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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    tissue.) Bot. Tissue formed of spiral tubes or vessels like tracliefe. Tra'cheo-. Anat. A prefix deuot- iug comiectiou witli the trachea. Tra'cheotome. [Trachea; rijivo}, to cut.) Surg. An instrument for Ijerforming tracheotomy. Tracheot'omy. (Same.) Surg. The operatiou of cutting into or open- ing the trachea. See Bronchotomy, Tracho'ma. (Tpax!5s,rough.) Pathol. Roughness on the internal surface of the eyelid, causing violent ophthalmia and severe pain on moving the eye- lid. Trachysma. Trachycarp'ous. [Tpaxv's; Kapir6s, fruit.) Bot. Having rough fruit. Trachypho'nia. [TpaxiJs; (puvri, the voice.) Physiol. Roughness of the voice. Trachyph'yllous. (Tpaxt^s; 4>ij\- \ov, a leaf.) Bot. Having rough leaves. Trachys'ma. Same as Trachoma. Trachysper'mous. (Tpa^i^s; airip- fxa, a seed.) Bot. Having rough fruits. Trachystach'yous. (Tpaxi^s; o-rd- Xvs, an ear.) Bot. Having spikes rough with hairs. Trach^t'Ic. (Tpaxi^TTjs, rough- ness.) Geol. Applied to a group of plutonic earths having a rough ajppear- ance. TrachytSph'yte. [Tpax^r-qs; <pv- t6v, a plant.) Bot. A plant having leaves rough to the touch. Trac'tus Op'ticus. Anat. The optic tract. The circular tract, or course of the optic nerve from its origin round the crus cerebri. Trag'acanth. {Tpdyos, a goat; aKavda, a thorn.) AC. Med. The concrete juice of the Astragalus verus. Tragacan'thin. Chevi. A sub- stance found to compose the whole of gum tragacanth ; also, but incorrectly called Adraganthin. TrS-g'Icus. Anat. Belonging to the Tragus. Trag'us. (Tpdyos.) Anat. The small cartilaginous eminence of the external ear projecting over the mea- tus, and generally hau'y like a goat's beard. See Antilobium. Trance. (Fr. Transe, agony.) Pathol. A rapture or transport of mind ; ecstasy. See Catalepsy. Transcalency. [Trans, through ; cafeo, to be warm.) Nat. Philos. The, property of transmitting rays of heat. Transcendent'al. (Trans, beyond; scando, to climb.) That which goes beyond the results of actual exi^erience. Thus T. Anatomy investigates the model iipon which the animal frame is constructed and treats of the apparent homologies. Transfdrma'tion. [Trans; foiino, to make.) Pathol. A morbid change in a part, consisting in the conversion of its texture into one of a different kind, as of the soft parts into bone or cartilage. Transfu'sion. [Transfundo, to pour from one vessel into another.) Surg. The introducing of venous blood immediately taken from one living animal into the veins of another; also the introduction of other fluids than blood. Tran'sit. [Transeo, to pass over.) Astron. The passing of a planet by or over a fixed star, or the sun's disc ; or the moon's passing by or covering any other planet. Translu'cid. [Trans; luceo, to shine.) Nat. Philos. Penetrable by luminous rays, but too slightly for a clear perception of objects, even con- fusedly. Transmiita'tion. (Name employed in reference to the delusive, but, at one time, alluring doctrine oi Alchemy ; by which Geber, the Arabian Magi- cian and Philosopher, with his fol- lowers, in the 8th century, propagated the notion of possessing the art of con- verting all the baser metals into pure gold ! And to effect this grand pur- pose, the proximate agency of that miracle of art, tlie Philosopher's Stone, was all that was reckoned essential. It has been su]3posed that constant study and experimenting—though ex- hausted in vain in search of the said Stone —led to accidental discoveries 2G