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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    Anod'ic (same). 1. Proceeding up- ward ; ascending. 2. Applied to the course of action of the nervous in- fluence.—Dr. Marshall Hall. Anodont. Anodous (dv, an, neg.; ofiov?, odous, tooth). Zool. Having no teeth, nor hooks. Dor spines in the mouth.—Latreille. Without teeth; toothless. An'odyne (dv,'an, neg.; oSvvt], odune, pain). Applied, adj. and subs., to a medicine which mitigates or arrests pain. Ano'lenous (dv, an, neg.; o\evov, olenon, arm). Zool. Having no arms. —Ranzani. Anomaliflorous (dv<VaAo?, an5ma- los, unequal; L. flos, flower). Bot. Composed of flowers with anomalous corols.—H. Cassini. Anomaloceph/alous (dv«/uaAo?, anomalos, unequal; /cc^oAt?, kephale, head). Having the head deformed. Anomaloe'cia (dvwpiaAo?, anomalos, unequal; obcca, oikia, house). Bot. A class having hermaphrodite and uni- sexual flowers on the same stem, or on different individuals.—Richard. Anomalo'nomy (dvw/uaAo?, anSma- los, unequal ; vop.os, nomos, law). The doctrine of the laws according to which irregularities or apparent anomalies occur. Anomalo'porous (dv(op.aAo?, ano- malos, unequal; iropos, poros, pore). Having cellules or pores of different size. Anom'alous (dvw/uaAo?, anomalos, unequal). Applied to diseases whose symptoms or course are unusual, or which cannot be assigned to any recognised species. Anom'aly (same). Physiol. A mon- ster. Anomocar'pous (dvop.o?, anomos, lawless; /cap7ros, karpos,fruit). Bot. Having anomalous fruit. Anomoce'phalous (dvop,o?, ano- mos, lawless; Ke<f)a\rj,kephale, head). Syn. of Anomalocephalous.—Geoffroy St.-Hilaire. Anomoiodiperian'thous (dvo- ptoios, anomoios, unequal; fit?, dis, twice; 7rept, peri, about; dv0o?, an- thos, flower). Bot. Having the num- ber of divisions of the calyx different 43 from that of the segments of the corol.—Wachendorff. Anom'phalous (dv, an, neg.; op.$aA6?, omphalos, navel). Physiol. Having no navel; without the ap- pearance of a navel. Anope'talous (dvd, ana, upwards; TveraXov, petalon, petal). Bot. Having erect petals. Anophthal'mia (dv, an, neg.; o</>0aAp.6?, ophthalmos, eye). Con- genital absence of one or both eyes. Anopia. Anopsia (dv, an, neg.; w\fj, ops, eye). A monstrosity where there is neither eye nor orbit. Total absence of eye-globes. Anopis'tliious (dv, an, neg.; bni<r- 6ios, opisthios, hinder). Zool. Having the mouth and anus contiguous in the same fosset, and consequently de- prived of an anal extremity.—C. G. Ehrenberg. Anor'chid. Anor'clius (dv, an, neg.; opxts, orchis,testicle). Physiol. Wanting a, or having no, testicle, or the appearance of a testicle in the scrotum. Anorex'ia. Anorexy (dv, an, neg.; 6pe£i?, orexis, longing). Mere want of appetite. Syn. of Dyspepsia. Anorganic! (dv, an, neg.; opyavov, organon, organ). Applied to non- vascular and nerveless parts of the body. Anor'ganoche'mistry (same; and chemistry). The chemical examina- tion of inorganic bodies.—Zenneck. Anorgano'geny (dv, an, neg.; opyavov, organon, organ; yevvdw, gennao, I produce). Nat. Phil. That branch which treats of the origin of inorganic bodies. Anorgano'grapliy (dv, an, neg.; opyavov, organon, organ; ypd(fxo, grapho, T write). Nat. Phil. A de- scription of inorganic natural bodies. Anorganology (dv, an, neg.; opyavov, organon, organ; Aoyo?, logos, speech). A treatise on inorganic bodies. Anorganos'tics (dv, an, neg; opyavov, organon, organ; yiyvt6<rK«, gignosko, I know). Nat. Phil. The doctrine of the knowledge of in- organic natural bodies. Syn. of Mineralogy.