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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    Inflam'matory. (Same.) Pathol. Belonging to Inflammation; phlogistic. Inflam'matory Crust. Pathol. The huffy coat oi' the lilood. I. Fe'ver. Pathol. The state of fever called synocha. Inflamma'tus. (Same.) Pathol. In a state of inflammation ; inflamed. Infla'tion. (Inflo, to blow into.) The act of inflating or distending by air. Inflexed. (Inflecto, to bend in.) Bot. Bent, or curved inwards. Inflores'cence. [Infloresco, to blossom.) Bot. A term for the various ways in which flowers are united to the jilaut by the pedunculus; the particular manner of liowering. Influen'za. (Ital. for influence.) Pathol. An ei^idemic disease ; char- acterised by the suddenness of its attack, general dejiression, great heavi- ness over the eyes, and peculiarly dis- tressing fever. See Gri'piM. Infra-maxil'lary. {Infra, beneath ; maxilla, the jaw.) Anat. Situated under the jaw. Infra-orb'itary. {Infra; orbitum, the orbit.) Anat. Situated beneath the orbit. Infra-sca'piilar. {Infra; scdpula, the shoulder-blade.) Anat. Below the shoulder-blade. Infra-spl'iiate. {Infra; spina, a spine.) A nat. Below a spinous pro- cess : infraspinous. Infructes'cence. {Fructus, fruit.) Term applied to an aggregation of fruits, as in tlie mulberry or pine. Infundib'illiform. (Infundibulum; /o7')H«, likeness.) Anat. Bot. Shaped like a funnel. Infundib'iilum. {Infundo, to pour in.) A funnel. Anat.,Vhem. Applied to three small tubes in the kidney, of a somewhat funnel-like shape ; also to the canal leading from the third ventricle of the brain to the pituitary gland. Also a small cavity of the cochlea at the end of the modiolus. Infu'sion. (Same.) Pharm. A liquor ol)tained by jiouring water of any particular degree of temperature on flowers, leaves, etc. ; also the act or process of obtaining such liquor. InfUsC'ria. (Same.) Belonging to infusions : infusory. Zobl. Applied to a sub-kingdom and a CI. of Protozoa so extremely minute as to be invisible to the naked eye ; found in infusions of various substances, and in stagnant water. Believed to be parasitic in the human body sometimes. Infus'um. See Infusion. Inges'ta. {Ingero, to carry in.) Med. Applied to the aliments taken into the body by the moutli. Ingm'vies. (As if IngUuvies ; from in gula, in the throat.) Ornithol. The craw, crop, or gorge of birds. See Cro}}. Ingras'sias, Wings of. Anat. Two portions of the symmetrical halves of the sphenoid bone, termed the large and small wings. Ingravida'tion. {In; grdvXdo, to get with young.) Physiol. The same as Impregnation. Ingre'dient. {Ingredior, to enter in.) Pharm. Any simple substance which enters into the formation of a compound body. In'guen. (As if Unguen; from unguo, to anoint; being usually moist.) Anat. The lower and lateral part of the abdomen immediately above the thigh ; the groin. In'guinal. {Inguen.) Anat. Be- longing to the groin. Ingiila'tion. {In; gida, the throat.) Aled. Tlie introducing or ])uttiug anything into the throat. Inhala'tion. {Inkdlo, to breathe in.) Med. Tlie drawing in or iusj)ir- ing of fumes or vapours with the breath. Inhibi'tion. {Inhibeo.) Physiol. The temporary or iiermanent aiTest of the functions of a nerve or organ. Inhi'bitory. {InhKbeo, not to have.) Anat., Physiol. Applied to certain muscles the action of which tends to hinder or retard. Also to nerves which check the action of other nerves. In'ial. {'\viov, the occiput.) Anat. Belonging to the Inion, or occiput; looking to the occiinit. A term em- ployed in reference to the asi^ects of the head.
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