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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    ACINIFORMIS TUNICA—ACNE. Acinifor'mis tu'nica. The uvea of the iris. Acinoden'drus. (Acinus; Slvopov, a tree. F. acinodendre.) Applied to a plant the fruit of which is arranged like that of the grape. Ac'inos. (A/cti;os.) A medicinal plant of the ancients, used for restraining alvine and ute- rine discharges and as a diuretic. It was also applied externally in erysipelas and ulcers. Pro- bably Ocimum pilositm, or, perhaps, Melissa (^Thymus) acinos. (Waring.) Also a different mode of spelling Acinus. Acino'sa tU'nica. The uvea of the iris. Acinous. {Acinus; F. acineux.) Eound, like the fruit of the grape. A.adeno'ma. A form of adenoma having the structural characteristics of a racemose gland. A.m grlands. (L. glandulce acinosce; F. glandes acineuses or en grappes; I. ghiandole acinosi; ghiandole a grappolo ; G. trauben- or blasen-furmigen Driise.) Glands in which the termination of the ducts present the form of acini, as in the case of the salivary glands, the pancreas, and Brunner's glands. Ac'inus. (A/cii;os, a grape. G. Lcippchen, Driisenbldschen.) In Biology the word has been applied to several structures in no very definite manner. It has been used to denote the smallest lobules of conglomerate glands, as the pancreas; the saccules of compound racemose glands, as the glands of Brunner ; and the lobules of the liver. In some cases being used to describe the secreting structure, in others the csecal termination of an excretory tube or duct of a gland. In Botany (F. baie, pepin; G. Beerchen) applied to the small berries which form the fruit of the bramble, rasp. Also a species of thyme, sometimes spelt Acinos; also a term for the seed of the grape. Acipen'ser. (As if Acipesner, from acies, the point of anything, and pesna, anciently used for penna, i.e. a beak; from its acute and wide-opening mouth. F. esturgeon; G. Stbr). The sturgeon ; a Genus of the Group C/wndrostei, Order Ganoidei, Class Pisces. Osseous plates reaching to the tail, which is heterocercal; skin naked between the plates and shagreened by small scales. Mouth inferior. Most of the species are marine, but some are confined to the Caspian and Black Seas, and the great American lakes with the rivers flowing into them. The Danube, Columbia, and Mississippi rivers have peculiar species. Their roe forms Caviare, and the external membrane of the swim-bladder when dried is Isinglass. Am bu'so. (F. hauser, grand esturgeon.) The Beluga of the Eussians. A. rutbe'nus. (F. sterlet.) The Sterlet. A, stella'tus. (F. scherq.) The Starred Sturgeon. A, stu'rio. (F. esturgeon commun.) The Common Sturgeon. Aciphyllous. ('Aki's, apoint; (jivWov, a leaf. F. aciphylle; G. nadclbldttrig.) Applied to a plant having linear and acuminated leaves. Ackawai Nut'meg*. Produced by Aci odiclidium camara. Nat. Ord. Lauracece. Considered in Guiana to be one of the most eflScacious remedies in coKc, diarrhoea, and dy- sentery. Ackonlc. An Indian plant. Species unde- termined, the juice of which is given by the na- tives with pepper for the cure of anasarca. It acts in doses of an ounce as a hydragogue cathartic. (Waring.) Acla'dium. The conidiferous stage of fungi of the Family Pleospora. Aclas'tic. ('A, neg.; kXhco, to break.) Applied to substances which permit the passage of rays of light without refracting them. Aclei'dii. ('A, neg.; /cX.£ts, the clavicle. F. acleidien.) Applied by Desmarest to a section of the Kasores, having no clavicles, or only rudi- mentary ones. AcleitOCar'dia. ('AkXeIto?, not closed ; KapSla, heart.) Persistence of the foramen ovale, leading to imperfect aeration of the blood. Aclin'ic line. (A, neg.; kXlvo), to slope.) The magnetic equator. That line which joins all those parts of the earth where there is no dip of the magnetic needle. Aclow'a. Nat. Ord. Leguminosece. A plant employed by the natives of Guinea as a cure for the itch, wtiich is effected by rubbing the fresh plant over the part. (Waring.) Aclyth'rophyte. (A, priv.; KXtidpov, an enclosure ; (I>vt6v, a plant. F. aclythrophyte.) Applied by Necker to plants supposed to have naked seeds. Acmas'tiCUS. ('A/c/ia^w, to be strong. F. acinastie.) Gr. aK/naarTLKo^, applied by Galen to a fever of equal intensity throughout its course ; same as Momotonos (Castellus). Continued fever. When the symptoms gradually increased, it was called kiraKixacmKo^ avvoxo^, when they gradually diminished, 7rapa/ijU,a<rTi/co5. Acmae'amor'pha. {'Ak/jlolo's, in full bloom; a, priv.; fjiopcpn, form.) An inde- terminate skin affection in adults. Acm8e''oc]iloro'sis. ('AK/xaTos; chloro- sis. F. acmceochlorose.) Chlorosis of adults. Acmae'opimelorrlioe'a. ('AK/xaTos; pimelorrhoea, a morbid discharge of fat. F. ac- mcBopimelorrhee.) The pimelorrhoea of adults. Acmae'opolysar'cia. ('A/c^alos, poly- sarcia. F. acmceopolysarcie.) The polysarcia or obesity of adults. Ac'me. { Akplv, a point, the bloom of any- thing. F. acme.) The highest degree or height of a disease; the crisis. The ancients divided the duration of diseases into four periods, or stages. 'Aiox'V) the commencement, or accession; 'Avdt- acTis, the growth, or advancement; 'Ak/jlv, the height; and TJapaKimv, the declension. Also by some supposed to be the correct spelling of Acne. Acmel'la. See Spilanthes acmella. A. lumae'i. Hab. India and S- America. Acrid, provoking secretion of saliva, and in repute for scurvy. A synonym of Spilanthus acmella. A, mauritia'na. A synonym of Spilanthes acmella. Acmo. A term for the red coral, Coral- Hum rubrum. Ac'mon. A synoiiym of the Incus. Acmosporia'ceae. An Order of Ey- phomycetous fungi embracing 12 genera. The fungi composing it present cellular filaments, usually with septa not branched, producing spores at their extremities, by the difference in the form of which the genera are diagnosed. Ac'na. Otherwise Acne. Ac'ne. ('Akj/tj or a/C|ti^, the bloom of any- thing, lovflos; L. varus, psydracia, acne Aefii, vari Sennerti; F. boutons, couperose, dartre piistuleuse, miliaire and disseminee (Alibert) ; .G. Beule, Kautfinne, Kupferjinne im Gesicht, Fin-
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