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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    ypd(pu, to wite.) JVat. Hist. A de- scrijitiou of zoophytes. Zodphytol'Sgy. {ZoSphptian; X670S, a discourse.) Nat. Hist. That branch which treats specially of the history of zoophytes. Z66psych61'6gy. {ZCoov ; psycho- lugia.) Zool. Doctrine of the exist- ence of mind in brute animals. Zo'Sspores. Bot. Detached gemmae, set free by the inferior algoe. Zodt'ic. (ZtDoi/.) Geol. Applied to a rock or soil containing the del/ris of organised bodies. Zoot'omy. (Zwov ; t^/jlvu, to cut.) Anat. Dissection of the lower ani- mals, as distinguished from human anatomy, or the dissection of man. Zos'ter. (ZwvvvixL, to gird.) Pathol. A species of vesicular eruption, which extends round the trunk like a zone or gii'dle. See Herpes Zoster. Zygo'ma. (Zvyw/iia, the zygomatic arch.) A7iat. The os jugale, os malas, or cheekbone. Zygomatic. A'liat. Belonging to the Zygoma. ZygSph'ylliun. {Z\rybv, a yoke; (pvWov, a leaf.) Bot. Applied to leaves composed of a pair of leaflets as if yoked together. A plant of the Nat. Ord. Zygop)hyllaceai, or Gtcaiamim Order. Zy'mogen. (Zvfj,i!],Ierment; yewdw, to produce.) Chem. A neutral sub- stance obtained from the stomach of animals, and consisting of the digestive ferment with some albuminoid. ZjHnol'ogy. (Same ; X670S, a dis- course.) Chem., Pathol. History or consideration of fermentation ; or of the morbid action of miasmata and poisonous substances on the animal economy. Zymo'ma. (ZuyuAw, to ferment.) Chem. Ferment: a fermented mix- ture. Zymosidin'gter. [Zymosis; /xirpov, a measure.) Chem. An instrument for ascertaining degrees of fermentation. Zymo'sis. (Zvfj.6u.) Pathol. Applied to those diseases depending on miasmata for their origin, and called endemic, epidemic, contagious, etc., as expressing also the mode in which morbid poisons act on the animal economy ; fermentation ; the progress of Zymoma. Zymot'ic. Pathol. Belonging to Zymosis. Zymotic disease theoreti- cally includes several orders of excit- ing or originating causes—the acces- sion of which may thus be designated as enthetic, XKirasitic, etc. Zy'thum. (Zi^^oj.) A kind of malt liquor used by the Egyptians. THE END Printed by R. & R. Clark, Edinburgh.