A compendious medical dictionary : containing an explanation of the terms in anatomy, physiology, surgery, materia medica, chemistry, and practice of physic - collected from the most approved authors / by R. Hooper, M.D.

  • Robert Hooper
Date:
1798
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    ATT ranked by Cullen in the clafs neurofts, and order ftafmi. There are three fpecies of afthma: i. AJihma fpontaneum, when with- out any manifeft caufe. 2. AJihmaptcthorkum, when it arifes from plethora. 3. AJihma exantlumaticum, originating from the repulfion of fome humour. Astragalus. The bone of the tar/us, upon which the tibia moves. Atheroma. An encyfted tumour that contains a foft fub- ftance of the confiftence of a poultice; from pu]fc, pap. Atlas. The name of the firft cervical vertebra; fo culled becaufe it iuftains the head, as A/his was fuppofed to fuftaiu the earth. Atmosphere. The whole affemblage of ambient air j from *r/Los, a vapour, and upturn, a globe. Atmospheric air. In 100 parts of atmofphcric air there are 72 of azote, 27 of oxygene, and 1 of carbonic acid. Atony. A defefb of mufcular power; from *, priv. and Trivia, to ftretch. Atrophy. Emaciation and weaknefs, but without heftic fever ; from a priv. and rgo$n, nutriment. This difeafe is ai ranged by Cullen in the clafs cachtxite, and order marcores, When it takes place from too copious evacuations, it is termed atrophia inamtorum ; when from famine, atrophia famtliccmm; When from corrupted nutriment, atrophia cacochjmka ; and when from an interruption in the digeftive organs, atrophia deb ilium* Attendants. Diluents. Thofo fubftanees are fo termed, which poflefs a power of imparting to the blood a more thin and more fluid confiftence than it had previous to their exhi- bition ; from attnmo, to make thin: i'ucli are, aqua, firum /aftis, Sec. Attollens aurf.m. A common mufcle of the ear, which draws it upwards, and makes it’s upper part tenfe. Attraction. See Affnity. Auditor?