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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    Menisper'mum Coc'cMus. M. Med. The luooii-seed plaut, the benies of wliicli ai'e called Cocculus Indicus. M. Palma'tum. AI. Med. The Cocculus 2ndmal)is. Mfinobranch'isB. (lUvw, to remain; Ppayxia, the gills of a fish.) Zool. The al)i(liiig resijLratory apparatus of amphibious auimals. See Menopo- vmtia. Men61ip'sis. (Mijfes, the menses ; \ec\pis, a retention.) Pathol. Term for retention or absence of the cata- menia. Men'6pause. (M^i^es ; iraucns, a cessation.) Pathol., Physiol. Cessa- tion of the menses. MenOplan'ia. (Mrjves; irXdur], a deviation.) Pathol. A discharge of blood, at the catamenial period, coming from some other part of the body than the womb ; an aberration of the men- strual flow. M6n6pomat'ia. (Mevw, to remain ; ■7ru}/j.dTLov, a lid.) Zoul. The opercu- lum or lid of the respiratory apparatus of amphibious animals. Menorrhag'ia. (M-^ves, the menses; p')77J'ii,u,t, to biu'st forth.) Pathol. Im- moderate flowing of the catamenia or menses ; or of blood from the uterus. M. Al'ba. Pathol. Leucorrhosa, or Fluor albus. M. LOcMa'lis. Ohstet., Pathol. An excessive flow of the lochia. Menorrhag'ic. Pathol. [Menor- rhfXffia.) Belonging to Menorrhagia. Menosta'sia. ) (M.7jves; o-rdo-ts, a Menos'tasis. \ standing.) Pathol. Suppression of the catamenia. MenoxSn'ia. (M^ves; f^vos,strange.) Pathol. Irregixlar meustruation. Mens. (M^fos, force, strength, or power.) See Mind. Men'ses. (ilfensw, a month.) Phy- siol. The periodical discharge from the uterus; the catamenia. See Menstrua- tion. M., Immod'erate Flow of. See Menorrhagia. M., Obstruc'tion of. See A-menor- rhcca. M., Reten'tion of. See Cldorosis, Emansio Mensiian, Menolixisis. Men'ses, Suppres'sion of. See A menorrha:a, Menostasia. Men'strual. (Menses.) Phyaud. Belonging to the catamenia. Menstrua'tion. {Menses.) Physiol. The montlily discharge of a red fluid from the uterus, and often from tlie upper portion of the vagina : the func- tion of menstruating. M., Difficult. See Dysmcnorrhoea. Mens'truum. Cliem,., Pharm. A liquid used to dissolve or extract the virtues of ingredients by infusion, de- coction, etc.: a solvent. Mensura'tion. (Mensuro, to meas- ure.) Med. The act or process of measuring the thorax, abdomen, etc. Men'ta. Anat. A name for the Membrum virile ; also called Mentula. Mentag'ra. (Mentum, the chin ; dypa, a seizure.) Pathol. An her- petic eruption about the chin, forming a tenacious crust like that on a scald head ; same as Sycosis. Mentagroph'yton. [Mentagra ; (pvrdf, a plant.) Sycosis contagiosa; the supposed cryptogamic plant which is the cause of sycosis menti. Men'tal. {Mens, the mind; mentum, the chin.) Anat., Physiol. Belonging to the mind or to the chin. Men'tha. {Minthe, a daughter of Cocytus, changed into the herb.) Bot. A genus, Ord. Labiatm. m. Pipfiri'ta, M. Med. The pep- permint herb. M. Pmgg'ium. M. Med. The plant pennyroyal; used as carminative, emmenagogue, and stomachic in hys- terical disorders, etc. M. Sati'va. ^ M. Med. The plant M. Spica'ta. j^spearmint: M. M. Vir'idis. j viridis is adopted M. Vulga'ris. j in the pharmaco- poeias. Men'thol. M.Med. Asolid,crystal- lisable constituent of American and Chinese oil of peppermint; efiicacious as an anti-neuralgic—and especially so in severe toothache. Menti'go. {Mentum, the chin; terminal -Igo.) Pathol. Same as Mentagra. Men'tiila. (Dim. Menta.) Anat.
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