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.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

50/720 page 40

$being the fecula of the seeds of Triticum vulgarej (Dub. Ph.) the Seminisfeculse. Am jluni Jla-ran'ta?.* Arrow- root,—a nutritive starch prepared from the Jfaranta arioidiuacese. Am y-ous. [Am'yus; from a, priv., and uvg, fivds, a mouse; also a mus- cle.] Without muscle; fleshless. Amyridaceae,* am-ir-e-da'she-e. An order of dicotyledonous plants, abound- ing in fragrant resin. Ain'y-ris.* [From a, intensive, and fivpov, a sweet-scented juice.] A Lin- na?an genus of the class Octandria, natu- ral order Amyridaccse (formerly a divi- sion of Tercbinthacese). Am'yris El-e-mife-ra.* The sys- tematic name of the tree which yields gum-elemi. Am'yris Gil-e-a-den'sis.:;: The sys- tematic name of the tree which affords balm or balsam of Gilead. See Alpixi Balsam or. An (av). A Greek particle having a privative force. See A. Ana {ma). A Greek particle, signi- fying through, up through, up- wards, again; sometimes according to. For the use of ana in medical formu- laries, see AA. An-ab'a-sis.* [From dvd, up, and Saivcj, to go.] Literally, an ascend- ing. The increase of a disease or of a paroxysm. See Acme. An-a-bat'ic. [Anabat'icus.] Per- taining to anabasis. Anacardiaeens,-::an-a-kar-de-a'she- us. Having an arrangement as in the Anacardium (cashew-tree :) anacardia'- ceous. Applied in the feminine plural {Anacardiaccse, an-a-kar-de-a'she-e) to an order of dicotyledonous plants, in- cluding the cashew-tree, the sumach, etc. An-a-ear'dl-nm.* Anacardium Oc- cidental. Cashew-nut, or marking-nut. The nut contains, between its rind and shell, a red, inflammable, and very caus- tic liquor, or oil. See Cashew-Tree. Aiiva-ca-thar'sis.;;:' [From dvd, up, and KaOaipoj, to purge.] Literally, a purgation upwards. A term used to denote cough with expectoration, or expectoration simply. An-a-ea-thar'tic. [Anacathar'ti- cus; from the same.] Promoting ex- pectoration or vomiting. An-a-cyc'lns Pyr'e-thrnm.* The Pharmacopoeia! (Lond. and Ed. Ph.) name for Anthemis Pyrcthrum. A:i-.u\ ro-mous. [Anad rouius; 40 from dvd, up, and fyfyoj, a course.] Swimming up into rivers from the sea. An-ae'ml-a.* [From av, priv., and ai>a, blood.] Deficiency of blood: more correctly written Anh^emia. An-jvm ic (or Anemic), or An-aV- mi-al. [ Anaem'icus, or Ansemia'lis; from the same.] In a state of ansemia. An-ae-mot'ro-phy. [From arise'mia, and Tpo^i}, nourishment.] By this term and hamotrophy are implied simply a deficiency and an excess of sanguineous nourishment. Atrophy and hypertrophy, as commonly understood, include the idea of diminished and increased magni- tude ; while ansemia and hyper semi a have reference only to the quantity of blood present, without regard to its nutritive properties.—(Prout.) See Ax^emia. Anaeroid. Pee Aneroid. Anaesthesia,* an-es-the'se-a. [From av, priv., and dicBdvofiat, to perceive, to feel.] Loss of feeling or perception: an'aesthesy. A genus of the order JJysas- thesia, class Locales, of Cullen's Nosology. Anaesthetic, an-es-thet'ik. Anas- thet'icns; from anasthe'*ia.~] Having no perception nor sense of touch. Anaesthetics. [From the same.] A term applied to certain medicines, such as chloroform, ether, <fcc, having the power of rendering the recipient insen- sible to pain. Anal. [Ana'lis.] Pertaining to the anus. An-a-len'sis.* [From dia\au6dva), to take again, to recover.] Becover- ing of strength after sickness. An-a-len'tic. [Analew'tiens: from the same.] Belonging to analepsis. Analeptics. [From the same.] Be- storative medicines. A-iial'o-g-otis. [Anal'ogiis: from dva, according to, and A6>oj, ratio or proportion.] Literally, propor- tionate: hence, corresponding to in a general way. Analogue, an'a-log. [From the same.] Applied in Comparative Anatomy, bjT Owen, to a part or organ in one ani- mal having the same function as another part or organ in a different animal. A-nal'o-sy. [Analo'gia; from tho same.] The relation of things or parts of a different nature, but similar in their function, and so contradistinguished from the term Homology. A-ual'y-sis.* [From dvaXvcj. to un- do.] The process of separating any com- pound substance into its constituents. An-a-mir'ta Coc'cu-lus.:: Tho$