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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$ACEATOTiIELI—ACROMPHALUM. the ancient Greeks, according to Langius, i. ep. 55. See Diss. div. ii. s. vi. t. 7. Acratomeli, itos, n. ^AKpaTou, pure wine; ix€\t, lioney.) Med.. A name for wine mixed with lioney. Acratos. i ('A, priv.; Kfpotu,tomix.) Med. Acratus, a,MTO.) Without mixture; unmixed; ibmierly applied to the secretions and ex- cretions. A contracted form o{ Aceratos. A'cre. (AKpT), top; for oucpa, the summit, or top of anything.) Anat. An old term for tlie end or extremityof the nose. Quincy. A'crea. [''AKpea, nom. pi. n. of iiKpos, extreme.) Anat. A term formerly used for the ex- treme parts and points of the hody, as the arms, legs, ears, nose, &c.; also termed Acralea. See Acre, AcrocoUa, Acroteria, Acron. A'crid. (Acer, sharp, tart.) Chem. Applied to any substance which tastes hot, sharp, or aciimonious. Acris, is, e. Fr. syn. acre, adj. Germ. syn. 6c?'ss«n(i, adj.; scharf, adj. A'crifolium, i. n. [Acris, acrid or sharp; folium, a leaf.) Bot. Name for a plant, from the acrimony of its leaves, supposed to be the Lotus; also applied to any plant with a pi-ickly leaf. A'crimony. {Acris, acrid.) Chem. A sharp, acrid, corrosive quahty, biting to the tongue. Acrimunia, cb, f. See Acor. Fr. syn. acrete, f. Germ. syn. Scharfe, f. A'cris, is, or ios, f. (AKpu, the top of a raoun tain.) The top or summit of any object. Anat. Applied, Gr. anal. aKpts, by Hippo crates i. de Artie. 63, to the prominence of a bone. Zool. Also used, aKph, tor Locusta. A'cris, is, e. {Aceo, to be sharp or sour.) Chem. Sharp, sour,hot to the taste: a'crid. See Acrid. Acrisia, a, f. ('A, priv.; Kpl(ns, a judgment.) Pathol. A term, Gr. anal. aKPiVia, used for a state of disease in which either there is no crisis, and no judgment or opinion can be formed; or in which there is a bad crisis, Galeu, c. ii. in I. i. Epid. t. 46. Fr. anal. Acrisie, f. Acritos. 1 ('A,priv.; KpiTbs,judged.) Un- Acritus, a, um. ] judged; inconsiderable : a- critical. Pathol. Gr. anal. axpiTos, applied by Hippocrates, Epid. i. s. 1, t. 30, to a dis- ease having no regiilar crisis, or to a symp- tom which does not indicate such. Fr. anal. acritique, adj. Germ. syn. unkritisch, adj. Acrivi'ola, cb, f. {Acer, or Acris, shai-p; viola, a violet.) Bot. A former name for the Nasturtium Indicum, or Indian cress. See Trapcenlum Majus. Acroasis, is, or COS, f. {'AKpodofiai, to hear.) Med. Gr. anal. aKpodms, applied to the act of hearing, by Hippocrates, Coac. prcenot. ix. 25 ; also, recitation; acroa'sis. Fr. syn. audition, f. Germ. syn. Gehiir, n. Acrobys'tia, ce, f. (AKpos, extreme; Sia, to cover; because it covers the glans or ex- treme part of the penis.) Anat. A term for the prepuce. Acroclieir. (^AKpos, extreme; y(elp, the hand.) Anat. The Gr. anal. aKp6xf'P, used by Hippocrates and Galen, appears to mean specially Manus, the hand, or extreme hand, or that part of the arm from the forearm, or Radius and Ulna, to the points of the fin- gers, and so is distinct from x^'P) which has a double acceptation,—1. All that proceeds from the /Scn^;iiia,divided into Brachium, or Humerus, Cubitus, or Ulna and Radius, and extreme hand. 3. The extreme hand itself. Fr. anal, acrochir, m. Germ. syn. Hand, f. Note.—Gorrseus states, in reference to 'AKpSx^'p, dicitur ah Hipijocrate totum id quod d cuhito ad ex- treituim usque di/jitorum aciem est which Hooper translates, CJorrteus says it signifies the arm, from the elbow to the ends of the fingers. It is to be re- membered, however, that cubitus, besides signifying the elbow, was used by anatomists for the ulna, or cubit, so that d cubito indicates the interpretation given ill the text, which agrees with that of Castellus. Acrocheiresis, is, f. i CAxpos, extreme; x^Vi Acrocheiris'inus, i, m. S the hand ; terminal -iiTfxhs.) Names, Gr. anal. aKpox^ipV'rts, a/cpoxeipKT/abj, for a kind of exercise men- tioned by Hippocrates, de Dicet. I. 2, xlii. 17, engaged in by the ancients, in wliich the hands alone were held by. See Diss. div. ii, .5. vi, f. 7. Acrochor'don, onis, f. (AKpos, extreme; x^P^h, a string.) Pathol. Term for a small wart, having a narrow base or pedicle. See Note, Cotyledon. Fr. anal, achrochordon, f. Germ, syn. Hanjewarze, f. Acrochoris'mus, i, m. (A/cpoj, extreme; x<'P'f'»'' to separate; terminal i(rnh%.) Med. Term for a kind of festive saltation or dance cele • brated by the Greeks, and referred to among the proper exercises of the body, the legs, hands, and arms. See Diss. Div. ii, s. vi, t. 7. Acrocolia, ce, f. {AKpos, extreme; kwKov, a member or limb.) A former term for the extremity of members of animals, and the food prepared from them, as the ears, feet, &c.; also applied to the internal parts of animals, familiarly called (jiblets. SeeAcrea. Acrocordon. See Acrochordon. Ac'rogen. Bot. A term for an acrogenous plant, being an unnecessary mutilation of the adjective into a noun. Acro'genous. (Afcpos, extreme, highest; 751*- yao),to generate.) Bot. Growing from their tops or highest points ; applied to plants, {AcroqencB, nom. pi. f.) whose growth jiro- gresses from their external points, and whose increase is in length mainly. Acrd- (jenus, a, um. Fr. anal, acrogene, adj. Acrolenion, i, n. {Anpos, extreme; £i\4vi) the ulna.) Anat. Another name used by C. Hoffmannus, ad Gal. de U. P. n. 94, for the olecranon. Acromania, «, f. ('Aicpoj, extreme; ^lavia, mad- ness.) Pathol. A term for confirmed, or in- curable madness: acroma'nia. Acromialis, is, e. {AcrOmium, the acromion.) Anat. Of or belonging to the acromion : acro'mial. Fr. anal, acromial, adj. Germ, syn. zum Akromion gehiirig. Acro'mioii. {Akpov, the top, or extremity; 5/.tos, the shoulder.) Anat. Name given to the projecting process of the Scapula, or shoulder-blade. AcrOmium, ii, n. See Epo- mis. Fr. anal, acromion, m. Germ. syn. Akromion, n.; SchulterhUhe, f. Acromphal'ion. \ (AKpos, extreme; dn<pa- Acromphal'ium, ii, n. I \hs, the umbilicus, or Acrom'phalon. [ navel.) Anat., Obstct. Acrom'phalum, i, n. j Name for the centre of$