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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    Adac'tylous. (A, ueg. ; 8dKTv\os, a finger.) Without Augers, without claws. Adam's Apple. Anaf. See Pomum Aclami. Adamant. ('ASa/xas; A, j^riv. ; Sa/j.dti}, to break.) The hardest irou or steel; the diamoud. Adaman'tine. (Adamds.) Mine- ral. Having the hardness or bright- ness of the diamond. Ad'amas. (A, ueg. ; da/xdu}, to sub- due.) Mineral. The diamond, or adamant. Addephag'ia. [Mtjv, or ASStjv, abundantly ; (payelv, to eat.) Pathol. Voracious, unnatural appetite, or Bulimia. Ad'dison's Dis'ease. (From an English physician.) Pathol. The Melasma supra-renale, first described by him, and due to the tubercular in- filtration of the supra-reuals. Addit'amen'tum. {Addo, to ad- join.) Anat. A small suture some- times found added to the lambdoid and squamous sutures: an addit'ament, or addition. Ad'dQc'ent. {Adduco, to bring to.) Anat. Bringing together : as e.g. the rectus intenius of the eye. Adduc'tion. (Same.) Anat. Move- ment by which one part, as a limb or finger, is brought to another, or to the mesial line. Adduc'tor. (Same.) Anat. Applied to muscles that perform adduction. See A ntithenar. Adelarthroso'mata. (ASt/Xoj, hid- den ; dpdpov, a joint; crw/j.a, a body.) An Order of Arachnida trachearia, in- cluding the book-.scorpions and harvest- sjiiders. Adelomor'phous. (ASt^Xos, con- cealed ; /xop^rj, form.) A term applied to inconspicuous cells of rounded form which partially line the glands of the stomach, etc. Ademon'ia. ('Aoij/uos,exile.)Depres- sion of mind, nostalgia; home-sickness. Ad§n. {'Adriv, a gland.) Anat. A gland. Pathol. A IjuIjo. Adgnal'gia. ('Aotji/ ; &X70S, pain.) Pathol. Pain in a gland. Adenecto'pia. I (Same; eKTovo?, away from a j^lace.) A condition in which a gland does not occupy its natural position. AdSnempkrax'is. ( 'Adrjv ; e^^- pdcraw, to obstruct.) Pathol. Gland- ular obstruction. Ade'nia. (Same.) Term applied to a form of disease, as scrofula, syphilis, etc., in which many glands are afl'ected with chronic inflanimatiou. Adeni'form. ('Adriv ; forma, re- semblance.) Anat. Formed lilce a gland ; glandiform. See Adenoid. Adfinl'tis. ('A8-qv ; terminal-i<w.) Pathol. Inflammation of a gland : bubo. Ad'Sno-. ('A8riv.) A prefix de- noting relation to glands. Ad6n6dyn'ia. ('Ad-qv ; 65vi>7],pain.) Pathol. Pain in a gland. See Aden- algia. Adenog'raphy. {'Adrjv ; ypdcpu, to write.) A treatise or dissertation on the glandular system. Ad6noid'. ('ASi^v ; terminal-ic^es.) Resembling a gland. A. Tissue. A variety of connective tissue containing initsmeshes lymphoid corpuscles. Found in lymphatic glands, Peyer's i^atches, etc. Adenol'ogy. ('AStjv ; \6yos, a dis- course.) Study of the glandular sys- tem. Adeno'ma. (Same.) A tumour ori- ginating from pre-existing gland struc- ture presenting the general characters of either racemose or tubidar glands. Ad6n'6memn'geous. ('ASijc ; /j-v- viy^, a membrane.) Pathol. Applied to mucous or pituitous fever (Febris adenomeningea), because the mem- branes and follicular glands of the in- testines were held to be the chief seat of the complaint. Ad6nonc5'sis. ('Ad-qv ; 6yK6w, to make bulky.) Pathol. Swelling of a gland. Adgnfineuro'sus. ('A8riv ; vevpov, a nerve ; terminal -tiSijs.) Pathol. Applied to the plague {Febris adeno- 7ievrosa), because attacking the nerves and lymphatic glands of the axilla and groin.