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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$Ar-mil'la,-- plural Ar-niil'la?. [From armil'la, a bracelet.] The name of the membranous ligaments confining the tendons of the carpus. Ar'mil-la-ry. [Armilla'ris: from the same.] Applied in Astronomy to an artificial sphere formed of circles, representing orbs of celestial bodies. Also a term applied to plants having leaves like bracelets. Arniora'cia? (ar-mo-ra'she-e) Ra'- dix.* Horseradish-root. See Cocn- LEARIA Ar.MORACIA. Ar'iuus.* [From dp/*<5$, a joint.] The shoulder or arm. Ar-nal'di-a.* A disease formerly- known in England, and attended with alopecia, or baldness. Ar'ni-ca.* [From ap>-, dpv6$, a lamb;' from the softness of its leaf.] A Lin- n«an genus of the class Syngenesia, natural order Composite. Also, the Phar- macopceial name for Arnica montana. Ar'uica ^lon-ta'na.* Leopard's bane. This plant is celebrated as a remedy for bruises, and hence has been called panace'a lapso'runi (the ''pana- cea of the fallen,—i.e. of those who have had a fall occasioning a severe injury). Ar'nl-cln. [Arnici'na.] A bitter resin, the active principle of Arnica montana. A-roi'de-ous. [Aroi'deus; from A'rum,\Yake-robin,andacu>-,aform.] Resembling the Arum, or Wake-robin. The Latin term in the plural feminine (Aroi'dete) forms the name of a natural order of plants. See Arace.e. A-ro'ma.* gen. A-ro'ma-tLs, plural A-ro'ma-ta. [Perhaps from dpi, in- tensive, and ocp.fi, odor.] The fragrant principle of plants and substances de- rived from them. Ar-o-mat'ic. [Aromat'icus; from aro'ma.] Odoriferous; having an agree- able smell, as spices and such sub- stances. Ar-o-mat'I-cns Cor'tex.* (Aro- matic bark.) The bark of Canella alia, or wild cinnamon. Arquebusade,Eaud' (Fr.),o-dank'- bii'zad'. [From ar'quebua, a hand- gun.] A'qua Vulnera'ria. A lotion composed of vinegar, sulphuric acid, honey, alcohol, and various aromatics; originally applied to wounds inflicted by the arquebus. Arrack, or Ar-rak', written also Ar'ack. An intoxicating beverage made in India by distilling fermented juice of various kinds, but especially from toddy, the sweet sap of the palm-tree. Ar'ra-go-nite. A species of carbon- ate of lime, from Aragon. in Spain. Arrectores Piloruin. See Pilorujc Arrectores. Ar-rcst'ed. A term used in obstetrics when the head of the child is hindered, but not impacted, in the pelvic cavity,— a distinction of the greatest importance. Ar'row-Root. The fecula or starch from the root of the JIaranta arundina- cea and M. Indica, named from its supposed efficacy in poisoned wounds (wounds from poisoned arrows). Ar- row-root is also obtained from the root of the Arum xnaculatum and other plants. Arrow-Shaped. See Sagittate and Sagittalis. Ar-se'ni-ate. [Arse'nias, n'tis; from arscn'icum ac'idum.] A combina- tion of arsenious acid with any base. Ar'sen-ic. [Arsenicum; from ufjarjv, masculine, vigorous; in allu- sion to its strong and acrimonious pro- perties.] A metal plentifully met with in nature, generally in union with sul- phur, or with other metals, or with oxy- gen, etc. Though arsenic in its metallic state is not dangerous, it is readily con- verted into a poisonous oxide, and all of its soluble compounds are more or less poisonous. Arsenic is also the com- mon name for arsenious acid, sometimes called white oxide of arsenic. a> sai'icum al'bum (white arsenic), ratsbane, and other names. This is the most common form in which arsenic is found in com- merce. The only known antidote for this poison is the hydrated sesquioxide (or peroxide) of iron, which has been found much more efficacious when freshly prepared. This substance produces (by a transfer of a portion of the oxygen from the iron to the acid) an insoluble and therefore inert subarseniate of the protoxide of iron. That this antidote may be perfectly successful, it should be preceded by the use of emetics, or the stomach-pump. See Poisoxs. Ar-sen i-eal. [Arsenicalis.] Be- longing to arsenic or arsenious acid. Arsenical Paste. Sec Pate Arsex- icale. Arsenicalis Liquor. See Liquor Arsenic alis. Ar-sena-ci Al'bum Ox'yd-um Ve-na'le.* (The white oxide of ar- senic of commerce.) The Pharmaco- poeial name (Dub. Ph.) of arsenious acid, or sublimed oxide of arsenic. Ar-sesi'i-cum Al'bum.* (Whito$