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.
Provider: This material has been provided by the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Lamar Soutter Library, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Lamar Soutter Library at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.
![1E0 M~R iEoIipile, e-ol'e-pil. [From JE'olw, the god of the winds, and pi'la, a ball.] Literally, iEolus's ball. A hollow ball of metal with two orifices on opposite sides. If water be placed in such a ball and converted to steam, the escape of the latter reacting on the atmo- sphere may be made to communicate a rotary motion to the ball. JEora,* e-o'ra. [From aitopeu, to raise into the air.] A species of gestation; swinging. iEiiuilibriuan,® e-kwi-lib'bre-um. [From x'quus, equal, and li'bro, to balance, to weigh.] Literally, a balancing of forces. That rest which occurs when many forces applied to the same body are equally opposed. In Me- dicine it signifies the harmonious action of the organs of the body. iE'qui-valved. [iEquival'vis; from ie'quits, equal, and val'vie, folding doors.] Having equal valves. Applied to a dehiscent pericarp so formed. A'er.* [From inp, dkpo;, air, the at- mosphere.] The natural air we breathe : atmospheric air. Aerate, a'er-at. [From the preceding.] To impregnate with carbonic acid gas. A'e-rat-ed. [A'eratus.] Applied to liquids impregnated with carbonic acid gas. A'er Fix'us.* Fixed air, or carbonic acid gas. A-e'ri-al Ac'M. Carbonic acid gas. Ae'rial Plants. Certain plants which can live by absorption from the atmo- sphere, without requiring their roots to be fixed to any place; as the Flos a'eris. See Aerophytum. Aeriferous, a-er-if er-ous. [AeiKifer; from a'er, air, and fe'ro, to bear, to carry.] Air-bearing. Applied to the air-passages, the windpipe, bronchi, etc. A'er-I-fi-ca'tion. [Aerifiea'tio, o'nis; from a'er, air or gas, and fa'cio, to make.] The converting of a body into gas. A'er-I-form. [Aerifor'mis; from a'er, air or gas.] Having the form of air or gas : gaseous. A-er-o-tlyn-am'ic. [Aerodynam'i- ens; from dnp, and Sv^a/us, power.] Pertaining to the force of the air. A-er-o-dyn-am'ics. [Aerodyn- am'ica; from the same.] The doctrine of the air and its properties while in motion. A-er-og'ra-pb.y. [Aerog'raph/ia; from a'er, air, and ypi'<0<o, to write.] A description of the air. Aerolite, a'er-o-lit; written also A'e-ro-lith. [From drip, the atmo- sphere, and Xidog, a stone.] A certain meteoric stone which falls from the heavens: an aerolite or aerolith. Also termed a Meteorolite. See Brontolith. A-er-ol'o-gy. [Aerolo'gia; from dnp, air, and Myog, a discourse.] A treatise or consideration of the proper- ties of air. A-er-om'e-ter. [Aerom'etram; from drip, air, and jitrpov, a measure.] An instrument for ascertaining the mean bulk of gases. A-er-om'e-ta-y. [ Aeroime'tria; from the same.] The ascertaining of the physical properties of atmospheric air, their nature and history. A-er»o-peWM=a.* [From drjp, air, and <l>n[lo;, fear.] A dread of any cur- rent of air ; because in hydrophobia and some other diseases it induces a parox- ysm : ae'roph'oby. AeropSiyte, a'er-o-phlt. [Aeropto/- y&um: from df\p, air, and §vtqj, a plant.] A plant that lives in the air without being rooted in the earth. See Aerial Plants. A-e-ros'co-py. [From drjp, air, and omnko), to survey, to examine.] The investigation of the air. jErose, e'ros. [iEro'siis; from ass, tdris, copper or brass.] Of the nature of copper ; coppery. A-er-o=stat'ic. [Aerostat'icus; from drjp, air, and crarori?, the science of weights.] Pertaining to the science of the weight of air, or Aerostatics. A-er-o-stat'ics. [Aerostat'ica; from the same.] The doctrine of air, its specific gravity, and properties in a state of rest. A-er-os-ta'tion. [Aerosta'tio, o'nis; from a'er, and sto, sta'tinn, to stand.] Literally, standing (or being suspended) in the air. The raising and supporting of heavy bodies by the buoy- ancy of heated air or light gases re- ceived into a spherical bag called a balloon. iE-ro'sns ILa'pis.* ( Coppery Stone.) A name for lapis calaminaris, from the notion of its being a copper ore. jE-ru'gin-OMS, or ^E-rH-gin'e-ons. [iErug-iaio'sus; from seru'go, seru'r/im's.] Pertaining to copper-rust, or verdigris. Applied to a bluish-green color like verdigris, or like the leaves of some pine- trees. iE-ru'so^'gen. iE-ru'sim-is. [Con- traction of ee'ris rubi'go, the rust of cop->](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21197015_0033.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
