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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![Paracelsus for a saline solution ; a solution ' of salt. I Andena. (Arab.) Chem. Old name for C/iaZj/6s, or steel. Ruland, and Johnson. Andira. (Ueriv. uncertain.) A Linn, genus of plants, CI. Biadeljjliia ; Ord. Decandria. Juss. Fabdcecs. Andira Iner'mis. Bot., Med. A systematic name for the plant otherwise called Geoff- rcBa inermis, Angelina., and Angelina Za- noni acostce, or the cabbage-tree, the bark of which is narcotic, cathartic, and anthel- mentic. It grows in the East and West Indies, and other hot countries. See An- gelica. Andrach'ne, es, f. kv^pixvi]) Bot. A name given to several plants, but chiefly to the Portulaca oleracea of Linnseus, or purs- lane. I Andranat'omy. {'Av^p, a man; avar^fivm., to j cut up.) TeiTn for the dissection of the human body, particularly the male. An- \ drdnatomia, ce, f. See Androtomy. Fr. anal. andranatomie, f. Germ. syn. die Zerglied- erung einer mannlichen Leiche. An'dria, a, f. {'Avijp, avSphs, a man.) Physiol. Old name, used by Bonettus, Med. Septentr. I. iii. s. 32, c. 4, p. 859, for a hermaphrodite woman. Androgenla, ce, f. {'Av^p, afSphs, aman; yevos, a race.) Physiol. Term, Gr. anal. avSpoy^- veia, used by Hippocrates for the propaga- tion of the male sex; the succession of their race by men, according toFoesius, CEc. p. 57. Fr. anal, androgynie, f. Androgynus, a, um. ('Af^jp, a man; yw^, a woman.) Anat., Physiol. Partaking of . both sexes ; hemi aphrodite. Bot. Having male and female flowers on the same plant; hermaphrodite; monecious: andro'gynous. Physiol. Anciently applied to hermaphro- dites in whom the male organs were chiefly developed {Androgyni homines), or Viri effoeminati. See Gynanthropus, Herma- phroditus. Fr. anal, androgyne, adj. Germ. ■ syn. mannweihlich, adj. Andromania, ^, f. ('Acr/p, a man; juai'io, mad- ness.) Pathol. The insane love of men ; a term formerly used synonymously with Nymphomania, or the Furor uterinus. Fr. anal, andromanie, f. Germ. syn. Manntoll- heit, f. Andromeda, «, f. (Andromeda, daughter of Cassiope.) A Linn, genus of plants, CI. De- candria ; Ord. Monogynia. Andromeda Mariana. Bot. The systematic - name of the broad-leaved moorwort; a de- coction of the leaves of wliich is used (U.S.A.) in the disease toe-itch, or ground- itch, common among the slaves in the soutliem parts. Andronion. ) (Andi-on, an ancient phy- Androninm, it, n. j sician, its inventor.) Med.,Pharm. Name, Gr. anal. i.v5p<iviou, of an old medicine against carbuncle and herpes : described by Paulus iEgineta, iv. 25,^and 20. Androph'orus, i, m. ('Av^jp, a man; <pep<t>, to bear.) Bot. Name given to the slender pillar which supports the united anthers in monadelphous and diadelphous plants; distinct from a stamen by the latter sup- porting only one anther: the androph'orus. Fr. anal, androphure, m. Andropogou, i, n. ('Av})p, a man; Trtcyaiv, a beard.) A Linn, genus of plants, CI. Poly- gamia : Ord. Moncecia. Andropogon Nar'dus. Bot. The systematic name of the Indian nard or spikenard, called also Nardus Indica, Spica Indica, and Spica nardi; the root is used in the Mithridate, and Theriaca, being moderately warm and pungent. See Calamus Alexan- drimis, and C. odoratus. Andropogon Schoenan'thus. Bot. The system- atic name of the camel's-hay or sweet- rush ; called also J uncus aromaticus, J. odoratus, Foemim camelorum, and Stra- men camelorum; it is brouglit from Turkey and Arabia, and was formerly employed as stomachic and deobstruent See Squi- nanthus. Androsse'mon, Onis, f. ) {'Av^p, a man ; at/xa, Androsae'mum, i, n. i blood; from the co- lour of its juice.) Bot. The plant all- heal, or St. Peter's wort. See Hypericum Androscemum. Androt'omy. {'Aurjp, a man; Teavco, to cut.) Term for human anatomy : the dissection of man. Andrutdme, es, f.; or AndrOtuniia, ce, f. See Andra)iatomy. Fr. anal, andro- tomie, f. An'drum. (From an Indian word.) Pathol. Name given to a kind of elephantiasis of the scrotum, endemic in the south of Aft'ica. Fr. anal, andrum, m. Andsjudaen. M. Med. Old term, used by Avicenna, for Assafoetida. Quincy. Aneb'ion. M. Med. Old name for the root of the Anchusa tinctoria, or alkanet plant. Quincy. Aneilema, atis, d.| ('Av6i\ectf,toroll up.) Med. Aneilesis, is, f. ) A term, Gr. anal. are/Aij- /xa, used by Hippocrates, de Vet. Med. xl. Ki, for the rolling about or rising up of air in the intestines, and tlie tormina thereby caused: flatulence. Fr. anal, aneileme, or aneilese, m. AneUop'terus, a, um. {'Avei\ea>, to unroll; TTTipov, a wing.) Entomol. Applied to in- sects with four wings, the two superior of which are not, as usual, coriaceous, but flexible: aneilop'terous. Fr. anal, anel- optere, adj. Anelec'tric. ('A, priv.; ijheKTpov, amber; by means of which electricity was first dis- covered; terminal -tichs.) Nat. Philos. Having no electric properties; non-electric. See Diss. ii. s. vi. t. 6. Anelectricus, a, um. Fr. anal, anelectrique, adj. Anelec'tricus, a, um. See Anelectric. Fr. anal, anelectrique, adj. Ane'mSl 1 Ancemia, Ancemialis, Ancemi- Ane'mio.'j Anemone, es, f. (Ave/ios, wind; because said not to expand its flowers till blown upon by the wind.) A Linn, genus of plants, CI. Polyandria; Ord. Digynia. Juss. Ranunculaceoe. The anemone, or wind- flower. Fr. anal, anemone, f. Germ. anaL Anevione, f.; syn. Windblume, f.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21462124_0083.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
