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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$i'r. anal, aduste, adj. Genn.syn. vcrbrannt, part. adj. Adventi tious. {Advenio, to come to.) Med. Applied to that which is accidental or ac- quired, ill opposition to what is natural or hereditary. AdveniUius, a, um. Fr. anal. adventice, adj.; adventif, adj. Germ. syu. zufiillip, adj. Adversifolius, a, um. (Adversus, against; fo- lium, a leaf.) Bat. Having leaves opposite, or against each oiher on the same stem : adversifol'iate; adversifol'iated. Adver'sus, a, um. {Adverto, to turn to ano- ther place.) Bot. Opposing, or opposite; against: adverse. Fr. anal, adverse, adj. Germ. syn. oUr/c/z^nf/csftet, part. adj.; seit- wdrtsgebogen, part, a ij. A'dy. Name of a tree which grows in the island of St. Thomas, the juice of which fer- ments into wine. The stone of the fruit contains a kernel, which yields a yellow oil, hardened hy cold, and used as hatter. The-kernels are given, thrice or four times a day, as a restorative ; also called Falma ady. See Abanga, Cariosse, Caryoces. Adynamia, «, f. ('A, priv.; 8wa/jis, power.) Pathol. A term for the loss, want, or defi- ciency of vital power or strength : adyn'amy. Fr. anal, adynmtiie, f. Germ. syn. Kraft- vian- el, m.; Srhwiiche, f. AdjTiam'ic. {Adi/iirimia, loss of power or strength.) Faihol. Of or belonging to the state oi Adynamia, ox adynamy; delicieut in vita! power or strength. Adi/ruumcus, a, um. Fr. anal, adynamique, adj. Genn. syn. sclmach, adj. Adynamicus, a, um. (Adynamia, loss of strength.) See Adynamic. Adyn'amon. ) (I'L n. of 'ASvfafios, de- Adyn'amumCViniun).) ficientin strength, from d, priv.; Svi-afui, strength or power.) 3Ied, Applied to a kind of factitious wine made by boiling down must with water; or by mixing new white wine with water; given to the sick to whom pure wine was likely to be injm-ious. Neut. of Adynamus, a, um. .ffidoeitis, idis, f. (AiSoia, the parts of genera- tion ; terminal -itis.) Pathol. A term for inflammation of the pudenda; edei'tis. See Diss.div. ii. s. vi. t. 5. Fr. anal, (cdoite, f. .Edoeodyn'ia, ce, f. (A(So7n, the pudenda, or parts of generation ; oSwrj, pain.) Pathol. Term for pain in the genital organs, from whatever cause : edeod'yny. See Diss. div. ii. s. vi. t. 5. iUioeographia, ce, f (AiSoTa, the pudenda, or parts of generation ; 7pa(f>ai, to write.) Med. Term for the description of the parts of ge- neration ; edeog'raphy. See Diss. div. ii. s. vi. t. .5. Fr. anal, cedoiographie, f. .Sldoeologia, ce, f. (Alooia, the pudenda, or parts of generation ; \6yos, a discourse.) Med. Term for a treatise or dissertation on the parts of generation, their structure, and functions: edeol'ogy. See Diss. div. ii. s. vi. t. 5. Fr. anal, cedoiologie, f. JJdceopsophia, ce,f. i (AiSoTa, the pudenda, or .Edopsophia, ce,/. J parts of generation; \j/o<f)eui, to make a noise or report.) Med., Pathol. Term for the soimd caused by the escape of wind from the womb per vaginam, or from the bladder per urethram in fe- males: ede'opsophy: ed'opsophy. See Diss. div. ii. s. vi. t. 5. Fr. aual. adoiopsophiet f.; cedopsophie, f. ^dceotoniia, a, f. {AlSoTa, the pxidenda, or parts of generation; Te'/tvo), to cut.) Med. Term for the anatomy or dissection of the par^s of generation : edeot'omy. See Dis.s. div. ii. s. vi. t. 5. Fr. anal, cedoiotomie, f. JEgagropilus, i, n. (AL-yaypas, the wild goat; TTiAo?, a pile or heap of hair.) Term, Gr. aual. Aiypaypo7r7\os, for a concretion found in the stomach of goats, deer, cows, etc. com- posed of hair collected on the tongue of the animal in licking itself, and swallowed; for- merly also called bezoar, because similarly found within the bodies of animals, and believed to have the same virtues as the me dicinal bezoars ; described by Geo. Hieron- ymus Velschius in Dissert, de cegagropilis. Fr. anal, agagropile, or egagropile, m. Germ. syn. Gemscnkugel, m.; Gemskugel, f. .ffigei ros. Bot. An old terra for the Populus nigra, or black poplar. .E'ger, gra, grum. {'Afpyijs, doing no work; from d, priv.; epyov, a work.) Sick; faint; feeble; weak; unwell. Fr. syn. malade, adj. Germ. syn. krank, adj. .Sl'gias. (,A.iyis, a goat skin, also a defence for the breast, or a shield which was made of goat skin ; because the opacity seems like a cover or shield before the pupil.) Pa- thol. Name for a white speck on the cornea causing an obstruction of sight, according to Hippocrates, Coac. prcenot. ii. 218 ; also called JEgis. Note.—Hooper, or his editor, applauds Kiihn for deriviug this word not from '■ oi^is, the sJsiu of a goiit, but from aiyis, a shield, but these are the same word which bears both signifioatious, as above stated. .ffigid'ion. ) (JEjfts, a speck, or partial opa- aigid'ium, ii, n.) city of the cornea.) Med., Pharm. A name formerly applied to a col- lyrium, probably considered efficacious for the affection from which its name is drawn; described by Aetius. Gorrseus. See yE^o- prosopon. .ffigilops, upis,m. (A?!, a goat; dSij/, the eye ; beciuse goats were supposed especially sub- ject to it.) Pathol., Surg. A term for a sore, or sinuous ulcer under the inner angle of the eye,from its resemblance to the larmier or infra-orbital glandular sac of goats; now considered to be only a stage of the fistula lachrymalis. See Garab. Fr. anal. (Bgi- lops,m. Germ. syn. Augenwinkelgeschw'ur, n.; Geisauge, n.; Thranensackgeschwiir, n. .ffiginetia, Bot. Name for a species of Oro- banche, used in Malabar as masticatory. .aigirinon. ] (Aiyeipoj, the poplar.) Med., .ffigirinum, i, n. | Pharm. A name, Gr. anal. alydplvnv, for a kind of ointment made with the fruit of the poplar tree, described by Paulus jEgineta, Adams's transl. iii. p, 592. .ffi'gis, Idis, or rdos, f. (Alyls, the shield or breastplate of Jove, also a goat's skin.) Pathol. Another name for the affection of the eye called .^Egias, which see. .ffigoperas, dtis, n. (A5:|, a goat; K€pas, a horn; because the pods are like a goat's horns.)$