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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    Aquae'duc'tus. (Aqua; ductus, a canal.) Anat. Applied to several canals in the body, though not always containing fluid : an a'queduct. See Cotunnius, Fallopius, and Si/lvii A quce- ducUis. Aq'ueous Hum'our. Anat. A colourless fluid in the anterior and posterior chambers of the eye. Aq'uiila Acous'tica. Anat. Tlie fluid in the cavity of the vestibule of the internal ear. Ar'abic, Gum. Gummi Acacice. Arach'nlda. ('Apdxvv, a spider.) Zool. Apj)lied to a Class of Anmdosa, containing the spider. Araclml'tis, Kdis, f. ('Apdxvr], a spider's web ; terminal -Uis.) Pathol. A faulty term, intended to mean in- flammation of the arachnoid membrane. Arach'noid. ('Apdxvv; terminal -ides.) Resembling a spider's web. A nat. Applied to the second or middle membrane of the brain. A. Canal. See Bichat, Canal of. Ar'ack. (Ind.) A spirituous liquor prepared from rice, and from cocoa- nut juice. Aralia'ceus. Bot. Having an an'angement as in the Aralia or ivy. Ara'neidse. [Ar&nea, a spider; terminal -idee.) Zoijl. A Family of the Arachnides Pidmonarice, including the spiders. Ara'nedus. (Araneum, a spider's web ; terminal -osus.) Of the nature of spider's web. Aran'tii, Cor'pora. Anat. Small tubercles, one in each semilunar valve of the aorta, and pulmonary arteries ; the Corpora sesamoidea. Ar'bor. {liobor, or liobur, timber.) Bot. A plant having a single trunk, rising high; durable, woody, and divided into branches which do not perish in winter ; a tree. Chem. Any crystallLsation which ramifies like a tree. A. Dianas. Chem. A beautiful arbor- escent precipitate produced by throw- ing mercury into a dilute solution of nitrate of silver. A. M5,r'is. The tree of the sea ; a name given to coral. Ar'bor Mlngral'ls Philds- oph'ica. 1- The A. Phil'6s6ph6runi. J Arbor Diance. A. Vl'tse. Anat. The thick mass of white substance in either hemisphere of the Cerebellum, when cut parallel to, and abo\it an inch from, the median line, ramifying like a tree. Also certain folds running from two median ridges on the anterior and posterior walls of the neck of the iiterus. Bot. The Thuya Occidentalis. Ar'bdr'eous. (Arbor.) Bot. Belong- ing to a tree ; dendroid. Ar'bores'cent. (ArbSresco, to grow to a tree.) Becoming lilie a tree. Arbus'ciile. (Dim. Arbor.) Zool. Applied to the hranchice of certain Anmdata. Ar'biitus Uv'a Ur'si. M. Med. The trailing arbutus, or bear's whortleberry, now called Arctostaphylos uva ursi. Arc. Oeotn. Same as arch. Arca'num. (^rceo, to tie hard.) A secret. Med. A nostrum, or medicine, the composition of which is concealed. Patent or quack stuSs. Arch. (Arcus, a bow.) A bending in form of a bow. Geom. Any arc, or part of the circimiference of a circle. A. of the Aor'ta. Anat. The curved parts between the ascending and descending portions of the aorta. Archego'nium. ('Apx^yovos, first of a race.) The female organ of mosses, hepaticse and vascular cryptogams. Archenc6ph'alous. ('Apx^s, chief; eY/c^c/iaXoi', the brain.) Physiol. Ap- plied, by Galen, to man, as constitiit- ing the chief sub-class of Mammalia, because of his intellectual brain. Archeol'ogy. ('Apxatos, ancient; \byo%, a discourse.) The history of ancient things. Ar'chetype. ('Apxv, a foundation; TVTTos, a type.) Anat., Com}}. Anat. The original type on which others are formed. Ar'chil. Bnt. The Lichen roccella, from which Litmiis is obtained. Arch6s'yrinx. ('Apx^s, the anus ; avpiy^, a pipe.) Surg. Pathol. A fistula in ana.
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