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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    formed by numerous couvolutions of the vas deferens, attaclied to the tes- ticle by vessels and the reflected layer of the tunica vaginalis. Epididymi'tis. (Same ; terminal -itis.) Inllammation of the ei)ididymis. Epigas'tralgia. (Epigastrium; 5X705, ] lain.) Pathol. Pain in the epi- gastrium. Epigas'tric. A nat. Belonging to the epigastrium. Epigas'trium. (E,irL,UYion lyaa-r-^p, the stomach.) Anat. That part of the abdomen immediately overthe stomach. Epige'an. {'EttI ; yij, the earth.) Bot. Applied to certain cotyledons that make their way above ground, and appear like leaves. Epig6n'6sis. CEttL ; yLvofiai,tohe born.) Physiol. The theory of the foetus being the joint production of both sexes. Epiglot'tic. Anat. Belonging to the epiglottis. Epiglot'tidean. [Epiglottis; ter- minal -ideus.) Pathol. Belonging to the epiglottis. Epiglot'tis. (Ett/ ; yXurrls, the glottis, or entrance to the windpipe.) Anat. The cartilage at the root of the tongue which forms a lid or cover for the glottis. Epig'ynous. ('E7ri; yvvfi, a woman.) Bot. Ajiplied to stamens when inserted above the ovary. Epi'hyal. ('Eiri; hyoldes, hyoid.) Comp. Anat. Applied, by Owen, to a triangular piece of bone, pretty con- stant in fishes, whicli articulates above to the styloliyal. Ep'ilepsy. {''EwLkaix^avw, to arrest.) Pathol. A nervous afl'ection, character- ised by fits of sudden and temporary loss of consciousness, with convulsions and generally foanung at the mouth. E., Jacksonian. A form of epilepsy in which the convulsions are confined to one half of the body, and conscioxis- ness generally not lost. Chiefiy seen in children, and caused by syphilitic deposit in the neighbourhood of the middle ceiebral artery. Epilep'tic. Pathol. Belonging to Epilepsy. Epilep'tica, Aura. See Aura Epi- lepti.ca. Epilep'tlform. (EpUepsia; fomm.) Like epilepsy. Epileptog'enouB. (Same; ycvv&w, to produce.) Tliat which causes epi- leiisy. Epilep'toid. (EjMepsia; terminal -ides.) Med. Resembling epilepsy. Epi'lose. {E, neg.; pilosus, hairy.) Deprived of hair ; bald. Epime'rus. {'Eiri, upon; fiiipos, the thigh.) Entomol. One of the lateral pieces of each segment of the thorax of the hexapoda. Epinarthe'cia. (Same ; vdpOrj^, a stem used as a splint.) A mode of treatment of fractures by susiiension of the limb by straps from a light iron framework. Epineu'rium. (Same; vevpov, a nerve.) The connective tissue sheath of a nerve. Epinyc'tis. (Same ; vij^, night.) A bloody jrastule rising in the night and disappearing in the morning. Epip6t'alous. ('Eirt; w^TaXov, a jietal.) Bot. Sitiiated on the petals. Epiphloe'um. (EttJ ; ^Xoi6s, bark.) Bot. The layer of bark next the epi- dermis. Epiph'fira. ('EirKp^pu, to carry to.) Pathol. A superabundant flow of tears. Epiphrag'ma. ('Eirl; (ppdy/xa, a partition.) Bot. The slender mem- brane which sometimes shuts the peristoma of mosses. Epiphyllosper'mous. ('Ett^ ; (pvX- Xov, a leaf; airipixa, a seed.) Bot. Having seeds on the leaves. Epiphyl'lous. {'EwL; cpiXKov.) Bot. Ai^ijlied to flowers which grow on the surface of a leaf, and also to parasiti- cal fungi on the leaves of other plants. Epiph'j^sis. ('Etti ; ^i5w, togrow.) Anat. Portion of bone attached [con- tinuously) to, and terminating in another bone ; as the bulky extremi- ties of long bones, which exist by a cartilaginous union, but, in some re- spects, for a time separate from the shaft.
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