Mayne's medical vocabulary : being an explanation of all terms ... / R.G. Mayne.

  • Mayne, R. G. (Robert Gray), 1808-1868.
Date:
1889
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    in the laws of Nunia ; but tlie custom was not general until nearly at the close of the republic. The Persians never sanctioned burning of the dead. ]t has been lately approved in Eurojje. Cre'mor. [Kpl/j-vov, the thick juice of barley.) Cream; also any substance skimmed from the siu-face of a fluid ; also a thick decoction of barley. Cre'nate. {Crena, a notch.) Boi. Notched ; scolloped. Cre'nillate. {Orenula, a little notch.) Having small notches. Crepitant. (Fr.) Crackling, or rattling. Crep'ita'tion. (C'rSpUo, to crackle.) Chem. The same with Decrepitation, •which see. Pathol. The sensation produced by pressing any portion of cellular tissue, in which air or gas is collected, between the fingers. Surg. The act of grating the ends of a frac- tured bone together. Crfip'itus. (Crepo, to make a noise.) Med. The discharge of gas or flatus fi'om the stomach and bowels. Pathol. The crackling noise occasioned by pressing a part when air or gas is col- lected in the cellular tissue. Surg. The grating sensation produced by the ends of a fractured bone being rubbed against each other. Crescen'tise. (Cresco, to grow.) Enlarged cervical or inguinal glands in young people. Crest. Anat. Applied to several objects which surmount others. Crest'ed. Bot. Having a crest. Cre'ta. [Greta, island of Crete.) M. Med. The impure carbonate of lime ; chalk. Cretac'eous. (C'reta.) Belonging to chalk. Cre'tinism. (Old Ital. Cretira, a poor creature.) Pathol. An endemic disease of Switzerland and other mountainous countries ; characterised by goitre, stinted gro^vth, swelled abdomen, ^vTinkled skin, wan com- plexion, vacant and stupid countenance, misshapen cranium, and insensibility to cold or heat, blows or wounds. A large proportion of cretins are idiots. Cribra'tion. (Crihrum, a sieve.) The act or process of sifting, or passing through a sieve. Cri'briform. (Crihrum, a sieve ; forma, likeness.) Anat. Perforated like a sieve. CrI'co-. Anat. A prefix denoting attachment to the cricoid cartilage. Cri'cold. (Kp/zfoj, a ring; terminal ■Ides.) Anat. Resembling a ring. Crim'inal Abor'tion. M. Jnr. See Foeticide. Crl'nate. [Crlnis.) Having hair. Crl'nis. (^pLvw, to distinguish.) Anat. The hair of the head, especially of the back part. Crin'old. (Kplvov, a lUy ; terminal -Ides.) Resembling a white lily. Crinoid'ea. (Same.) An Order of Echinodermata, including the feather- stay. Cri'sis. (Kp/o-ts, a decision, or jjro- bably tlie, or a, deciding or turning point.) Pathol. A sudden and marked change of any kind, favourable or un- favourable, occurring in the general disease, and influencing its character. Crisp'ate. MC'ris^o, to curl.) Bot. Crispus. \ Curled : crisp. Crispa'tion. (Same.) Slight con- traction of any part, as in goose skin. Also the sensation called fidgets. Cris'ta. (As if Carista, from Kapa, the head.) A crest. Anat. Applied to parts, or processes of bones, re- sembling a crest. Bot. A peculiar organ of the Gramineai. Ueol. The ridge of a mountain or chain of moun- tains. Surg. An excrescence about the anus and jiudenta. C. Gal'Ii. A7iat. Tlie peculiar process on the ethmoid bone, to which the falx cerebri is attached. C. Urethras. A synonym of the Cap ut gallin agin is. Crist'ate. (Crista.) Bot. Having a crest; crested. Crit'ical. (Crisis.) Pathol. De- termining the issue of a disease. See Crisis. Physiol. Similarly api)lied to periods of life as decisive of certain changes of constitution, habits, etc. C. Age. Physiol. That period of female life when the catamenia become irregular, and after (in many cases)
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