A dictionary of terms used in medicine and the collateral sciences / by Richard D. Hoblyn.

  • Hoblyn, Richard D. (Richard Dennis), 1803-1886.
Date:
1878
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    formula, denoting ‘ which assists and promotes the operation' of the nrincipal ingredient or basis. See Prescription. ADN A'TA (adnasci, to grow to). Literally, prown to, or adhering. 1. An adjectival term (taica being understood) applied to the taica cotjunclwa, or external coat of the eye, so named from its close adherence to the anterior part of the eyeball. 2. This term is applied, in botany, to the anther, when it is attached to the filament by its back, as in polygonum. See Anther. ADOLE'SCENCE (adolescere, to grow up). The period of youth, between puberty and the time at which the body* has acquired its full development, ranging between 14 and 25 in man, and 12 and 21 in woman. See Adult. ADOSCULA'TION {adoscuLari, to kiss a,t or to). 1. Impregnation by mere external contact, without intromission, as in fishes. 2. The insertion of one part of a plant into another. A'DRAGANT (a corruption of tragacanth). A gum obtained from several species of Astragalus. It consists, in great measure, of a scaly substance, called adragardine. A'DULT (adultus, part, of adolescere, to grow up). That which has reached the period when the body has acquired its full develop- ment, when adolescence is completed. See Adolescence. ADU'LTERATION (adidterare, to defile). Figuratively, the mixing up of noxious or inert ingredients with articles of food or medi- cine ; the debasing of any product of inanufactiire, especially chemical, by the introduction of cheap materials. ADU'STION (adurere, to burn). The action of heat, as applied to the body. In surgery, the term denotes cauterization. ADVENTl'TlOUS {adventits, an arrival, from mlvcnire, to come to). Accidental, casual, that which is not normal; that which comes from some other person or thing; a term applied to false membranes ; or opjioscd to the term hereditary or congenital; also applied, in botany, to anything developed out of the ordinary course, as aerial roots, extra- axillary buds, &c. The term adventicius is opposed, in classical lan- guage, to the terms proprites, mfiaitcs, insitus, &c. ADYNA'MIA (a., priv., duya^is, power). The defect of power; considerable debility of the vital powers. By the term Adynamice some nosologists designate all asthenic diseases. Adynamic fever is fever characterized by prostration or depression of the vital powers. iEDOl'A (alfioia, pudenda, from at6u)v,pudor). The pudenda. Hence, 1. JEdaeo-ptosis (TTTtuo-ts, lapsus). Prolapsus of one or more of the ])udenda. Sauvages and Sugar apply the term to the meatus urinarius, as well as to the uterus. 2. JEdaeo-psophia [\p6(pos, a noise). Flatus issuing per urethram, or per vaginam. jEGER, jEGROTUS. These adjective terms agree in denoting the unsound state of a patient; the former, however, extends to both mind and body, while the latter is limited to the body alone. jE'GILOPS («i^, aiyos, a goat, wtf/, the eye). Anchilops. An ulcer at the inner canthus of the eye, so called from the supposition that goats are subject to it. AEGOBRONCHO'PHONY (ai^, a go.at, ^poyxos, a bronchos, and ^(oi/»), voice). The bleating and bronchial voice, the principal symptom in plcuro-pneumonia. See Auscultation.