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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$and soda, because they are permanently in a solid state. Al'kali, Fos'sil; AS kali, Min'e- ral. Other names for soda. Al'kali, PBilo-gis'tl-cat-ed; Al'- kali, JPrus'sian. Applied to a fixed alkali when mixed with an animal sub- stance, and lixiviated, because it is then found to be saturated with Prussic acid; and from a former theory of this com- bination it received the first name. Al'kali, Veg'e-ta-ble. Another term for jwtash. Al'kali, Vol'a-tlle. Another name for ammonia, given on account of its volatile nature. A 1-ka-3i£Vn-ous. [Alkalig'enus; from al'kali, and ytwaw, to generate.] Producing alkaline qualities. Al-ka-lim'e-ter. [Alkalim'e- trum; from al'kali, and phpov, a measure.] An instrument for ascer- taining the quantity of alkali in impure potash or soda. A I-ka-1 iin V-* r.v. [Alkalime'tria; from al'kali, and jicrpew, to measure.] The process by which the amount of free alkali in various substances is de- termined. Al'ka-line. [Alkali'nus; from al'kali.] Having the properties of an alkali. Al-ka-lin I-t.v. [Alkalin'itas, a'fi's.] The peculiar properties of an alkali. Al-kal-i-za'tion. [Alkaliza'tio.] The act of imparting alkaline qualities. Al'ka-loicl. [Alkaloi'des; from al'kali, and clto;, a form.] Resembling an alkali. Applied as a noun to the alkaline principles found in vegetables. Al'ka-na, or Al'ca-na. The name of the root and leaves of the Lauso'nia Iner'mis, a plant employed in the East for dyeing the nails, teeth, hair, gar- ments, etc. See Hennb. Al'ka-net Root. [From the Arabic al'kanah, a reed.] The root of the Anciiusa Tinctouia, which see. Alkekengc, al'ke-kenj. Winter- cherry; the fruit of the Phys'aUa Alke- ken'gi, used in nephritis, dysuria, as- cites, etc. Alkoliol. See Alcohol. Al'la-nitc. The name of a mineral containing cerium,, found in Greenland, and named in honor of Mr. Allan, who first distinguished it as a species. Al-lan-to'ic. [Allanto'ieus; from allnn'to'ix.] Belonging to the allan- tois. 32 Allantoic Ac'itl. The substance Allantoic. Al-lan'toid. [Allantoi des; from dWds, dWavTos, and £t<3o$, a 'form.] Re- sembling a sausage. Allan'toid Membrane. A mem- brane communicating with the bladder by the urachus, and containing the foetal urine: it exists in almost all the Jlam- malia. Also termed Allanto'is. Al-lan to-in. [Allantoi'na; from allun'to'is.] The nitrogenous constituent of the urine of the foetus of the cow. Also termed Allantoic Acid. Al-lan'to-is, i't/vs.* [From dWSs, dWavTos, a sausage, and u6o<;, a form.] The human allantois is a small, very vascular vesicle, sprouting from the end of the embryo. Also synonymous with Allantoid membrane. Al-lan-to-tox'i-cum.* [From dX- \ag, and to^ikov, a poison.] A poison developed in putrid sausages made of blood and liver, often proving speedily fatal. Alliaceous, al-le-ii'shus. [Allia'- ceus; from al'lium.] Of the nature of garlic. Al'Ii-um.* [From dXiofxai, to avoid ; because of its offensive smell.] The Pharmacopoeial name (Ed. and U. S.Ph.) of Allium sativum. A Linnrean genus of the class Hexandria, natural order Liliacepe. Allium Ce'pa.* The common onion. Al'lium Por'rnm.* The leek. Allium Sa-ti'vum.* Garlic. Al-lee-o'sis.* [From dXXo(do), to alter.] A constitutional change. Al-lo-path'ic. [Allopath icus.] Belonging to allopathy. Al-lop'a-thy [Allopathi a; from aXXo;, other, and ndOog, affection]; written also Al-lce-op'a-thy. The curing of a diseased action by inducing a different kind of action, yet not neces- sarily diseased. Pee Homceopatiiv. Al-lo-trI-oph'a-£y. [Allotrio- pha'gia; from dXXdrpioj, another's, foreign, not proper, and tj>ayui, to eat.] Depraved appetite, or a desire for improper food. Al-lo-trop'ic. Pertaining to Allo- tropism. Al-lot'ro-pism. [Allot ropis'mus; from aXXug, other. and i-pcwi?, conver- sion.] The existing of the same com- pound in two or more conditions, with dif- ferent physical and chemical properties; as sulphur melted at a high temperature, which, before bright yellow and brittle,$