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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    quantity of base ; or three times as much base to the same quantity of acid as the corresponding neutral salt. Tris'mus. (Tpifw,to gnash.) Pathol. Lock-jaw or locked-jaw. See Tetanus Trismus. T. Nascen'tium. Pathol. Locked- jaw of infants, occurring usually within two weeks from their birth. T. Tranmat'icus. Pathol. Trau- matic locked-jaw, from cold or a wound. Trisplanch'nia. Pathol. Pinel's term for an ati'ectiou of the trisplanch- nic or great sympathetic nerve ; ap- plied to Oriental cholera. Trisplancli'mc. (Tri-; aTrXdyxvov, a viscus.) Anat. Applied to the sympathetic nerve, because it is con- nected with the viscera of the three great cavities of the body. Trit'icin. Chem. See following. The gluten of wheat. Trit'icum. (TSro, to thresh from the husk.) Bot. A genus, Ord. (?ram- inacece. T. ^sti'vum. ) M. Med. The T. Vulga're. \ wheat plant. Tritox'ide. (Tri-; oxydum, an oxide.) C'Jiem. Applied to substances susceptible of several stages of oxidise- ment, to express the third stage. Trittlra'tion. (TSro, to crumble in pieces.) The process of reducing solid bodies to powder by continued rubbing. Triv'iaL {Trlviavi, a place where three ways meet, and so, common.) Bot. Used synonymously with specific, and added to the generic name to dis- tinguish the particular species, as Rosa, a genus whose trivial names are Cunina, C'entifolia, Gallica, etc. Not often employed. Tro'car. [Trois quart—three quar- ters, from its three-sided point.) Surg. A sharp-pointed instrument for the operation of tapping, or Paracentesis. Troch, or Troche. See Trochiscus. Tr6cliaii'ter. (Tpoxtifw, to make haste.) Anat. Applied to two pro- cesses of the femur, major and minor. Entomol. The second joint of the hind leg. Zfiol. The second piece of the simple limb of the Crustacem. Trdchid'iform. ) (Tpox<5s, a wheel; Trdch'iform /foi-ma, likeness.) Eesembling a wheel. TrSch'mus. (Tpox6s.) Anat. Chaussier's term for the smaller of two superior eminences of the os humeri. Trdchis'cus. (Dim. Tpox<5s.) Pharm. A small round tablet; a troch or troche. A lozenge. Tro'chiter. Anat. The larger of the two eminences mentioned under Trochinus. Trochlea. (Tpox6s.) Anat. The fibro-cartilaginous pulley near the in- ternal angular jirocess of the frontal bone, through which the tendon of the Obliquus siqyerior muscle passes. TrSchlea'ris. Anat. Belonging to the trochlea ; applied to a muscle of the eye : trochlear. TrSch'leator. Anat. Applied to the fourth pair of nerves, because dis- tributed to the trochlearis muscle. See Pathetic Nerves. Troch'oid. (Tpox<5j; termiual-ic^es.) Resembling a wheel. Anat. Ap- plied to a movable connection of bones in which one rotates upon another. Tro'phi. (Tpe^co, to nourish.) Zoiil. The prehensile and masticatory organs in insects. Trophic. {Tpoip-f], nourishment.) Physiol. Relating to the function of digestion and [the assimilation of nour- ishment. Also applied to nerves con- cerned in the nutrition of parts. TrSphfineuro'sis. (Tpo^??; neurd- sis.) Pathol. A species of fatal atrophy, in which the j)rocess of nutri- tion suffers from diminished nervous influence. TrSpho'spenn. {Tpo(p6s, a nurse ; awipua, seed.) Bot. A thickening of cellular tissue found within a carpel, or folded leaf, where its margins unite; also termed Placenta. Tropics. (T/307rtK6y; pertaining I to a turning.) Astron. Conversational term for the two circles i^arallel to the equator, at 23^ degrees' distance from it : the northern, the tropic of Cancer ; the southern, of Capricorn. Trough, Pneumatic. See Pneu- matic Trough.