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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    to Pleonexia; apiDlied to a species of A thymia. Plefinex'ia. [JlXeove^la.) Pathol. Greediness, grasping seMshness ; over- bearing temi^er or arrogance regarded as mental disease. Plesiomor'phous. (nXTjo-Zosjnear; IJ.op(p-/j, form.) Chem. Nearly of the same form. Plessim'eter. (nx^o-o-w; ixirpov, a measure.) Med. An instrument consisting of a circular piece of sole leather, or india-rubber, to receive the strokes of the plessor in percussion. See Plexwieter. Ples'sor, (nXijo-o-w, to strike.) Med. An instrument like a hammer for gently striking on the jjlessimeter in percussion. See foregoing. Pleth'ora. [Wk-qdu, to be full.) Med. Excessive fulness of the vessels; repletion ; also, a fulness or plumpness of body. Plethoric. Pathol. Belonging to Plethora. Plethys'mograph. (Same; ypdtpu, to write.) An instrument for register- ing the changes in the volume of any organ or limb. Pleu'ra. (nXeup<i, the side.) Anat. A serous membrane divided by the mediastinum, forming the right and left cavities of the thorax, and investing its viscera like a shut sac. This term is sometimes prefixed to others, in re- ference to the side generally. P. Costa'lis. \Anat. That i^or- P. Parieta'lis. / tiou of the pleura which internally lines the ribs or pari- etes of the thorax. P. Pulmona'lis. Anat. That por- tion of the pleura which invests the lungs. Pleural'gia. (IlXeupd; &\yoi, pain.) Pathol. Pain in the pleura, or side. See Pleurodynia. Pleurapophys'ial. Camp. Anat. Belonging to Pleurapophysis. PleurapSph'^sis. {Yl\evp6i,;airo(p'Liw, to be born from.) Comp. Anat. Applied, by Owen, to the homologues of the costal process, or lateral part on each side of a vertebra ; the rib, or verte- bral or bony part of a rib. Pleuraposte'ma. (IlXeupd; d7r6- (XTTf)na, an aposteme.) Surg. Patlwl. An ai)osteme, or abscess in the pleura. Pleurar'thr6ca,ce. {Pleurarthron; KaKbs, evil.) Surg. Pathol. Caries of a rib-joint. Pleurarth'ron. \ (IlXeupd; O.pdpov Pleurarth'rum. / a joint.) Anat. The articulation of a rib. Pleurenchy'ma. (Same; ^yxv/J-a, anything poured in.) Bot. The woody or fibro-vascular tissue of jilants. Pleur'ic. Med. Belonging to the Plexcra, etc. Pleur'isy. See PleuHtis. Pleurit'ic, .Pathol. Belonging to Pleuritis. Pleuri'tis. (Pleura; terminal-tiis.) Pathol. Inflammation of the ftleura : pleurisy. Pleur'o-. (nXtupd.) A prefix de- noting relation to or connection -with the pleura, the side, or a rib. Pleur6car'pous. (HXei/pd; Kapirbz fruit.) Bot. Applied to a CI. of the Musci Calypteratm, in which the fruit is lateral ujjon the stem or br^inches. PleurSdyn'ia. (JlXeupd; bhiivi], pain.) Pathol. External (rheumatic) pain in tlie side. See Pleuraglia. PleurSgjha'ic. (Pref. Pleura-; yvvTi, a woman.) Bot. Aijplied to the in- sertion of stamens when it takes place on the circumference of the ovary itself. PleurSnec'tes. (nXei;pd; vtikttjs, a swimmer.) Ichthyol. Applied to the sole fish, or P. solea. PleurSner'vious. (Pleuro-; veOpov, a nerve.) Bot. Having leaves or folioles supplied with a lateral nervure. Pleuro-pneumo'nia. Pathol. Acute pleurisy comj)licated with pueimionia. Pleurorrhoe'a. (Pleuro-; piu, to flow.) Pathol. An exudation from, or collection of fluid within, the pleura. Pleur'orthopnoe'a. (IlXeupd, the serous membrane of the side; 6pdbs, upright; irviw, to breath.) Pathol. Term for Pleuritis, in which the patient can only breathe when sitting erect. Pleur'ospasm. (Pleuro-; ffwa(r/j.6i, a spasm.) Pathol. Cramp in the side. Pleur6th6t'6nos. (UXevpddfv, from
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