A comprehensive medical dictionary : containing the pronunciation, etymology, and signification of the terms made use of in medicine and the kindred sciences.

Joseph Thomas

Date:: 1865

Credit: A comprehensive medical dictionary : containing the pronunciation, etymology, and signification of the terms made use of in medicine and the kindred sciences. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$stamens of plants when collected in a globular form ; and to amenta, or catkins, similarly disposed. Ag-glu'tl-nant. [Agglu'tinans; from ad, to, and glu'tiuo, glutinaftum, to glue.] Applied to external appli- cations of a gluey nature, which favor the healing of parts by keeping them together. Ag-glu-ti-na/tion. [Agglutina'tio, o'nt's ; from the same.] A gluing or join- ing together: also the action of an ag- glutinant substance. See Collesis. Agglutination, Im-me'di-ate. Union by the first intention. Agglutination, Jle'tli-ate. The in- terposing of some substance between the lips of a wound, or the flaps after ampu- tation; as agaric, charpie, or lint, on which cerate is first spread. Ag'gre-gate. [Aggrega'tus; from ayyre9°> aggregatum (from ad, 'Ho or together, and grcx, gre'gis, a herd, flock, or crowd), to crowd to- gether, to gather together.] Applied to flowers which have a number of smaller flowers collected into clusters. Applied also, in Chemistry, to several substances of the same kind producing one, its chemical properties not differing from theirs. In the plural neuter (Ag- grega'ta) it forms the name of a family of the Mollusca, Acephala nuda, which are united in a common mass. See Ag- glomerate. Agygregaie. A body or mass made up of smaller bodies or masses. The smallest parts into which an aggregate can be divided without destroying its chemical properties are called integrant parts. Ag-gre-ga'iion. [From the same.] A collection of many individual par- ticles, etc., into a cluster or mass. Also, a form of attraction, commonly called that of cohesion, by which the particles of bodies are aggregated, or retained in the state of a solid. Ag-i-ia'tion. [Agita'tio, o'nis ; from ag'ito, agita'tum, to shake, to agitate.] The act of putting into active or violent motion. Mental emo- tion, from the violence of some prevail- ing passion. Ag'li-a.* [Gr. dy\in.~\ A whitish speck on the cornea of the eye. Ag-Io-l*u'H-a.:;:* [From a, priv.. and glol/ulus, a globule.] Decrease or diminution in the quantity of blood- globules. Ag-lu-tl'tion. [Agluti'tio, o'nis; from a, priv., and glu'tio, gluti'lum, t^ swallow.] Inability to swallow. Seo Dysphagia. Ag-ni'na Mem-bra'na.* [From ag'iuis, ;i •'lamb, and membrana, a membrane.] The name given to one of the membranes of the foetus, on ac- count of its tenderness. The same as the amnion. Agni'na Tu'ni-ca.* [From ag'nus, a lamb, and tu'nica, a coat.] The lamb's coat; the amnion. Agnoea,* ag-ne'a. [From ayvozw, to be ignorant.] The state of a patient who does not recognize persons or things. Ag'nus Cas'tus.* The chaste tree, a species of Vitcx, formerly celebrated as an antaphrodisiac. This name has also been given to Castor Oil, or the oil of j Ricinus communis, from its effects upon | the body and mind. A-gom-phi'a-sis.* [From a, priv., and gompho'sis, the insertion of tho teeth in their sockets.] Looseness of the teeth. A-go'ni-a.* [From a, priv., and yovog, seed, offspring.] Sterility, or bar- renness. Agyo-ny. [From dyov, a contest, a struggle.] The last struggle of life, closing in death. A-gres'tis.* [From a'ger, a'gri, a field.] Pertaining to a field; the specific name of many plants. A'gri-a.* [Gr. dypia, the holly.] Another name for the Aquifolium, or holly. A'gria.* [From ayptog, wild, un- tamable.] A pustular eruption, with redness and erosion ; named from its in- tractability. Ag-rl-am'pe-los.* [From aypiog, wild, and h/zteAoj, the vine.] An- other name for the Bryonia alba, or wild vine. AgV5-mo-ny. [Agrimo'niaEupa- to'ria.] A plant of the order Boeacese, used as an astringent and stomachic. Ag-s'I-o-rig'a-num.* [From iiypio;, wild, and opiyavov, marjoram.] The Orig'anum vulga're, or wild marjoram. Ag-ri-o-thym'i-a.* [From aypiog, wild, and 0-^og, passion, rage.] Furious insanity. A-grip'pa.* [As if JEgrippa, from ecgre partus, born with difficulty.] A term applied to children born with the feet foremost. Hence the name of some celebrated Romans. Ag-ros-log'ra-phy. [ Agrosio- gra'phia; from aypcoang, a kind of$