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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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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![Anijrid eus, a, urn. {Amj/ris, a kind of sweet biuelling tree.) Bot. Belonging to, or having an ai'iangement of parts, as in the genus Amijris: amyricl'eous. Fr. anal. Amyride, adj. Amyris, idis, f. ('A, intensive; nvpov, a sweet scented juice; from its fragrant smell.) A Linn, genus of plants, CI. Oct- andria ; Ord. Mono ynia. Juss. Tcre- hhithacecB. Fr. syn. balsamier, m. Germ, syn. Bnlsamatrauch, m. Amyris Elemifera. M.Med. The systematic name of the tree which yields the gum elemi. Amjrris Gileaden'sis. The systematic name of the tree which affords the balm or bal- sam of Gilead. See Alpini Balsamiun, Bal- sainuin, Cnrpohalsamum, Oleum Balsami, OpohaJsamum, Xylobalsamum. Ana. ('Ai'a.) Med. Of each; a word much used in piescriiitions, and often signified by the double letters da. See AA. Anabasis, eos, or is, f. ('AcaSaiVai, to ascend.) Med. An old term, Gr. anal, dyagacris, used by Galen, for the increase either of a disease, or of a particitlar paroxysm : ana'- basis. See Acme. Fr. anal, annbase, f. Anabaticus, a, um. ('AfdSxiris, an increase.) Fathol. Of or belonging to anabasis ; aug- menting; increasing: anabat'ic; applied for- merly to a continued fever, the symptoms of which gradually increase in seventy. Anabex'is, is, f. {'hvaSijnaw, to cast up by coughing.) Med. Term formerly used for expectoration and ptyalism, according to Quiney. Anablep'sis, eos, or is, f. ('Ava, again ; fi\i-na>, to look, or see.) A term for the recovery of sight: anableii'sis. Anabole, es, f. ('KvaSaWo), to reject.) Med. Term, Gr. anal. aiaSoA-f], used by Galen, de C. M. sec. Loc. viii. 3, for the rejection or dis- charge of anything by vomiting. See Ana- goge, Anapliore. Fr. anal, anabole. Germ, syn. Auswerfen nach oben. AnabrocMs'mus, i,m. ('Ai/a,through; flpiixos. a halter or cord; terminal, -itrnhs.) A term, Gr. anal. ai/agpoxKriubj, used by Galen for the taking of anything superfluous from one when he is bound. Surg. Formerly applied to the ablation of the eyelashes : ana'broch- ism. See Diss. div. ii. s. vi. t. 7. Fr. syn. a^'ahrochisme, m. Anabrosis, is, f. {'AvaSpda-Kce, to corrode, or gnaw.) 3Ied. Term, Gr. anal. avdSpaais, used by Galen, de Loc. Affect, v. 5, for a cor- rosion, or exesion of the soft parts : anabro'- sis. See Diabrosis. Fr. anal, anabrose, f. Anacamp'seros. Bot. A name for the Sedum telephium. Anacardiaceus, a, um. {Anacardium, the Malacca bean.) Bot. Belonging to, or having an arrangement of parts, as in the genus Anacardium : anacardia'ceous. Fr. anal, anacardie, adj, Anacar'dium, n, n. ('Avo and xapSia, the heart; because its fruit was thought to be like the heart of a small bird.) A Linn, genus of plants, CI. Enneandria ; Ord. Monogynia. Juss. Tercbinthacece. The cashew-nut tree. Fr. anal, anacardier, m. Germ. syn. Ele- phantenlaus, f.; Akajanuss, f. Anacar'dium Occidentale. Bot. The systematic name of the cashew-nut tree. The nut shell or husk contains an acrid oil sufficient to blister the skin, and which forms a good marking ink. Anacar'ditun Orientale. i Bot. The systematic Anacar'dium Indicum. ] names for the plant which produces the Malacca bean. Fr. syn. anacardier, m. Germ. syn.ElephaHtenlaus,t Anacathar'sis, is, f. ('Ava, upwards ; Kx0aipa>, to purge.) Med. A term, Gr. anal. acaKaeapff.s, used by Hippocrates, Ajih. v. 8, for purgation by sputa, or expectoration; it has also been applied to purging upwards by any medica- ment, as emetic, sternutatory, masticatory : anacathar'sis. See Repurgation. Fr. anal. anacatharsie, f. Anacathar'ticus, a, um. {Anacatharsis, expec- toration. ) Of or belonging to Anacatharsis; promoting expectoration, or vomiting ; ana- cathar'tic. See Anocathartic. Fr. anal. anacathartique, adj. Anach'mus. Alchemical term for an incorpo- rated spirit. DornfBUS in Diet. Faracels. Anachremp'sis, is, f. (^kuaxp'.fi-^is, from ava- XP^lJ^itita, to spit out.') Med. Another term, Gr. anal, avaxp^ix^ts, for expectoration, ac- cording to Hippocrates, Coac. prcenot. 320. Fr. anal, anachrempsie, f. Germ. syn. Aus- rduspern, n. Anacinema, Citis, n. ('AcaKifeo), to move or excite.) Med. Ancient term, Gr. anal, ava- Ktvr)fia, used by Hippocrates, I. ii. de DicBta xlii. 5, for a movement or commotion of the body, forming a species of exercise then employed. Fr. anal, anacineme, m. Ana'clasis, is, f. {'AvaKAdco, to bend back.) Surg. Tenn, Gr. anal. ai'dKAarrts, used by Hippocrates for the bending back of a joint upon its external parts; or of a broken limb: ana'clasis. Anacliuteriiim, i, n. {'AvaKKlvw, to recline ) Med. Name for a kind of couch or seat, so formed that a man could lie down on it in a reclining posture. Fr. anal, anaclintere, f. Ana'clisis, is. f. ('Aj'aKAiVa), to recline.) Med. Term, Gr. anal. afdKAKTts, for the reclining, or rather the mode of reclining, or the atti- tude of the sick in bed, whicli affords im- portant indications in several diseases, ac- cording to Hippocrates, de Dec. Orn. xi. 1. Fr. anal, anaclisie, f. See Decubitus, and Physiognomy. Anacoche, eos. f. ('Aca/ctaxf'ii), to retain.) An- cient tenn, Gr. anal. auaKuxTi, used l)y Hip- pocrates, i. de Artie, t. 80, for a retention, delay, or retardation. Anacollima, atis, n. ('AvoKoAAaco, to glue toge- ther.) Med. Old term, Gr. anal. di-aKtiAArj/ia, used by Galen, de Bern fac. Par. c. 10, for an epithem of medicinal substances, which were placed as if glued together on the fore- head, in affections of the eyes. Fr. syn. anacolUme, m. Anacolup'pa. Bot. Name of a Malabar plant, used as a remedy in epilepsy, and an anti- dote against the bite of the Naja, a genus of highly venomous serpents. Anacomlde, es, i. {'ApaKo/xl^w, to bring back, or to advance.) 31ed. 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