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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    Acan'thium. (Same.) Bot. Tlie trivial uame of the Onopordiuni Acan- thium or cotton tliistle. Acan'thdcSph'alous. (AKavda; Ke<pa\T], the head.) A spiuy head. Zoiil. Applied to a family (la) of the Entozoa scolecida. Acanthod'es. ('kKavda; terminal -wSt/s.) Same as Spinosus: acau- thous. Acan'thold. ('kKavda. ; terminal •Ides.) Resembling a spine. Acan'thfip'hdrous. (A/cav^a; <j>ipw, to bear.) Bot. Beset with spines or coarse hairs. See Spinigerous. Acan'tli6p6d'ious. ('AKavda ; irois, a foot.) Bot. Having sjjrnous petioles. Acan'thopteryglous. (A/cav^a; TTTepvyiov, a little wing.) Ichthyol. Having spiny fins ; applied to an Order (gii) so provided. Acan'thiilus. ('AKavda.) Surg. An instrument for extracting thorns, or s/»tc«te of wood, bone, etc.,from wounds. Acan'thus. AKavda.) A genus; Ord. Acanthacece. A. Mollis. Bot. Systematic name of bear's breech. Acar'dia. (A, priv. ; KapSLa, the heart.) Physiol. The condition of a monster-foetus, born without a heart. Acari'na. [Acarus.) An Order of Arachnida trachearia, including the ticks. Acar'old. [Aciirus; terminal-ic^es.) Resembling the Acams. A'car'pous. (A, priv.; /cap7r6s,fruit.) Boi. Having no fruit. Med. Applied to a division of skin diseases, in which neither tubercles, vesicles, nor pustules are present. A'carus. (A, neg.; (ce/pw, to cut, from its small size.) Entomol. The mite. Several species infest the skin of man and animals. A. Autumnal'is. Entomol. The harvest bug ; the wheal-worm. A. Domes'ticus. Entotnol. The domestic tick. A.Ric'inus. Entomol. The dog- tick. A. Scab'iei. Entom., Pathol. The itch animalcule : the itch-tick. A. Slr'on. Entom. The mite. A'cat'alepsy. (A, priv.; Kara- Xa^/3dfw, to apprehend.) Med. Un- certainty in diagnosis or prognosis. A'catapo'-sis. (A, priv.; Karairlvoi, to swallow.) Med. Difficulty in swallowing. See Dysphagia. Acau'date. (A, neg.; cauda, a tail.) Tailless. A'caul'ine. (A, priv.; caiilis, a stem.) Bot. Having no stem. Ac'cel6rat'or. (AccSlSro, to hasten.) Apjilied to a muscle of the penis (^1. urince) whose action propels the urine ; also named Ejacidator seminis, from a similar office as to the semen; also called the Bulho cavernosus, from its connec- tions. Accentua'tion, (Ad, to ; cantus, a song.) A term applied to a sound when marked vrith special loudness or clear- ness. Ac'ces'sion. (Accedo, to be added to.) Pathol. The beginning or onset of diseases ; or of fits, paroxysms, or exacerbations in fevers, etc. Ac'cessdr'ius. (Same.) ^Iwa^. Ap- plied to muscular appendages that assist the action of larger muscles ; also, to two nerves of the neck : accessory. Ac'cident'. (Accldo, to happen.) Med. A word iised by the French synonymously with symptom ; and so ejnployed by the Greeks. Things out of the usual course happening to the healthy were termed accidentia. Ac'ciden'tal. (Same.) Med. Ap- plied by French, and some English witers, to textures resulting from morbid action. Ac'clim'ated. (Ad, to. ; clima, a region of the earth.) Accustomed to clinrate. Med. Becoming accustomed to a climate. Ac'climat'isa'tion. (Same.) Med. The state of being acclimated. Accllv'is. (Ad, to ; cliviis, the side of a hill.) Anat. Applied to a muscle of the abdomen, from the oblique ascent of its fibres ; the Obliquus internus. Accommoda'tion of the eye. (A ccom- modo, to adjust.) The act by wliicli the eye is adjusted to see objects dis- tinctly at different distances. Ac'couch'ement. (Fr.) Accoucher,