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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    ;i bealc.) Zuol. Name for a geuus of EiUozoa, Ord. Acanthocephula of su b-kiugdolu Vermes. Echi'nus. ('Ex'i'of, the liedgeliog.) The hedgeliog. Also the rough stomach of runuuant.s. Also tlie gizzard of Inrds. JSot. Also a genus of the Nat. Ord. Ettphorbiacece. Also the prickly head of a plant. Echolal'ia. (Hxw, a returned sound; Xa\ia,talking.) Med. Anhnita- tion of words and tones found sometimes in insanity and in nervous disorders. Eclamp'sia. ('E/cXd^aTrw, to shine ; to bui'st forth violently.) Plashing of light; etfulgence. Pathol. A con- vulsive disease of infancy ; also epi- lepsy, with the flashes of light attending it; also a form of puerperal convulsions resembling epilepsy in severity: eclampsy. Eclec'tic. (E\-\e7a), to select.) Med. Selected or chosen from among others. Eclec'ticism. (Same.) In medicine and philoso2)hy the system which assumes to take the good and true ft-om all other systems. Eclipse'. (E/cXeti/'is, a falling.) Astron. Darkness; or defect, or failing of light in the sun or moon. Eclip'tic. Astron. Belonging to an eclipse ; applied to an imaginary cu-cle in the heavens, which the sun appears to describe in the course of the year. Econ'omy. (Okos, a house ; y6/ios, a law.) Used to denote the collection of organs or parts forming a living thing, and the laws which govern them. Ecras'eur. (Fi-. Ecraser, to crush.) Surg. A kind of chain-saw or wire- loop tightened by a screw, for remov- ing piles, polypi, or malignant gi-owths. Ec'stasy, or Ex'tasy. (E/co-Tacrts, derangement, distraction of mind ; from 'E^i'cm;/xt, to throw down from its place in the mind.) Pathol. Total sus])ensiou of sensibility, voluntary motion, and mostly of mental power ; the body erect and inflexible, the pulsation and breathing not aftected. Ec'tasis. ('E/cTeicw, to stretch out.) E.xpausion ; any morbid con- dition characterised by dilatation. Ec'thyma. {'EikOvo}, to break out.) Pathul. An eruption of phlyzacious jnistules, without fever and not con- tagious. Ecto-. ('E/ct6s, without.) A prefix signifying without, outside. Ec'toblast. {'E/ct6s ; ^Xaarbi, a bud.) The outer envelope of a cell ; also the membrane of the yolk. Ectocar'dia. ('E/crfis; Kap8ia, the heart.) Displacement of the heart. Ec'toderm. ('Ekt6s, outside ; d^p- fj.a, the skiu.) The outer layer of the blastoderm, also called epiblast. Ecto'pia. (E/croTTos, displaced.) Protrusion or displacement. Ectopter'ygoid. ('E\-t6s, without; 7rrepi;7oed5T7S, pterygoid.) Comp. Anat. A term applied to the transverse bones of reptiles, and also to the pterygoid proper of fishes. Ectosto'sis. ('E/cTos; oariujcns, a frame-work of bones.) Calcareous deposit in cartilage, commencing from outside. Ec'tSzoon. ('E/CTos; ^uov, an animal.) Zoiil. Any jaarasitic insect that infests the surface of the body, in distinction to the Entozoa. Ectropion. ('Ektp^ttw, to tiu-n from.) Surg. Pathol. A disease in which the eyelid folds on itself; eversion of the eyelid. Ectrot'ic. ('EKTirpwiTKCj, to tlu'ow out.) Pathol. The treatment by which the development of disease is liindered. Ec'zgma. (EKfi^w, to boil up.) Pathol. A smarting eruption of small vesicles generally crowded together, without fever and not contagious. There are numerous varieties of this disease. Eczem'atous, Pathol. Belong- ing to Eczema. Eden'tate. (E, priv. ; dens, a tooth.) Zool. Without teeth : eden'- tate ; applied to an Ord. of Mammalia, as the sloth. Efferent. (EffSro, to bring out of.) Anat. Bringing out; applied to cer- tain vessels of the testis, and to nerves running from a nerve-centre. Ef'ferves'cence. {Effervesco, to
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