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
Licence: Public Domain Mark
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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![Alys'son, 1 ('A, neg.; Kviaa, canine mad- Alys'sum, i, n. j ness ; because it was sup- posed to be curative of hydrophobia.) Bot. A name for the plant Marrubium alyssum, or mad-wort. Alys sum Galeni. Bot. See Galeni, Alyssum. Alys'sum Plinii. Bot. See Plinii, Alyssum. Alys'sum VerticiUatum, Bot. Another sys- tematic name for the plant Jl/arjiiftttwre verti- ciUatum. Alze'gi. (Arab.) Chem. Old term for \'itriol, or sulphate of iron ; also, for ink. Rulan J, and Johnson. Alzemafor. (Arab.) Chem. Ancient term for the Hydrarijyri sulphuretum rubrum, or cinnabar. Kuland, and Johnson. Alzofar, (Arab.) Chem. Ancient name foj- tlie oxide of copper. Kuland, and Johnson. Amadou. Surg. A substance popularly used for lighting the contents of the tobacco- pipe, but applicable to the formation of graduated compresses, for support to vari cose veins, protection of abraded surfaces, etc. Fr. anal, amadou, m. Amal'gam. (Af»a, together; 7ayu6i<j, to espouse or ana, and /uaAarTo), to soften.) Cliem Term for a combination of mercury witl any other metal; a calcination or impasta tion of metals by mercury, according tr Piuland, Johnson, etc. Anialgdma, a, f See Hamalgama, Molitura. Fr. anal, amal inuitc, m. GeiTQ. anal. Amalgam. Amalgama'tion. Chem. Term for the act oi process of combining mercury with a metal, or foiming an amalgam. Amalgmnatio. vnis, f. Fr. anal, amalgamation, f. Germ, syn. Verquicken, n. Amamelis. Bot. Ancient name given to va- rious fruits, particularly to that of a species of Mespilus, or medlar. Amandinus Lapis. (Amanda, to chase away.) Mineral. Old terni for a gem, or stone, oi various colours, which was supposed to destroy and dispel all poisons; wherefore it is not a stone to be despised, it was said. Euland, and Castellus. Amanita, a, f. (See Amanitce.) Bot. A genus of fungi, or mushrooms, of which some species are eatable, and others poi- sonous. Fr. anal, amanita, m. Amanitse. (Jknavirai, fungi, or mushrooms.) Bot. A name given by the ancients to eat- able/it7if)'i or mushrooms, etc. Amaaitin'. {'Anafhai, fungi, or mushrooms.) Chem. Name given to the poisonous prin- ciple of fungi. Amanttlna, <e, f. See Biss. div. ii. s. vi. t. 4. Amara Dul'cis. Bot. Old name for the plant otherwise called Dulcamara, or bitter-sweet. See Solanum. Dulcamara. Amaracina Unguen'ta. A term applied an- ciently to all fragrant ointments, from the fabled circumstance of Amaracus, a youth employed as perfumer to Cinyras, king of Cyprus, having fallen and broken a bos of ointment he was carrying, by which means its odour became more diffused and agree- able : amar'acine ointments. Amaracum, i, n.) ('A/tapaKOf, named after Amaracus, i, m. J Amaracus, perfumer to Cy- nyras, king of Cyprus.) Bot. Name given to a plant or highly fragrant herb, supposed to be the Origanum majorana, or sweet maijoram. See Sam.psuchum. Amaranthaceus, a, um. (Amiiranthus, the amaranth plant; from o, neg.; fiapaiyw, to grow rotten; because the flowers do not decay.) Bot. Having an arrangement of parts as in the amaranth; applied to a Juss. Family {Amaranthacece, nom. pi. f.) of plants : amarantha'ceous. Fr. anal, ama- ranthace, adj. Amaranthoides, adj. (AmiirantJms, the amar- anth; terminal-jtifs.) Bot. Resembling the ])\a,ut Amaranthus: amaran'thoid ; applied as a name to certain plants. See Diss, div. i. s. i. Amaran'thus, i.m. ('A,neg.; /xapalvo), to decay; because the Hower does not soon decay wlien plucked.) A Linn, genus of plants, CI. Monxcia; Ord. Pentaudria. Jnss.Amaran- thaceae. The amaranth. Fr. anal, amaran- the, f. Genu. syn. Sammetblume, f. ilmaran'thus Blitum. Bot. The systematic name of a plant used as a pot herb in France ; thei'e called La hlette. Amaran'lhus Oleraceus. Bot. The system- atic name of a plant, the leaves of which, and- of several other species, are eaten in India, as cabbage is here. Amarella, ce, f. {Amarus, bitter.) Bnt. An- other name for the ])laut Polygala vulgaris, because of its bitterness. Amarin'. (Amarus, bitter.) Chem. A name given to the bitter principle of vegetables. Amarina, ee, f. See Diss. div. ii. s. vi. t. 4. Amarus, a, um.. (Heb.) Bitter. M. Med. Applied to certain substances termed bit- ters, as distinctive of their medicinal pro- perties, Fr. syn. amer, adj. Germ. syn. bitter, adj. Amary'gae. ('A^iopuo-traj, to shine.) Anat. A. term understood by some to mean the eyes, by others, the eyebrows. Gon-seus. Amaryllld'eus, a, um. (Amaryllis, the snow- cb'op.) Bot. Having an arrangement of parts, as in the Amaryllis; applied to a Juss. Ord. (AmarylUdece, nom. pi. f.) of plants: amarylUd'eous. Fr. anal, amaril- lyde, adj. Am'ativeness. (Amo, to love.) The sexual passion. Phrenol. Term for a propensity common to man and the lower animals; its organ the cerebellum. Amaloria Fe'bris. Med., Patliol. The ama^ tory fever; a term for Chlorosis, because occuri-ing when the amatory passion is strongly developed. Amatorius, a, um. (Amo, to love.) Of or belonging to love, or lovers; am'orous : am'atory. Anat. Applied to the oblique muscle of the eye, from its use in ogling. Amaurosis,ts, f. ('A^taupi^:*), to darken.) Pa- thol., Surg. Term for a disease of the eye, consisting in partial, or total loss of vision, depending on paralysis of the retina, con- joined usually with paralysis and dilata- tion of the iris, though occasionally it is rigidly contracted; it is also termed Gutta Serena, and Aqua serena. See Offuscatio. Fr. and Germ. anal, amaurose, f. Germ. syn. schwartze Staar, m.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21462124_0071.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
