The medical vocabulary, containing a concise explanation of the terms used in medicine and its accessory sciences : to which is appended a selection of Indian medical words in common use / by Robert Fowler.

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1875
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    ACO ACL only rudimentary, clavicles. — Des- marest. Acleitrocardia (A, neg.; K\eCw, kleio, I close; KapSia, kardia, heart). Patency of the foramen ovale. Aclythrophyte (A, neg.; tcAeidpov, kleithron, bolt; <j>vr6i>, phuton, plant). A plant supposed to have naked seeds.—Necker. Ac'me (aicp.rj, akme, highest point). The height, crisis, or maturity of a disease. Ac'ne (probably corruption from <xKp.rj, bloom of man’s age, puberty being a frequent period of its first appear- ance, or axvri, achne, scurf). “An erup- tion of distinct, hard, inflamed tuber- cles, which are sometimes permanent for a considerable length of time, and sometimes suppurate very slowly and partially.”—Willan and Bateman. Acne mentagra (same; and L. mentum, chin; seger, diseased). Syn. of Sycosis of the chin. Acne of tlie throat. Follicular inflammation of the Pharynx. Aeoel'ious (A, neg.; kolAfa, koilia, belly). Having, or seeming to have, no belly. Acognosia (aKos, remedy; yiyvwo-Kw, gignosko, I know). Syn. of Pharmo- cognosis. Acolas'tic (aKoXacria, akolasia, in- temperance). Of, or belonging to, or the result of, libidinous indulgence. Acol'ogy (a/cos, akos, remedy; Aoyo?, logos, discourse). Syn. of Materia Medica. The doctrine of remedies. Aco'lous (A, neg.; kS)\ov, kolon, limb). Without limbs or feet; having no external appendage. Acomous (A, neg.; <6p.r], kome, hair). Without hair ; bald. Bot. Leafless. Aeon'dylous (A, neg.; kovSvKos, kondulos, joint). Bot. Without joints; having no joints; jointless. Aco'onusi (aKorj, akoe, hearing; vov(ro?, nousos, disease). Diseases of the ears and of hearing. A'cor (L. aeer, sharp). Sourness; acidity; acrimony. Acoria (A, neg.; Kope'w, kored, I satisfy). Voracious appetite. Syn. of Boulimia. 9 Acor'mus (A, neg.; /eopjuo?, kormos, trunk). A monster without a trunk. Bot. Having no stem. Acos'mia (A, neg.; /cocrp,e'w, kosmed, I arrange or adorn). 1. A dis- turbed state of things; irregularity. 2. Baldness. Acotyle'donous (A, neg.; kotv\ij- Swv, kotuleddn, socket). Bot. Devoid of cotyledons or seed-lobes. Aco'tylous (A,neg.; kotvAyj, kotule, anything hollow). Bot. Having no central mouth nor lateral cavities.— Latreille. Acou'meter (<xkov«, akouS, I hear; p.eTpov, metron, measure). An instru- ment for measuring the power or extent of hearing. Acouopho'nia (d/covw, akouo, I hear; (fxavrj, phone, voice). A method of auscultating, in which the operator puts his ear on the chest, and dis- criminates the sound elicited by per- cussion. Acouoxylon (d/covw, akoud, I hear; o£vs, oxus, shrill). A solid stetho- scope made of pine.—Niemeyer. Acousma (d/codw, akoud, I hear). A species of depraved hearing, in which sounds are imagined as if they were really heard. Acous'tic (d/covo-TtKos, akoustikos, audible). 1. Of or belonging to the ear or to the sense of hearing. 2. Employed in disorders of hearing. Acous'tics (olkovco, akoud, I hear). That branch of Physics treating of the theory and principles of Sound. Acquired Diseases. Diseases, neither congenital nor hereditary, but produced by some adventitious cause occurring after birth. Acquisitiveness (L. acquiro, I ac- quire). Phren. A faculty, producing the tendency to acquire property, and the desire to possess in general, with- out reference to the uses to which the objects may be applied. Acrse'palous (A, neg.; KpaLndX-n, kraipale, result of a debauch). Having the power to correct the effects of excess in eating and drinking. Acrania (A, neg.; KpavCov, kranion, skull). Physiol. That species of de- fective development, consisting in the