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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    Cachexia. (Kok-o's, bad ; i^is, a habit.) Pathol. Depraved liabit of body; applied (pi.) to a Class of Noso- logy : cachexy. Cachou or -chu. A syiiouyiu of catechu. Caco. (KaK-o's, bad.) This word, used as a prefix, meaus bad. Cacocol'pia. (Ka/cos; KbXiro^, the vagina.) Surg. Pathol. A putrid con- ditio ii of the vulva audvagiual entrance. Cacoe'thes. (Kukos, bad ; Idos, habit or disposition.) Pathol. Bad habit or disposition. Cacogen'esis. (Same ; yivea-is, origin.) False or morbid formation, as a monstrosity or pathological pro- duct. Cacopla'sia, C. plastic. (TrXatrcrw, to form.) Morbid formation, as cancer. Cacoso'miiun. (Kaicos; awfia, a body.) Med. A lazaretto for Lejmc and other incurable diseases. Cacot'rophy. (Tpi(f)w, to nourish.) Disordered or imperfect nutrition. Cac'teous. {Cactm, the artichoke.) Jiot. Having an arrangement as in the Cactus ; applied to a Nat. Ord. Acew. Cadav'firic. ) (Cdddvei-, a corpse ; Cadaverous. \ from cMo, to fall.) Med. belonging to a dead body. Cad'mla. (Ka5/xe/a, ))rass ore.) Chem. Applied to several metallic substances—Calamine, Cobalt, Tutty, etc. Cad'mluni. (Cadonla, tutty ; in which it was fii-st observed.) Ghem. Name for a metal found in several of the ores of zinc. Cadtl'cous. {GMo,ioM\.) Falling off: caducous. Cse'cal. (Caxum, the blind gut.) A nat. Belonging to the Caxum. Cae'citas. (Cmcus, blind.) Pathol. Blindness. Cascl'tis. (Cmcum, terminal -itis.) Pathol. luHammation of the caecum. Gse'cum. (Neut. siug. of cmcus, blind.) A')iat. The blind gut (intes- linum being understood), or first por- tion of the large intestine ; the Caput coli. Caerill'eus Mor'bus. Pathol. The blue disease, or Cyanosis. Cserulina. See Cerulin. Caesalpi'nesB. (In honour of Caesal- piuus.) A Fauuly of the Nat. Ord. Leguminosa, containing several s])ecie.s of wood used for dyeing. Csesa'rean Opera'tion. ) (From 0. Sec'tion. i Julius Cmsar; said to have been delivered thus ; more probably cmdo, to cut.) Obstet. Surg. The operation of cutting into the womb through tlie abdominal walls when natural delivery is imprac- ticable ; hysterotomy. Cse'sium. {Cmsius, a bluish gray.) A metal, the most electro-positive of all. Caffein'. (Fr. 6V«, coffee.) A bitter ])riuciple obtained from coffee; the same as Thein. Cajiiptl'ti Ol'eum. (Malay, Caju- jmto, white-tree.) AI. Med. Pharma- copoeial name (B.P.) for Cajuput or Cajeput oil obtained from the Mela- leuca minor. Cal'abar Bean. See Physostigma venenosum. Calamif§rous. (Ccllamus; fgro, to bear.) Bearing cylindrical tubes. Calam'inar. M. Med. Belonging to calamine, or Lapis calaminaris. Cal'amine. (Cadmla, litpldosa, an ore of zinc.) M.Med. Pharmacopceial name for a native impure carbonate of zinc. C. Prepared. That which has been heated and pulverised. Calamin'tha. (KaX6s, beautiful; fxlvda, mint.) Calamint, herbs of the Nat. Ord. Labiatcc. Gal'anius. (Ai-ab. Kalam, the stalk of a plant.) A reed, pen, or quill. M. Med. Pharmacoijoeial name for the rhizoina of A corus calaimis. C. Ro'tang. M. Med. Supposed to yield the substance dragon's blood, which is really obtained from the Ptero- carpus draco. C. Saccliari'nus. The sugar-cane. C. Scripto'rius. A i)ointed instru- ment for witing with. Anal. Applied to a narrow fissure on the back and median line, of the Pons Varolii. Cal'apitte. (Malay, Calappa, the cocoa-tree.) Bot. A stony concretion sometimes found in the inside of the
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