Volume 1

The New Sydenham Society's lexicon of medicine and the allied sciences : (based on Mayne's Lexicon) / by Henry Power and Leonard W. Sedgwick.

  • Henry Power
Date:
MDCCCLXXXI [1881]-MDCCCXCIX [1899]
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Credit: The New Sydenham Society's lexicon of medicine and the allied sciences : (based on Mayne's Lexicon) / by Henry Power and Leonard W. Sedgwick. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ALVEUS —ALYSSOIDE^. cock a commtmication can be made at will be- tween any two of tbese parts. In using the instrument, the barometer-tube is filled with mercury by raising the receptacle connected with its lower end. The stop-cock is now so turned as to close the upper orifice. On depressing the re- ceptacle the mercury runs out of the tube, and an almost perfect vacuum is formed; and now, by a turn of the stop-cock, the lateral tube and bulb, already filled with blood, are brought into con- nection with the barometer-tube, and the gases are more or less rapidly given off, and may be collected from the upper extremity of the tube, when the mercury is again made to fill it. Al'veus. (L. alveus, Si trough. (j.Mulde.) A term applied to many tubes, or canals, especially the enlarged portions of them, through which some fluid flows, and particularly to ducts conveying the chyle from the receptacle to the subclavian vein. ampuUes'cens. (L. ampulla, a flask.) The swollen vessel. The dilated portion of the thoracic duct at its commencement from the re- ceptaculum chyli. £L, ampullo'sus. (Same etymon.) The receptaculum chyH. A., commu'nis. (L. communis, common, general.) The utricle of the membranous vesti- bule of the ear. Also, a term given to the conjoined saeculus and utricle of the membranous vestibule of the ear as it exists in birds. jA.. hippocam'pi. ('lTr7ro'/ca/i7ro5, from i-TTTTos, a horse; and KafxTrn, a bending; a monster with a horse's body and fish's tail, on which the sea gods rode; applied to certain structures in the cerebral ventricles.) A process of the medul- lary substance of the hemispheres investing the convex surface of each gyrus hippocampi; it is homologous to the white medulla in the axis of cerebral convolutions, and as it protrudes into the lateral ventricle is invested by the epithelium lining this cavity. jBl. uro^enita'liS. (L. urogenitalis, relat- ing to the urinary and genital organs.) The Sinus pocularis of the male urethra. A. utriculo'sus. (L. utriculus, a small leathern bottle.) The utricle of the membranous vestibule of the ear. Al'vi astric'tiOa (L. astrictio, astrin- geney.) Constipation. £L, excre'tio. (L. excerno, to cleanse by sifting.) Defecation. A. flux'us. (L._/Mit:m, a flow.) Diarrhoea. A.flux'us aquo'sus. {h.fluxus; aquosus, watery.) Watery diarrhoea. A, lax'itas. (L. laxitas, looseness.) Diarrhoea. iL. proflu'vium. (L. profluo, to flow forth.) Diarrhoea. Alviduca. (L. alvus, the belly; dnco, to lead, or draw.) A term for purgative medicines. Alvidu'COUS. (Same etymon.) Having power to lead from the belly, that is, to purge ; applied to purgative medicines. Alviduc'tio. (Same etymon.) An old term for an enema. Al'vine* (L. alvinus, from alms, the belly. F. alvin.) Of, or belonging to, the belly, stomach, or intestines. jEL. concre'tion. A calculus generated in the stomach or bowels. iL. dejec'tions. (L. dejicio, to throw down.) The faeces. A. flux. A synonym of BiarrJma. Alvi'tO. Italy ; Naples; in the Province of Campania. A carbonated miueral water which is little known. Alvolon. An old name of the Mentha pukgium. Al'vum evac'uans. (L. alvus, the fseces, evacuo, to empty out.) A purgative. Al'VUS. (Lat.) The abdomen; the stomach and intestines ; the faeces; and also the womb. jA.. adstric'ta. (L. adstrictus, drawn together.) Constipation. A. astric'ta. (L. astrictus, drawn to- gether.) Constipation. J^. ci'ta. (L. citus, quick.) Diarrhoea. A., coac'ta. (L. coactus, of close texture.) The condition of constipation. .A., du'ra. (L. duriis, hard.) Constipa- tion. A. flu'ida. (L. Jluidus, fluid.) Eelaxed bowels. Am mol'lis. (L. mollis, soft.) Eelaxed bowels. An re'num. (L. renes, the kidneys.) The pelvis of the kidney. A, segr'nis. (L. segnis, slow.) Constipa- tion. A, solu'ta. (L. solutus, loose.) The con- dition of diarrhoea or purgation. A, tar'da. (L. tardus, slow.) Constipa- tion. A, vii/idis. (L. viridis, green.) A faecal evacuation. Al'yce. (Said to be from aXvw, to wander in mind.) A term formerly used for that anxiety and restlessness which is attendant on fevers. Alym'pllia. (L. a, neg.; lympha, water, lymph. F. alymphie; G. Lymphmangel.) Term for the morbid absence or deficiency of lymph. Aryon. French physician ; born 1760, died 1816. A. oint'ment. An ointment prepared with 500 parts of lard and 64 of nitric acid, used in cases where the citrine ointment is now em- ployed. Alyp'iaa The same in derivation and meaning as Alypon. Alyp'ias. Same as Alypia. Al'ypon. (AXyTTos, free from pain and sadness, from a, priv.; Xviri], sadness.) A plant described by the Greek physicians as a drastic purgative, producing a discharge of black bile, and hence called Frutex terribilis ; it is supposed to be the Globularia alypum, which belongs to the Nat. Ord. Selaginacece; but Lindley thinks it was a Euphorbiaceous plant. A plant, according to Dioscorides, possessing the power of relieving pain. Alyp'tSB. (L. unctuarii reunctores.) Slaves employed by the Eomans to anoint those who attended the public baths. Arypum. Same as Alypon. Alyselmin'tlli. (AXwo-ts, a chain; tXjuti/s, a worm.) A synonym of the Tccnice. Al'ysiS. ('AA.i/0-ts.) Anxiety. Alys'mUS. ('AXuo-/xos, from aXvo), to wander in mind, to be anxious. F. alysme ; G. Unruhe.) A term for the mental anxiety and moumfulness of spirits generally accompanying disease. Alyssin'eaB. A Tribe of the Nat. Ord. Cruciferce ; fruit a small pod with a broad septum; seeds two-seriate ; cotyledons accumbent. Aly SSOi'dese. A term applied by Tourne-
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