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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$ACUPUNCTURE—ADARNECIT. Pointed; ending in a point; tapered; taper- I ing: aciim'iuate: aouiu'inated; applied to | leaves, leaf-stalks, etc. Fr. anal, acumine, adj. Germ. syn. langgespitzt, pai't. adj. Acupunc'ture. (Acus, a needle; piimjo, to prick.) Surg. Term for a small puncture made with a needle in some part att'ected with pain. AciipunctTira, ee, f. Fr. anal. acupoucture, f. GQvm.syn.Nadelpunldrung. f. ; Nadi'htechen, n. Acureb. (Arab ) Chem. Old term for Vitrum, or glass. Ruland, and Johnson. A'cus, erls, n. {Acus, a needle ; i'roni its sharp j)oiiits.) The refuse after winnowing corn; chaif. Fr. syn.paillc, m.; paiLctte,f. Germ, syn. Spreublattchen, n. A'cus, «s, f. ('AkIs, a point.) A needle, bod- kin, or pin. Fr. syn. aiguille, f. Germ. syn. Nadel, f.; Niihnadel, f. A'cus Cannulata. Surg. Name for a trochar: a can'nulated needle. See Acus Triquctra. A'cus Interpunctoria. Surg. Term for a couch- ing needle. A'cus Moschata. Bot. A name for the Gerani- um moscliatuin, or musk geranium. A'cus Ophthal'mica. Surg. Another term for a couching needle : an opthal'niic needle. Acus'to. Chem. Old term, the same as Ni- trum. Ruland, and Johnson. A'cus Triquet'ra. Surg. A name for a trochar: a three-cornered needle. See Acus Cannulata. Acutangularis, is, e, i (Acfitus, shai-p; angti- Aciitangulatus, a, um.! Ins, a corner.) Bot. Having sharp angles, corners, or edges; sharp-cornei-ed: acutan'gular: acutan'gu- late. Fr. anal. acMia«/;?f, adj.; acutanguli, adj. Gem\. syn. spitzwinkiiig, adj.; scharf eckig, adj.; scharj'kantii, adj. Acu'te. {Acuo, to point.) Bot. Ending in a point. Pathol. Sharp and pungent; ap- plied to diseases which have violent symp- toms, are attended with danger, and termi- nate within a few days. Acutus, a, vm. Fr. ' syn. aigu, adj. Germ. syn. heftig, adj.; hit- \ zig, adj.; scharf, adj.; spitzig, adj. Acutenaciilum, i, n. {Acus, a needile; tenacu- lum, a handle.) Surg. Name of a handle for a needle, to make it pass through more quickly when stitching a wound; also called Porte-aiguille. Acy'anoblep'sia, a, f. ('A, priv.; Kvavoi, blue ; ;3A.6?r(<), to look upon.) Pathol. Term tor a de- fect of the vision, by which the colour of blue cannot be distinguished; acy'anoblep'sy. Acyesis, is, f. ('A, priv.; /curjuis, pregnancy.) . Physiol. A term in Vogel's Nosology, for sterility in women. Ad. prep. (Contr. Apicd, to or at.) Med. A prefix introduced into various compound terms, and used as a distinct word in ex- pressions of frequent occurrence; it has numerous significations, but the most gene- rally used are to, and at. Ad Pond'us Om'nium. Med. To the weight of the whole ; as much as the whole; a term used in prescriptions to indicate the pro- portion of some particrdar ingredient. Ad Deli'quium. Med. To fainting; an ex- pression used in directions for venesection being performed, when the blood is to be allowed to flow till syncope is induced. Ad Libitum. Med. At will, at pleasure, ac- cording to discretion; a phrase used in pre- scriptions. Adaca. Bot. A name for the Sphceranthtis Indicus. -Adae. Nat. Hist. A terminal of similar ap- plication and derivation to -Idts. SeoDiss, div. i. s. iii. Adsemonia, (S, f. ('A,priv.; SaiVcor/, fortune, or its vicissitudes.) Bled. A term for restless thought, great mental uneasiness, or anxiety. Adal. A Paracelsian teiin for that part of plants on which their medicinal \'irtues de- pend; mentioned in Fragment, de re herbar. I. i. § Incarnativ. Adali, Bot. Name of a Malabar plant, used as an antidote to the bite of the Cobra di capello. Adam's Apple. Anat. A whimsical term ap- plied to a portion of the larynx. See Fo- mum Adami. Fr. anal, piomme d'Adam, Germ. syn. der Adams Apfcl. Adam's Needle. Bot. Connuon name for the plant Yucca gloriosa. Adaman'tine. ('ASa/was, from a, neg.; Safidco, to subdue; because not easily broken.) Min ■ oral. Having the hardness, or brightness of the diamond. Addmant'nius, a,um. Fr. syn. adamanti]i, adj.; dc diamnnt; semblable an diamant. Germ. syn. dcninnten, adj. Adamas, (iH//,'!, f ( A, neg.; Sa;tta£«, to subdue; from its hardness and durability.) Mineral. ■ The diamond, or adamant. Fr. syn. dia- mant, m. Germ. syn. Diamant, m. Adamica Ter'ra. A name applied to several kinds of bole, or clay of a red coloiu-; from an Eastern tradition that Adam was formed of red earth. Adamita, a, f. {Adiimas, adamant.) Med., Pathol. Term employed by Paracelsus, I. i. de Tart, tract, i. c. 1, for a very liard while calculus ; properly, a vesical calculus. Adamltum, i, n. {Addmas, adamant.) Med., Pathol. A term used b}' Paracelsus I. i. in Fragment, for the disease Lithiasis, or for the calculous diathesis. Adansonia, ce, f. (In honour Adanson, v/ho first described it.) A Linn, genus of plants, CI. Polyandria; Ord. Monadelphia. Mon- key's bread. Adansonia Digitata. Bot. The Ethiopian sour gourd, or monkey's bread, growing chiefly on the west coast of Africa ; a mucilage ob- tained from the bark, the fresh fruit, and a decoction of the dried leaves, are used as. remedies against the epidemic fevers of the country of its growth. See Baobab, Lalo. Adar'ca, ae, f. \ ('A, priv.; SepKoi, to see ; be- Adar'ce, es, f. cause it hides the substance Adar'ces, ae, f. ^of the plant on which it Adar'cion, i, n. grows.) Med. Names for a Adar'ces, i, m j lax and porous saline forma- tion, like bastard sponge, found incrusting tlie reeds and grass in marshy grounds of Galatia, formerly esteemed for cleansing the skin in leprosy, tetter, etc. Quincy. Adarigo. (Arab.) Chem. An old term for orpiment. Ruland, and Johnson. See A^Lripigmentum. Adarnech. (Arab.) Chem. Another term for orpiment. Ruland, and Johnson. See Auripigmentum.$