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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$Al'atan. (Arab.) Chem. Old name for lith- arge. Hooper. See Lithargyrus, Alaton. Alater'nus, i, m. Bot. Name of a species of Fihamiius, having leaves like the Ilex, and olive-tree, but bearing no fruit. Al'aton. (Arab.) Chem. A term for litharge of gold. Quincy. See Alatan, Lithargyrus. Alatus, a, um. {Ala, a wing.) Bat. Winged, or having wings, as certain sten s and leaf- stalks that ai'e winged with membranes: a'late. Fr. sjn.aiie,adj. Gexm.s'^n.gejl'ugelt, part. adj. Alau'da, <e, f. (Unascertained.) Ornithol. A Linn, genus of the Ord. Passeres; the lark. Fr. syn. alouette, f. Germ. syn. Lerche, f. Alau'da Arven'isis. Ornithol. The systematic name of the field-lark, the flesh of which, and of some other species, is used as a light and nutritious article of food. Fr. 5311. alouettedeschamps. Germ.syn.Feldlerche,{. Alau'rat. (Arab.) Chem. Old name for Sal nitrutn, or nitre. Euland, and Johnson. Alau'sa. See Alosa. Al'ba Pitulta. Pathol. Another name for Leucophlegmasia: white phlegm. Al'ba Ter'ra. White earth; a term for the La2}is philosophicus, a compound of mercury and stilphur. Albada'ra. (Arab.) Anat. A name for the sesamoid bone of tbe great toe, to which extraordinary \drtues were attributed. Bar- tholin, Anat. de Ossib, libell. iv.p. 23. See Aldabaruin. Albagen'zi. \ (Arab.) Anat. Names for the Sa- Albagia'zi, J cmm, the first given by Hooper, the other according to Fallopius, Expos, de Ossib. i. c. 2'^, p. 515. Albamen'tum. Name for the white of egg. Hooper. Albauniu. Physiol. Name for the saline por- tion of the mine. Kuland, and Johnson. Alba'ra. (Arab.) Pathol. Name for the dis- ease Alphas. Alba'ra Al'ba. (Arab.) Pathol. Name for the disease Leuce, or Vitiligo alba. Alba'ra Ni'gra. Pathol. Name for the disease Lepra Grcecorum. See Lepra. Alba'ras. (Arab.) A name for arsenic. Euland, and Johnson. Albata. {Albus, white.) Name given to a combination of metals in imitation of silver, composed of nickel, zinc, tin and copper, and employed in the manufacture of the various articles usually made of silver. Alba'tion. (^?&)(s, white.) Chem. A Spagiric term in reference to the transmutation of metals, particularly of copper into silver; meaning the blanching or whitening of metals, and synonymous with albification and dealbation. Albatio, Onis, f. Kuland, and Johnson. See Albedo, Albor. Fr. syn. dealbation, f. Germ. sj-n. Bleiclien, n.; Weis- sen, n. Albedo, rnis, f- (^'bus, white.) The same as Albation, a.nil Albor. Al'beras. (Arab.) Bot. A name for the plant Staphisagria. See DelphiniumStaphisagria. Al'berik. (Arab.) A tenii for the whitening or blanching of brass or copper. Albes'ton, (Arab.) C/tein. Ancient name for quickJime. Quincy. Al'betad, (Arab.) M. Med. An old name for Galbanum. Quincy. Albicans, tis, part. {Albtco, to gi'ow white.) Grooving, or becoming white: being some- what white. Anat. Applied (nom. pi. n.) to two small bodies on the base of the brain, the Corpora albicantia. Albifica'tion. {Albus, white ; flicio, to make.) A term synonymous with Albation. AMfl. cntio, onis, f. Albimec. (Arab.) Chem. An old term for orpiment. Quincy. Albi'uism. (^ttrno, a white negro; terminal -ismus.) Physiol. Term applied to a condi- tion of the hair chai-acterised by the absence of any positi\ e colour. Albinis'mus, i, m. See Diss. div. ii. s. vi. t. 7. Albi'no. {Albus, white.) Physiol. A term originally applied by the Portuguese to such negroes as were bom -n-ith their skin, hair, and the iris of their eyes of one hue of unnatural whiteness, togetlier v.'ith a rose- colour of the eyes. {Leuco-ethiopia, a white Ethiopian.) It is now applied to per- sons of any countrj', who are distinguished by these peculiarities. Fr. anal, albinos, m. Albi no-Skin. {Pathol. Term for a raie dis- ease, characterised by the albino peculiari- ties, in European children; consisting in a dull, or unglossy white difi'used over the body, white or flaxen hair, white irides, and rose-coloured pupils ; also called Alphosis. Albiven'ter, a, um. \ {Albus, white; venter, the Albiven'tris, is, c. ] belly.) Zobl. Having a white belly; applied to birds and other animals: albiven'ti'ate. Fr. anal, albiventre, adj. Albodac'tylus, «, um. {Albus, white ; SaKTvXos, a finger.) Entnmnl. Applied to a species of butterfly, having white, digitated wings : albodac'tylous. Fr. anal, albodactyle, adj. Al'bor, oris, m. {Albeo, to be white.) White- ness ; the same Albedo ; more specially it signifies albumen; also, the urine. Eu- land, and Johnson. Al'bora. (Arab.) Pathol. Paracelsus gives this name for a disease stated to be a mixed species of malignant scabies, formed by Morphea, Serpigo, and Lepra. Albor'ca. (Arab.) Chem. An old term for Hydrargyrum, or mercury. Quincy. Al'bot. (Arab.) Chem. An old name for a crucible. Kuland, and Johnson. Al'botai. (Arab.) 31. Med. An old name for Terebinthina, or tui'pentine. Euland, and Johnson. Al'botar. (Arab.) Castellus' term for Albotat, which see. Al'botat. (Arab.) Chem. An old name for Ccrussa, or white lead, according to Quincj'. Al'botim. (Arab.) M.Mcd. Another old name for Terebinthina, or turpentine. Kuland, aifcl Johnson. Albiigiii'eus, a, um. {Albugo, i\ie white of the eye, or of an egg; also a white spot on the eye, from albus, white.) Of a white appear- ance, or like the sclerotic coat of the eye ; also, of or belonguig to albumen, or white of egg: albugin'eous. Anat. Applied to a membrane or tunic of the eye, also to a / covering of the testicles, each named Tunica$