The medical vocabulary, containing a concise explanation of the terms used in medicine and its accessory sciences / [Robert Fowler].
- Fowler, Robert
- Date:
- 1860
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The medical vocabulary, containing a concise explanation of the terms used in medicine and its accessory sciences / [Robert Fowler]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![AMAZIA (Gr. a, and mazos, breast). The condition of a mon- ster without breasts. AMBE (Gr. ambe, the raised rim of a shield). 1. An old instrument used in the reduction of disloca- tion of the humerus downwards. 2. A superficial projection on a bone. AM'BERGRIS (Fr. ambre, amber; gris, grey). A morbid product originating in, and discharged from, the intestines of the sper- maceti whale. It is of a greyish, white, black, cineritious or varie- gated colour, of the consistence of wax, and of an aromatic, pleasant odour. AMBIDEXTER (L. ambo, both; dexter, right). One equally ac- tive with both hands. AMBULACRA (L. ambulacrum, a private place for walking in) The perforated series of plates in the shell of the sea-star, or sea- urchin. AMBUSTIAL (L. ambustio, a burn). Produced by a burn. AMBLYAPH'IA (Gr. amblus, blunt; aplie, touch). Bluntness of the sense of touch. AMBLYO'PY (Gr. amblus, ob- scured ; dps, visage). Incomplete or incipient amaurosis. AMBON (Gr. ambon, the raised rim of a shield). The fibro-cartila- ginous ring which forms the mar- gin of an articular socket. AM'BULATORY (L. avibido, I walk). 1. Applied to erratic dis- eases ; also to blisters put in succession on different portions of the frame. 2. Made for walking. AM'BULO (Gr. aviballomai, I throw up). Painful shifting abdominal tumours, probably of a flatulent nature. AMENORRIUEA (Gr. a, neg.; me- ins, the menses ; reo, I flow). Sup- pression or retention of the menses. AMENTIA (Gr. a, neg.; and L. mens, mind). Idiocy. AMENTUM (L. a thong). In Bot., A species of inflorescence, con- 18 sisting of numerous scales or bracts which enclose stamens, andl are ranged along a stalk or axis. AMIANTHTFORM (Amianth, andJ L. forma, form). Having the form or likeness of amianth, or.I earth flax. AMIANTH'OID (Amianth, and; Gr. eidos, appearance). Syu. of. amianthiform. AMMI (Gr. amis, a chamber-pot).i The seeds of the bishop's weed: I carminative, diuretic, stomachic,!; and tonic. AMMO'NIAC, AMMONIA'CAL.j Pertaining to, or possessing the; properties of, ammonia. AMMONITES. An extinct genus* of mollusca, which inhabited a chambered shell, so called from; its resemblance to the horns on the statue of Jupiter Ammon. AMMONITIFE'ROUS (Ammonite,« and L. fero, I bear). In Geol., Containing the remains of am- monites. AMMONI'URET. A supposed I compound of ammonia and a pure I metal. AM'NION (first observed in (Gr. amnos) a sheep). The most internal ] membrane of the ovum—a non- vascular shut sac—which com- pletely envelopes the embryo. AMNIOT'IC (same). Of, or relating i to, the liquor amnii. AMNIOT'IC ACID. The name given by Vauquelin and Buniva to allantoic acid, from supposing that it was in the liquor amnii they discovered it. AMNI'TIS. Inflammation of the amnion. AMORPHO-GRANULAR. Con- sisting, or composed of, irregu- larly-shaped granules. AMORPHOUS (Gr. a neg.; mor-f pile, shape). Devoid of regular form. AMORPHY (same). Irregularity; of form ; deviation from a deter- minate shape. AMPAC. A tree of the East Indies,;](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b24859746_0032.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
