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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    Wack'e. (Germ.) Geol. A sub- stance somewhat between basalt aud a soft clay. Waist'coat, Strait. M. Med. A coutrivauce to secure maniacs, aud re- strain their violent movements. Wal'chereii Fe'ver. (From the island of Walche)-e)i, where in 1809 tlie British troops suffered.) 3Ied. An endemic remittent fever. Wall-eye. See Teichopsia. Wardrop's Operation. (From an English surgeon.) Surg. Distal liga- ture of an artery for aneurysm. Wart. See Verruca. War'ty. Bot. See Verrucose. Waslier'woinan's Scall. Pathol. A species of Eczeina. Wast'ing. {Vasto, to spoil or de- stroy.) See Consumption, Emaciation, Leanness, Tales. Watch'fulness. See Agrypnia. Watching. See Pendgilium. Wa'ter-brash. Pathol. The dis- order Pyrosis. Wa'ter - can'ker. Synonym for Cancrum 0ns. W.-cure. The system called Hydro- pathy. W. - dock. M. Med. The Rumex aquaticus or R. Britannica hydrola- pathum. W.-pox. Pathol. True chicken-ijox. Varicella ; water-jags. W.-tomes. Pathol. The disorder Pyrosis. W. of Crystallisa'tion. Cliem. The combining of water with salts whilst crystallising. Wa'ters, Green. See Green Watei-s. W., The. Ohstet. The Liquor amnii. See Primitice. Waved. See Undulate. Wax. See Cera, Cerumen. W. -ker'nels. Popular name for irritated submaxillary glands. Waxy-Degeneration. See Amyloid. Wean'ing. See Ablactation. Wedge-shaped. See Cuneiform. Weil's Disease. (From a German physician.) An acute infectious di- sease allied to typhoid with grave gastric disturbance, jaundice, and mus- cular pains. Wen. Pathol. Popular name for the encysted sebaceous tumour of the scalp. Also for Bronchocele. Whar'ton's Duct. Anai. The ex- cretory duct of the submaxillary gland, discovered by Wharton. Wheal. (A. S. Walus.) Pathol. An elevation of the skin, as if produced by a stroke from a cane. Also a pimple. See ]VJielL Wheat. (Sax. Ihoate.) M. Med. The seeds of the plant Triticuvi hy- hernuni. Wheelhouse's Operation. (From an English siu'geon.) Surg. Opening the urethra by a perineal incision in front of a stricture and then searching for the orifice %vith a fine probe. Wheez'ing. See Cerchnus, Rhonchus. Whelk. Pathol. Similar to Wheal; also name of a small tubercle usually situated on the face, otherwise called lonthus. Whip'worm. The TricJwcejphalus Dispar. Whis'ky. (Ir. Visge, water ; as if water of life.) A dilute alcohol ob- tained by distUling from malt. See Usquebaugh. White Giun. Pathol. The Siroph- idus albidus. W. Lead. See Cerussa. W. Leg. Pathol. The affection Phlegmasia dolens. W, Precipitate. Chem. The Hydrargyri ammonio-chlm-idum. White Sub'stance of Schwann. See Schioann. W. Swelling. Pathol. The aff'ec- tion Hydarthrus. W. Vit'riol. Chem. HheSulpihaszinci. Whi'tening. Oiem. The carbon- ate of lime. See Chalk. Whites. See Leucorrhoea. Whitlow. See Onychia, Paro- nychia. Whooping-cough. See Pertussis. Whorl. See Verticillus.