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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$receptacle, bearing petals, stamen, and pistil: an an'thophore. An-thox-an'thin. [Anthoxan- thi'na: from a»6oi, a flower, and \av06i, yellow.] A substance obtained from the yellow of flowers. An-tnra'el-a.* [From a»6pa$, a coal.J See Frambcesia. Anthra'cia Rubu-la.* Dr. Good's term for the disease called the yaws.*' See Frambcesia. Aii-ihra-cifer-ous. [Anthraoif- crus; from avOpa^, coal or ''carbon, and fe'ro, to bear.] Containing car- bon. An'thra-cite. [Anthraci'tes; from avdpaj:, a coal, and \ido;, a stone.] A species of stone-coal burning without smoke anil with little or no effluvia. Antnraeo'des. The same as An- thracoi'des. See Axthracoii). An'thra-coid. [Anthracoi'des; from ilvdpat, coal, and elcoi, a form.] Resembling carbuncle; having the na- ture of carbuncle. An-thra-ook'a-li. The name given to a remedy recently employed in certain herpetic affections. The simple prepa- ration consists of a levigated coal-dust and pure potassa: the sulphurated pre- paration is composed of sulphur, levi- gated coal-dust, and caustic potassa. An-tlira-eo-tlie'ri-uni.':' [From avQpai, coal, and Oripiov, an animal.] A fossil animal found in coal and in sandstone. Anthrax, ac/s.- [Lat. Carbua'ca- Ins, a little coal; Gr. dvQpa*, a coal.] A carbuncle. A hard, circumscribed, in- flammatory dark-red or purple tumor, accompanied by a sense of burning, re- sembling a boil, but having no central core. An-thro-po^'en-jr. [AntSiropo- gre'jiia: from avQpoj-o;, a man, and yivzais, generation.] The generation of man. An-thro-pos?'ra-phtv. [Anthro- pog'ra'phia; from Svdpcmos, a man. and ypafya, to 'write.] A history or treatise on the structure of man. An'tlsro-poid. [Antnropoi'des; from <! dpcmosf a man, and elcos, a form.] Resembling man. An-tnrop'o-lite. [Anthropoli'- tes: from a^dpto-o;, a man, and XiOo;, a stone.] A petrifaction of human bones. An-thro-polo-jry. [Anthropolo- «jja: from avOpcmog, a man, and \6yo;, a discourse.] A treatise on man; a description of man: also, the science which treats of the physical and intel- lectual nature of man. Aii-thro-pom e-trj'. [Antliropo- me'trsa: from avdpamos, a man. and perpov, a measure.] Measurement of the dimensions of man. An-thro-po-nior phons. [Anthro- pomot*plans; from SvOpasog, a man, and popart, shape.] Formed like man ; man-shaped. An-tliro-popli'a-?rns,:': plural An- thro-poph'a-gi. [From u^pwrroj, a man, and <£ayo), to eat.] One who eats human flesh : a cannibal. An-thro-poph'a-gy. [Antnropo- pha'gia: from the same.] The eating of human flesh. An-tbro-pos'co-py. [Anthropo- sco'pia: from aSpamog, a man, and cm-Eta, to observe.] An inspection of the lineaments of man. An-tiiro-po-som'a-tol'o-try. [An- thropcsomatolo'gia: from avdpuzos, a man, ov/ia, the body, and Aoyoj, a discourse.] A description of the structure of the human body. An-thro-pos'o-phy. [Anthro- poso'phia: from uvdpoj-os, a man, and copia, wisdom.] Knowledge of the nature and general character of man. An-tfrro-pot'o-my. [Anthropoto'- mia: from aiS/.wrof, a man, and rcpvcj, to cut.] The dissecting of man; hu- man anatomy Ant-hyp-not'ie. [Anthypnot'i- cus: from dvri, against, and mvo$, sleep.] Hindering sleep. Ant-hyp-o-chon 'dri-ao. [Anthyp- ochoiidri'acns: from dvri, against. and v-oxovcpiavoi, hypochondriac.] Overcoming hypochondriasis. Ant-hys-ter'ic. [Anthyster'icns; from dvri, against, and AyateVia.] Overcoming hysteria. Anti-. [Gr. dvri.] A prefix signify- ing against, opposed to, or cor- rective of; as anti-bilioi(8, aiiti-ltthic, etc. An-ti'a-des.* [The plural of dvndg, dvrid<'o<;, a tonsil.] Another name for the tonsils. Aia-ll-a-di'tis.* [From djrriag,ayfiaiogf a tonsil.] Inflammation of the tonsils. Aiitiaplirctlisiac. See Axtaphro- DISIAC. Antiari*. See ANTHIABIS. Antiarthritic. See Ant arthritic. An'ti-as.'• The singular of Antiapes, which sec. Antiasllunatic. See AntasthhatiC.$