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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$arsenic) The Pharmacopoeial name (Ed. Ph.) of arsenious acid, or sesqui- oxide of arsenic. Ar-se'nl-ous Ac'id. The Acidum arseniosum (IT. S. and British Ph.), Ar- senicum album (Ed. Ph.), or sesquioxide of arsenic, Arsenici album oxydum venale (Dub. Ph.). See Arsenic. Ar'se-nite. [Ar'senis, i'tisJ] A com- bination of arsenious acid with a base. Arseniuret, ar-sen'yu-ret. [Ar- seisiure'tum.] A combination of ar- senic with a metallic or other base. Ar-sen'o-vin'ic Ac'id. An acid pro- duced by the action of arsenic on alcohol. Ar-ian'thc E-lon-ga'ta.* A name of the Matico plant. See Matico. Artemisia,* ar-te-mish'e-a. [Gr. 'Apr£//(crta, perhaps because sacred to Di- ana, in Greek 'Aprtpa;.] A Linnajan genus of the natural order Comjjositae. Artemis'ia A-brot'a-num,* or Southernwood, formerly used as a tonic and anthelmintic. Artemis'ia Ab«sin'tlii-um.* Com- mon wormwood, also called Absinthium comnnine and Absinthium vulgare. Artemis'ia Chl-nen'sis.* The Chi- nese wormwood, or mugwort of China. Artemis'ia Dra-cunc'u-Ius.* Tar- ragon : a plant which is used to impart a peculiar stimulating flavor to vinegar. Artemis'ia Iii'di-ca.* Indian worm- wood, used similarly to Chinensis. Artesnis'ia Ju-da'I-ca.* The same as Artemisia Santonica. Artemis'ia L.at-1-fo'li-a.* The same as Artemista Chinensis. Artemis'ia San-ton'i-ca.* Tar- tarian southernwood, wormwood, or worm-seed plant. Ar-tem'i-sin. [Artemisi'na.] The bitter principle of Artemisia absinthium. Artfcre, aii'taiR', the French term for Artery, which see. Arteria. See Artery. Ar-te'ri-a As'uer-a.* The rough artery; the trachea or windpipe: so called because of the inequalities or roughness of its surface. Arle'ria In-nom-i-sia'ta.* The un- named artery; the first branch given off from the aorta, dividing into the right carotid and right subclavian arteries. Artc'ria Ma^'na.* (The great ar- tery.) The aorta. ' Ar-te'ri-ac, or Ar-te-rj'a-eal. [Ar- teri'acus.] Pertaining to the Arteria aspera, or windpipe. Applied to medi- cines for disorders of the voice or diseases of tho windpipe. 452 Ar-te'rX-ae,* gen. Ar-te-ri-a'rum, the plural of Arte'ria, an artery. Arteria? Venosav* ar-te're-e ve- no'se, the plural of Arte'ria Veno'sa. Literally, venous arteries,—a name sometimes given to the four pulmonary veins, because they contain arterial blood. Ar-te'ri-al. [Arteria'lis; from ar- te'ria, an artery.] Belonging to an artery. Arterial Duct. See Ductus Arte- riosus. Ar-te-rl-og-'ra-wfaj'. [Arterio- g-ra'|>hia; from arte'ria, an artery, and ypi(p(o, to write.] A description of the arteries. Ar-te-rl-ol'o-gy. [Arieriolo'gia; from arte'ria, an artery, and \6yo<;, a discourse.] A treatise on the arteries; the science of the arteries. Ar-te-ri-o'siis.* [From arte'ria, an artery.] Having numerous arteries; of the nature of an artery. Arteriosus, Ductus. See Ductus Arteriosus. Ar-te-ri-ot'o-my. [Arterioto'mia; from dprrifjia, an artery, and reppa, to cut.] The cutting into, dividing, or opening an artery. Ar-te-ri'tis.* [From arte'ria, an ar- tery.] Inflammation of an artery. Ar'ter-y. [Arte'ria, plural Arte'- ria? ; from drip, air or spirit, and rripcco, to keep or preserve, the arte- ries having been supposed by the an- cients to contain air.] One of the ves- sels by which the blood is conveyed from the heart towards the various organs and members of the body. Artesian, ar-te'zhan. [From Artois, Lat. Arte'sia, a province of France, in which they were first formed.] A term applied to certain wells or fountains produced by boring through various strata deep enough to reach a subter- ranean body of water, the sources of which are higher than the mouth of the well. Ar'tlira-gra.* [From lipBpov, a joint, and dypa, a seizure.] Same as Ar- thritis or gout. Ar-tliral's'i-a.* [From upBpov, a joint, and aXyog, pain.] Chronic pain of a joint; gout or rheumatism. Ar-tl»rit'ie. [Artlirit'icus.] Be- longing to Arthritis, or to gout. Ar-tliri'tis, Idis.* [From apOpov, a joint.] Litcrall}', inflammation of a joint: gout. See Podagra. Arthritis Pla-net i-ca.« Arthri- tis IllBcii-mat'I-ea,* Artliri'tis$