj, the foot.) Physiol. Term used by Breschet for a variety of Agenesia, or defective developement, consisting in the absence, or want, of the head and feet. Fr. anal, acephalopodie, f. Acephalop'odus, i, m. ('A, priv.; netpaXii, the head; irovs, the foot.) Physiol. Name by Breschet for a monster-fetus born witliout head and feet. Fr. anal, aciphalopode, m. Germ. syn. eine Leibesfrucht ohne Kopf und Fitsse. Acephalorachia, «, f. ('A, priv.; K6<;)aA^). the head; paxi 'lie spine.) Physiol. Term by Breschet for a variety of Agenesia, or defective developement, consisting in the want of head and spinal column. Fr. anal. aciphnJorachie, f. AcephaloracMus, H, ni. ('A, priv.; Ki(pa\}], the head ; ^ctxir, the spine.) Pliysiol. Name given by Breschet to a monster fetus tliat is born without the head and sjunal column. Fr. anal, aeephalorache, m. Germ. syn. eine Leibesfruch t ohne Kopf und Wirbelsaule. Acephalostom'ia, «, f. ('A, priv. ; K6<fa\5;, the head; arSna, a mouth.) Pliysiol. Term for a variety of Agenesia, or del'ective devel- opement, consisting in the want of a head, but in which there is an aperture like a mouth at the upper portion. Fr. anal, ace- phalostomie, f. Acephalos'tomus, i, m. ('A, priv.; ice^aA^i, a head; arSfLa, a mouth.) Physiol. Name given to a monster-fetus that is born with- out a head, but having, at the upper por- tion, an aperture like a mouth. Fr. anal. acephalostome, m. Germ. syn. eine Leibes- frucht ohne Kopf und Mund. Acephalothoracia, ce, f. ('A, priv.; Ke<pa\ii, the head; 6iip^^, the chest.) Physiol. Term used by Breschet for a variety of Agenesia, or defective developement, consisting in the want of head and chest. Fr. anal, acepha- lothoracie, f. Acephalothorus, i, m. ('A, priv.; KiipaA^, the head; 0wpo{, the chest.) Physiol. Name by Breschet for a monster-fetus without head and chest. Fr. anal, acephalothore, m. Germ. syn. eine Leibesfrucht ohne Kopf und Thorax. Acephalus, a, um. ('A, priv.; Ke<j>a\}i, the head.) Obstet., Physiol. Without a head; an epithet applied to monsters that are so born: aceph'alous. Zodl. Applied to a Class {Acephala, nom. pi. n.) of the Mollusca, which have no appearance of a head, but only a mouth concealed in the bottom, or between the folds of their mantle. Fr. anal. Acephale, adj. Germ. syn. kopflos, adj.; ohne Haupt. A'cer, eris, n. {Acer, strong, or hardy; be- cause the wood is compact and close- grained.) A Linn, genus of plants, CI. Polygamia. Ord. Bloncecia. Juss. Acerinece. The maple tree. Fr. syn. erable, m. Germ, syn. Ahorn, m. A'cer Campes'tre. Bot. The systematic name of the common maple tree. A'cer Pseudo-Platanus. Bot. The systema- tic name of a species of the maple tree, er- roneously termed sycamore; also called Platanus traga. A'cer Saccharinum. Bot. The systematic 2$