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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    Bot. Having tlower.s resembling the LiUu7H. Liriiform. (LUium; furma, like- ness.) Bot. Having tlie form of a lily. Lllium. Bot. A genus, Orel. Lili- acecc. Tlie lily. Llmatu'ra. (Lima, a file.) Pharm. The filings of a metal. L. Fer'ri. Pharm. Iron filings, used as a mild clialybeate, as they become oxidised in the stomach and intestines. Limbif'Srous. [Limbus, a border ; fero, to bear.) Bot. Having a border or margin. Lim'bus. (Zi??ims, crooked.) Anat. Any distinct member of the body : a limb. Applied to the yellow spot the linbus luteus. Lime. (Sax. Lim.) Chem. One of the primitive earths, abundant in nature, but always united to an acid, most frequently the carbonic ; calcare- ous earth, or oxide of calcium. AI. Med. The fruit of the Citrus limetta, or Citrus limonum. Lime'stone. Geol. The Lapis cal- careus. Lim'ic. (Aifi6s, hunger.) Physiol. Belonging to hunger. Lim'ifomi. (Lima, a file ; forma, resemblance.) Bot. Having the appearance of a file. Limiting Mem'brane. Anat. Term applied to two membranes of the eye, one on the inner surface of the retina, and the other on its outer surface. Lim'ma. A miisical interval. Lim'no-. (K.iii.vr\, a pond.) Nat. Hist. A prefix denoting relation to a jjond or marsh. LimnomepM'tis. (Mjxv-q; meph- itis, a stink, or ill savour.) Pathol. Marsh miasm, sewerage, or the eifiuvia arising from vegetable matter in a putrescent state, as in moist or marshy ground. LimnopSl'ypous. (Aifiv-ri; woXv- TTOUs, a polypus.) Bot., Zoiil. Applied to a Family of tlie Polypi hrachiostoma. Li'mon. (Aei/ioic.) M.Med. Phar- macopceial name for the fruit of Citrus limonum and Citrus medica. LlmophtM'sis. (At/x6s, hunger ; (f>0i<Ti^, a wasting.) Pathol. Tabes or wasting, from privation of food. Limopso'ra. (Ai^6s; i^cipa, scabies.) I^athol. A kind of scabies whicli attacks man and the lower animals from long privation of food. Li'mose. (Llmus, slime ; terminal -osus.) Bot. Growing in muddy soils. Oeol. Composed of mud, argillous marl, or sand, either separate or com- bined. Limo'sis. (Ai/i6?.) Pathol. Morbid appetite; a genus of diseases character- ised by depraved, excessive, or defec- tive ap]3etite. Limothfirapl'a. (At/ii6s; depawela, the system of healing.) Med. Tlie mode of curation, or treatment of dis- ease, by abstinence. Lin'agogue. (AiVo;', aflaxen thread; 8.yw, to lead.) Surg. An instrument used in the oiDeration for vesico-vaginal fistula. Linc'tus. (Lingo, to lap.) Pharm. A loch, lolioch, or electuary; any medicine licked off the spoon because of its adhesive consistence. Lin'ea. (Zmimwi, a thread.) Aline or thread ; the twelfth part of an inch. Geom. That which has length without breadth. L. Al'ba. Anat. The central ten- dinous line, from the ensiform cartil- age to the iHibes. L. As'pera. Anat. A rough line on the posterior surface of the middle third of the femur. Lin'ese Albican'tes. Med. Jur., Obstet. Applied to certain shining reddish and whitish lines on the abdo- men, from the groins and pubes to the navel, during the first three or four days after delivery; but frequently remaining for life. L. Semiluna'res. Anat. Two curved lines corresponding with the outer edge of the recti abdominis. L. Transversa'les. Anat. Three or four transverse lines connecting the Linea A Iba with the Zwiece Semilunares. Lin'ear. (Linea, a line.) Bot. Disposed in lines ; strap-shaped. Lineariforious. (Linearis; julium, a leaf.) Bot. Having linear leaves.
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