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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    divide.) Bot. Applied to a calyx when it presents many incisions ex- tended almost to its base. P111rip6t'a,lous. (Plures ; pUalm, a petal.) Bot. Sa.me as Polypetalotis. PlGiise'riate. [Plures; series.) Bot. That which is disposed in many rows. PlUr'xvalve. (Phlres; mZw(,avalve.) Bot. Composed of many valves. Pmto'nian. (P^ftto, thegodof hell; in science indicating heat, or fire.) Geol. Applied to a Class of earths produced by fire. Pmton'ic. {PMo.) Geol. Applied to a Class of earths which, brought from the bowels of the earth by the action of internal fires, are spread on the surface of the globe. Plu'tonism. (Plrdo; terminal -ismiLs.) Geol., Nat. Philos. An hypothesis which attributes to sub- terranean fires the action of volcanoes, the constitution of the principal beds, or at least of the crust of the globe. Plu'vial. (Pluvia, rain.) Pertain- ing to rain. Pneumarthro'sis. (UyeOfxa, air ; arthrosis.) Pathol. Secretion of gas within the joints, often occurring during convalescence' from articular rheuma- tism, and soon disapjiearing. Pneumatic. (UveO/ia.) Belonging to air or gas. P. Trough. Chejn. A trough of a 2)articular construction for collecting gases under water, or quicksilver, so as to exclude atmospheric air ; also called Ilydropneumatic Trough. Pneumat'ics. (nyeO/^a.) Nat. Philos. That branch which treats of the nature and properties of air. Pneu'mato-. [Hvevna.) A prefix signifying relation to or connection with air or breath. Pneumat'Scele. {livedjxa; K-})\-q, a tumour.) Surg. Any kind of hernia filled with flatus. Physocele. Pneumatdchem'ia. (PnewnMo-; chemia, chemistry. Chem. Pneu- matic chemistry. Pneumatftchem'ical. Chem. The pneu7nato - chemical apparatus, in- vented by Priestley, is a tub full of water arranged so that it will permit of gases being easily collected. Belonging to Pneumatochemia. Pneumat6chymif'erous. (Pneu- vitLto-; cAymt/(?rfs,bearingchyme.) Bot. Applied to the tracheae of vegetables when composed of two tubes, the one straight and full of air, the other rolled into a spiral form and full of liquid. Pneumat6dyspnce'a. (Prveum^to-; dyspnoea, difficult breathing.) Pathol. Emphysematous dyspncea. PneumatSl'figy. Pneumdto-,-Xdyos, a discourse.) Pathol. The doctrine of air or breath. Pneumatdm'gter. {JlvevfiaifUrpov, a measure.) Physiol. An instrument for measuring the quantity of inspired air. Piieumat6p]i'6rous. {PneumMo-; 0epw, to bear.) Bot. Applied to the straight tubes by which air is conducted to the centre of the spiral tube of the tracheas. Pneumato'sis. {n.vevixaT()U), to distend with wind.) Windy swelling. Emphysema. Pneumatotho'rax. (Pneum&to-; ddipa^, the chest.) Pathol. Air in the chest, or thorax. Pneu'mo-. Same as Pneumato-. Pneumoconio'sis. (Same; kovls; dust.) Pathol. Tliat form of phthisis due to the inhalation of various dusts, as among needlemakers, stonecutters, etc. Pneumogas'tric. {Tive'ufiu)v, the lung; yaa-T-qp, the belly.) Anat. Belonging to the lung and belly. This term is applied to the Par vagum, or nerve of the respiratory organs ; and to the floccus, or long slender lobule of tlu! cerebellum. Pneu'mon-. Same as Pneu'mato-. PneumOnae'mia. (Ilveviiwv; ailna, lilood.) Pathol. Congestion of blood in tlie lungs. PneumOnal'gia. (Jlveintav; &\yos, pain.) Pathol. Pain of the lung. Pneumo'nia. {TLvevixovla, a disease of the lung.) Pathol. Inflammation of the lung, which may be lobar, catar- rhal, or traumatic. See PneuTrwnitis. Pneumon'ic. [Ylvevnoov.) Anat., Med. Belonging to the lung; pul- monary. Pneumfini'tis. {Ylvevixwv; terminal
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