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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    Ai)]jlied to a Class of bodies resembling metals in their clieinical relations. Met'allo-Ther'apy. Med. Tlie treatment ol uervou.s diseases by metals, either as internal medicines or as coins or plates placed on the skin. Met'allurgy. (M^raXXof ; 'ipyou, a work.) Cliem. Tliat branch relating to the treatment of and operations connected with metal. Metamer'ic. (Merd; fx^pos, a part.) Chem. Applied to compounds where the ultimate elements are the same as in other well-known combinations, but considered to be arranged in a different way ; as acetone and 'propyl aldehyde. M6tam6rphop'sia. (Mera/xop^ow, to transform ; oi/'is, vision.) Pathol. A state of vision in which objects ap- jjear distorted. MStamdrpho'sis. (Mera/iop^iw.) Zodl. The change or assimilation which every being, in greater or less degree, undergoes in the course of its growth. Metaneph'ros. (Same ; vetppds, kidney.) Anat. The hinder portion of the Wolffian body which develops into kidney and ureter. Metapep'tone. (Same; peptone.) Chem. One of the results of the action of pepsin on ]iroteids. M6taph;^s'ics. (Merd; <t>v(ns, nature.) The application of reason to the facts which observation discovers in reflecting on our sensations, ideas, and sentiments. Metapoph'ysis. (Same; apophysis.) Anat. The process situated between the dia- and zyga-pophysis in the typical vertebra. Metas'tasis. (MeOlffTrjfxi, to trans- pose.) Pathol. The translation or shifting of a disease from one part of the body to another ; or to some in- ternal organ. Mgtastat'ic. Pathol. Belonging to Metadasis. Metaster'num. (Same ; sternum.) The ensiform cartilage. Metatar'sal. Anat. Belonging to the Metatarsus. Metatar'sus. (Merd ; rapcrSs, the tarsus.) Anat. The group of five cylindrical bones of the foot, between the tarsus and the toes. Ornithol. A single bone ending in three pulley-like productions rejireseutiug the tarsus and metatarsus together. Metath'esis. (Same; riOTj/u, to place.) A transformation ; term ap- plied to the change of seat in a morbid action, as in forcing a calculus from the urethra back into the bladder, etc. Metatho'rax. (Merd ; ddjpa^, the chest.) Entomol. Tlie third or pos- terior segment of the thorax. M6tatr6pll'ia. (Merd; rpocpri, nourishment.) Pat/iol. Morbid nu- trition. Metazo'ic. (Merd; fuirj, life.) Geol. Applied to the strata of the more ancient rocks which contain the debris of organised bodies, so that one is com- pelled to regard them as posterior to the appearance of vegetables and ani- mals on the surface of the globe. M6'teor, (MeT^wpa,usedassubst.of fieriupos, a meteor, from werd, among ; iuipa, anything suspended.) Jf^ai. Philos. Any of the phenomena which arise in or seem to traverse the atmos- phere ; so that the term is applied to the heavenly bodies—to clouds, rain, snow, etc, but popularly applied to shooting stars, etc. Mgteor'ic. Nat. Philos. Belonging to a meteor. Applied to stones which fall from the heavens in certain circum- stances, and to waters which accrue from condensation of the vapours sus- pended in the atmosphere. See Meteor. Me'teorism. (Merecop/fco, to raise up ; terminal -l(t/x6s. ) Pathol. The secretion of gas or air in the abdomen. M6teor'61ite. (MeWwpos, sus- pended ; \ldos, a stone.) A^at. Philos. Certain stones which fall from the heavensafter the appearance of meteors. An Aerolite. Mgteorfil'ogy. (Meieormi; \6yos, a discourse.) Nat. Philos. That part which treats of the history of meteors. Methse'mata. (Same; alp-a, blood.) Anat. The intermediate blood channels between arteries and veins ; the capil- laries. Me'thane. Marsh-gas C.H.4 Method'ic Med'icine. Medicine as practised by the sect called Medici
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