A comprehensive medical dictionary : containing the pronunciation, etymology, and signification of the terms made use of in medicine and the kindred sciences / with an appendix, comprising a complete list of all the more important articles of the materia medica, arranged according to their medicinal properties; also an explanation of the Latin terms and phrases occurring in anatomy, pharmacy, etc.; together with the necessary directions for writing Latin prescriptions, etc., etc.
- Joseph Thomas
- Date:
- 1875
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A comprehensive medical dictionary : containing the pronunciation, etymology, and signification of the terms made use of in medicine and the kindred sciences / with an appendix, comprising a complete list of all the more important articles of the materia medica, arranged according to their medicinal properties; also an explanation of the Latin terms and phrases occurring in anatomy, pharmacy, etc.; together with the necessary directions for writing Latin prescriptions, etc., etc. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![A-cid'I-fy. [From ag'idus, sour, and fa'eio, to make.] To make sour or acid; to convert into an acid. A-cid'I-fy-img. [Acidiff'icus; from a<;'idm, and/a'e-t'o, to make.J Making acid; converting into an acid. Aeid'ifying Prin'ci-ple. That ■which forma an acid. Ac-itl-im'e-ter. [Acidim'etrum; from ac'idum, an acid, and ixkrpov, a measure.] An instrument for mea- suring the strength of acids or the amount of free acid. Sed next ar- ticle. Ac-M-im'e-try. [Acidime'tria; from ac'idum,, acid, and uerpico, to measure.] The process by which the strength of acids is measured, or by which the amount of uncombined or free acid is determined. A-cid'I-ty. [Acid'itas, aft is ; from ac'idus, sour.] The quality of sour- ness. See Acor. Acidonteter. See AcinniETEK. A-cid'u-la-ted. [Acidula'tns; from acid'ulus, slightly acid.] Slightly blended with acid. A-cid'u-lous. [Acid'ulns; from the same.] Slightly acid; subacid. Ac'i-dum,*plural Ac'i-da. [The neu- ter form of ac'idus, sour.] An Acid, which see. Acies,* a'she-ez or a'se-ez. [From d/cr), a sharp point.] A name for iron or steel. Ac-i-na$'i-form. [Acinaeifoi/niis; from acin'aces, a scimitar.] In the form of a scimitar. A$-I-ne'sI-a,* or AK-i-ne'sI-a.® [From a, priv., and Kivrjyig, motion.] Loss of motion in the whole or part of the body. A$'I-ni.~* The plural of Acinus, which see. A-cin'i-form» [Acinifor'mis; from ac'inus, a grape or grape-stone.] Having the appearance of a grape or grape-stone. See Acinus. Ac'I-nose, or A^'i-nous. [Acino'- sus; from the same.] Having acini, or full of acini. Ac'i-nus,* or A^'i-mos.* [Gr. axivog, the stone of grapes; a grape.] Ap- plied in the plural (aq'ini) to the small granulations composing the substance of the liver and other glandular bodies. Also a term used in Botany to denote 'he small berries which form the fruit of the bramble, rasp, etc. Also a species of thyme. Ac-I-pen'ser.* The sturgeon, a genus of fishes from which isinglass is prepared. See Ichthyocolla.. Ac'me.* [Gr. dxnn, the point, top, period of greatest vigor.] The highest degree, or height, of a disease; the crisis. Ac'ne.® [Supposed to be derived from ac'me, because it is apt to afi'ect those who are in the bloom of life.] A papu- lar eruption, mostly occurring on the face, but sometimes extending to the neck, shoulders, or breast. Ac'ne Rosa'cea*(ro-za'she-a). Pim- ples on the face; the conspicuous erup- tion, of a bright rosy hue, on the nose and contiguous parts of the face, in drunkards. Called also Gut'ta Rosea, or Rosy-drop. Acoelius,* a-se'le-Qs, or Acoe'lios.* [From a, priv., and KoCKia, the belly.] Having no belly; wasted to such a degree as to have this appearance. A-col'o-gy. [Acolo'gia; from axog, a remedy, and Aoyoj, a discourse.] The doctrine or science of remedies. By some the term is limited to the considera- tion of surgical and mechanical remedies. A-con'dy-Ious. [From a, priv., and Kovi'i\og, a joint.] Without joints. Ac'o-nite. The common name for ACONITUM NAPELLUS. Aconitia,® ak-o-nish'e-a, or A-con'i- tin. [Aconiti'na; from aooni'tumJ] An alkaloid constituting the active princi- ple of aconite. It is a powerful poison. Ac-o-nit'ic A^'id. An acid obtained from aconite. Ac-o-ni'ti Fo'II-nm.* (Leaf of Aconite.) The Pharmacopoeial name (U.S. Ph.) for the leaves of Aconi'tum nupel'lus. Acuni'ti Ra'dix.* (Root of Aco- nite.) The Pharmacopoeial name || for the root of Aconitum napellus. Ac-o-iii'tum.* [FromAc'onse,aplace in Bithynia where it was common.] The Pharmacopoeial name (Br. Ph.) for the leaves and tops of Aconitum napellus. Aconi'tum Ma-pel'Ins.* The sys- tematic name of aconite. A'cor, o'ris* [From a'ceo, to be sour.] Acidity, as in the stomach from indigestion. A-co'ri-a.'* [From a, priv., and mpta, to satisfy.] Insatiable hunger. A-cor'mons. [Acor'mus; from a, priv., and Kopno;, the trunk of a tree.] Having no stem. Ae'o-rus,* Ac'o-rom.* [Gr. wopov.] The Pharmacopoeial name (Lond. Ph. 1836) for Acorns calamus. A Linnaean \T](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21197015_0027.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
