Volume 1
The New Sydenham Society̓s Lexicon of medicine and the allied sciences : (based on Mayne̓s Lexicon) / by Henry Power and Leonard W. Sedgwick.
- New Sydenham Society
- Date:
- 1881-1899
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Credit: The New Sydenham Society̓s Lexicon of medicine and the allied sciences : (based on Mayne̓s Lexicon) / by Henry Power and Leonard W. Sedgwick. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![CEMENTARIUM—CENTAUREA. occasionally appears to fill up the clefts between the tubercles of the molar teeth. Also, a term applied to certain soft compounds used for stopping of carious teeth. C. gland. A structure placed at the base of the pedicle of Cirrepedes, which secretes the sub- stance which attaches the animal to its base. C, involu'cral. (L. involucrum, a wrap- per.) A term applied to cement which covers the whole tooth, as in ruminant and pachydermatous animals. C. or'gan. A soft laminated structure enveloping the enamel organ of the embryo of herbivora. Cm, radical. (L. radix, a root. P. cement radiculaire.) A term applied to cement when found on the fang of a tooth, as in man, quadru- mina, earnivora, and rodents. C, rad'ico-cor'onary. (L. radix; corona, a crown.) Same as ft, involueral. Cementa rium. Old term for a crucible, or aludel. Cementa tion. (L. cmmentatio, from ecementum, cement.) The process of cementing, or state of being cemented. Term for a process by which metals are purified or changed in then- qualities by heat without fusion, by means of a composition called a cement, with which they are covered. Thus, iron is converted into steel by cementation with charcoal. Cement urn. The Cement of a tooth. Ce'mos. (Kf/juos, a muzzle.) A name of the bandage called Capistrum. Also, the Alchemilla vulgaris. Cenaesthe'sis. (k olv6<s, common; ai<y- 6ij<tis, sensibility. F. cenesthesie; G. Gemein- gefuhl.) Name by Reid for the vague sentiment of existence which is the result of the general impressions produced by bodily conditions un- connected with the special senses. Cenangi'a. Same as Ceneangcia. Cenanth'y. (Kevo?, empty; av0o?, a flower.) The condition of a flower when desti- tute of stamens and pistils. Cenchrecphlog-io'is. (K tyXpos, mil- let^ ecphlogio'is. G. Hirsenkorn-varioio'ide.) Miliary smallpox modified by vaccination. Cench'rias. (Ee yXptas, from Ktyyfioi, a millet seed, from its likeness. G. Hirsenflechte.) Term, used by Galen, Meth. Med. xiv, 17, for a species of herpes. Cenchro des. (K E'yXi°oei eIoo?, likeness. G. hirsenahnlich.) Shaped like a millet seed. Cench'rold. (Keyxpos, millet; likeness. F. cenchrdide ; G. hirsenahnlich.) Resembling the millet. Cench'ros. (Ktyxpos, a kind of millet. G. Hirsenhbrner.) Millet. Cenchrosyphilion thus. (Ktyxpdi, millet; syphilionthus.) Miliary syphilionthus. Cenchrosyphilopsy'drax. (KeV Xpos, millet; syphilopsydrax.) Miliary syphi- lopsydrax. Ceneang-ei'a. (Ee vzayytit], from icei/os, empty; ayytTov, a vessel. G. Gefdssleere.) A term used by Galen, Comment, in Hippocr. de Eat. Vict, in Acut. ii, 47, for emptiness of the vessels of the body. Cenellae. An old term for haws, the fruit of Cratagus oxycantha. Cenembate sis. (Kewo's, empty; £>- paivoa, to step into.) The same as Paracentesis. Also, the probing of a cavity or passage. Cen' eon. (Eej/eu>i>, from kei/eos, empty.) | Old term, used by Hippocrates, Coac.Preenot. 452, and elsewhere, for that hollow part of the body between the ribs and the ilium, called the side ; also, for the depression around the umbilicus in infants, according to Moschion, de Morb. Mill, c. 41. Ceneo'nes. Plural of Ceneon. Cenifica turn. Old term for a calx. Cenigdam. Name, used by Paracelsus, Paragraph, iii, 4, § 1, of an instrument anciently employed in opening the head in epilepsy. Cen iffOtam. Same as Cenigdam. Ceniote mium. Name by Paracelsus for a purgative remedy formerly used in venereal disease, and supposed to contain mercury spe- cially prepared for the purpose. Cen'iplam. The same as Cenigdam. Gen'ipolam. Same as Cenigdam. Cenobion'neous. {Cenobium.) Per- taining to a cenobium. Ceno bium. (Kolv6(3iov, a society, parti- cularly of monks. F. cenobion.) A name given to a fruit consisting of several pericarps without valves, sutures, styles, or stigmata, united at the base, as in Labiatae and Boraginaeese. Eacli pericarp is an eremus. Cenogen'esis. (Revo's, empty, fruitless; yEi/Eo-is, an origin. G. Fdlschungsgcschiclite.) A tendency in the process of ontogeny to adaptation to present conditions, resulting in the suppression or hurrying over of steps in the recapitulation and development of special larval or embryonic organs. Ceno'ma. (Ktvtapa.) Evacuation. Cenomyce. (K£yds, empty; mushroom. G. JBecherflechte.) A Genus of Liehenes. C. pyxida'ta. The Cladonia pyxidata. C. rangil'eri'na. The Cladonia rangi- ferina. C. vermicula'ris. The Thamnolia ver- micularis. Ccnoramph ous. (Kei/o's, empty; pd/upos, a beak. G. lecrschnabelig.) Applied to birds which have the beak empty and very slight, notwithstanding its size. Cenosiopfrthi'siS. (Ke'vwo-te, empti- ness ; phthisis.) Wasting from inanition. Ceno'siS. (EeVuxtis, from Ktvow, to empty.) An ancient term for an evacuation, especially one which diminished at once all the fluids of the body, as bleeding. Also, a term for inanition. CenOSpu'dia. (Kevoo-n-ovSia, zealous pursuit of frivolities.) A term for what is known as brown study. Ceno'tic. (Kevcotikos, for emptying, pur- gative.) Of, or belonging to, cenosis ; drastic. Ceno'tica. (Same etymon.) An Order of the Class Genetica in- Mason Good's classifica- tion, being diseases affecting the fluids, con- sisting of morbid discharges, or excess, deficiency, or irregularity, of such as are natural. Also, a term for drastic purgatives. Centaur'ea, Linn. (KivTavpiov, the herb centaury. F. centaure'e ; G. Flockenblume.) A Genus of the Family Cynaracece, Nat. Order Compositce. C. ama'ra, Linn. (L. amarus, bitter.) A bitter tonic. C. be'taen, Linn. Systematic name of the JBehen abiad of the Arabians, the B. album or white behen ; also called Jacea orientalis patula, and Raphonticoides lutea. 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