Medical lexicon of modern terminology : being a complete vocabulary of definitions including all the technical terms employed by writers and teachers of medical science at the present day, and comprising several hundreds of words not found in any other dictionary : designed for the use of students and practitioners / by D. Meredith Reese.

  • David Meredith Reese
Date:
1855
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Credit: Medical lexicon of modern terminology : being a complete vocabulary of definitions including all the technical terms employed by writers and teachers of medical science at the present day, and comprising several hundreds of words not found in any other dictionary : designed for the use of students and practitioners / by D. Meredith Reese. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

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    Arteritis ; inflammation of the coats of arteries. Artery ; the name of each bloodvessel of the body through which the blood passes from tbe heart to the different organs, throughout the sjstem. Arthralgia ; ) ura]gic pain in t]ie joints> Autiirodynia ; ) e> r j Arthritis; ) inflammation 0ftne joints, the gout. Arthrosia ; ) J ' ° Arthronalgia ; chronic rheumatism. Arthrosis; joint, articulation. Articular ; belonging or relating to the joints. Articulation ; joint. Aryt.emo-Efiglottici ; small muscles of the la- rynx. Arytenoid ; third and fourth cartilages of the larynx, and certain glands, <fec. AsAFOiTiD.v; fetid gum used in medicine. Asbestos; earth flax, incombustible. Asarum Canadexse ; a medicinal plant. Ascarides ; small worms infesting the rectum. Ascendens ; applied to a portion of the aorta, vena cava, <fec. Ascites ; dropsical effusion within the abdomen. Asclepias Tuberosa ; pleurisy root, <fcc. Asininum Lac : asses' milk. Asparagus; root a diuretic. Asi'era Arteria ; windpipe. Asphaltum ; pitch. Asphyxia ; a suspension of the heart's action, sus- pended animation, as by suffocation. Aspidium Filix Mas ; male fern, anthelmintic. Aspiration ; respiration. AsrLENiuxi; a medicinal plant. Assa ; a midwife, a dry nurse.
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