A dictionary of terms used in medicine and the collateral sciences / by the late Richard D. Hoblyn.
- Richard Hoblyn
- Date:
- 1899
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A dictionary of terms used in medicine and the collateral sciences / by the late Richard D. Hoblyn. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![1 and unaersimium^ i r' of Medicines YG-z>r M mf^—^aavmd m vegetable substances which have undergone ■fermentation ; it is the old name for lactic acid. Zumometcr. An instrument for measuring the degree to which fermentation has proceeded in fermenting liquors. ZYGAPO'PHYSIS ((uyrfs, junc- tion, air6(j)V(ris, apophysis). Articu- lar process. A process or exo- genous portion of a vertebra, by which it is • connected with the adjoining vertebra. See Vertebra. ZYGO'MA {Cvy6s, a yoke). The arch formed by the zygomatic processes of the temporal and cheek-bones. [Zygoma is but another name for the as jugate, os malce, or cheek-bone, and is so called ft'om (vySs, a yoke, because it is joined, by the peculiar for- mation of its chief process, to the corresponding portion of the Tem- poral bone, the two uniting to form something like the yoke by which oxen were joined together in drawing the plough, &c. The cavity and processes of the os jugate, and also of the os temporis, are called Zygomatic, simply be- cause belonging to, or connected with, the Zygoma o» cheek-bone.— Mayne.] 1. Zygomatic process. A thin, narrow projection of bone, bound- ing the squamous portion of the temporal bone at its base. 2. Zygomaticus major. A muscle arising from the cheek-bone, and inserted into the angle of the mouth. 3. Zygomaticus minor. A muscle arising a little higher upon the term distorlor oris has been applied to them. 4. Zygomatic fossa. An irregular cavity situated below the zygoma ZY'GOSPORE {Cvy6s, junction, (Tvdpos, a spore). The spore which results from the conjugation of two parent cells, as in Moulds and some Algaj. ^ZY'MOGEN (C^^,, leaven, y^v- nau, to produce). A term applied to a neutral substance derived from the secreting cells of the stomach of animals. It consists of a combination of the digestive ferment with (probably) an albu- minoid. ZY'MOME {(ip.T,, leaven). The residue of the gluten of wheat, after it has been treated by alcohol, and has parted with its gliadine and water. It produces various kinds of fermentation according to_ the nature of the substance with which it comes into contact. ZYMO'SIS ; ZYMO'MA {Cv^6^, to leaven). The former term denotes fermentation, and indicates the state of a person who is under the influence of zymotic poison. The latter term denotes a fermented mixture. The Latin synonyms are, respectively, fermentatio and fer- mentiim. (See Preface, pars. 2 and 3.) Hippocrates uses the term hepato-zymosis for a swelling of the liver. ZYMOTIC DISEASES (fu^o.- tm6s, causing to ferment, from CvfJ-Vi leaven). A term suggestive of a fermentation in the blood, occasioned by the introduction into the system of a specific or peculiar virus. The term is used synonymously with acute specific ug a little higher upon •cheek-bone, and inserted into the ojii^ujii^^ upper lip, near the angle of th^-di^esses.^' mouth ; it is often wanting. Thpse Zy'THlJM iCvBos) muscles raise the angles l tlm ' malt Iiquor\in use mouth, as in laughter; hejjffcg^Tie | Egyptian§v^ PKINTED BY NEILn AND tO Cercvisia. ID, EDINBURGH. A kind of among the](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2178047x_0852.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
