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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$Va'g-a.* Other names for wandering or erratic gout. See Podagra. Ar-throc'a-cc* [From apOpov, a joint, and kukt], disease.] An ulcer- ated condition or caries of the cavity of a bone. Also used as synonymous with Spina rento8a. Ar-thro'<li-a.* [From apdpov, a joint.] An articulation admitting of motion on all sides; a variety of Diar- throeia. Ar-tliro-dyn'I-a.* [From apQpov, a joint, and bbx>vr\, pain.] Pain in a joint, or chronic rheumatism. Ar-tlirojy'ra-ph$r. [Arthrogra'- pliia; from apdpov, a joint, and ypa- <£a>, to write.] A description of the joints. Ar-throl'o-gy. [Arthrolo'gia; from apdpov, a joint, and Adyoj, a dis- course.] A treatise on the joints; the science of joints. Ar-thron'cus.* [From apOpov, a joint, and dy/co,-, a mass, a swell- ing.] A distinct cartilaginous body (one or more) which sometimes forms within the knee-joint. Sometimes ap- plied to the tumefaction of a joint. Ar-thro-pa-tlii'a.* [From apdpov, a joint, and ttuOoj, an affection.] An affection of the shoulder-joint, with vio- lent pain and swelling of the brachial portion. Ar-thro-phlo-g-o'sis.* [From apdpov, a joint, and </>Aoydw, to inflame.] Inflammation of a joint. See Arthri- tis. Ar-thro-pu-o'sis.* [From apdpov, a joint, and -nvov, pus.] Pus in a joint. Ar-thro'si-a.* [From apdpov, a joint.] Generic name for articular inflammation, according to Dr. Good. Ar-tliro'sis.* [From dpdpdio, to fasten by joints.] Articulation, or connection by joints. Artichoke. SeeCYNARA Scolymcs. Ar-tic-u-la'ris.* [From artic'ulus, a joint.] Relating to joints ; articular. Applied to arteries, muscles, etc., con- nected with the joints. Articula'ris ^Je'nn.* This and the term Hnbcrurxus have been applied to a few detached muscular fibres frequently found under the lower part of the cru- ralis and attached to the capsule of the knee-joint. Articula'ris Morbus.' The same as Arthritis, or gout. Articulata. See ABTICULATUS. Ar-tie-u-la'tioii. [Articula'tio, o'iu's; from artic'ulus, a joint, ar- tic'ulo, articula'tum, to joint, to make a joint.] The fastening to- gether of the various bones of the skeleton in their natural situation; a joint. Also the distinct utterance of syllables or words. The articulations of the bones of the body are divided into synarthroses, im- movable articulations, and diarthroses, movable articulations. See Diarthrosis, Synarthrosis. Ar-tic-u-la'tns.* [From the same.] Articulated, jointed, or knotted. Applied in the plural neuter (Articula'ta) to the third great division of the animal king- dom, in which articulated rings encircle the body, and frequently the limbs. Ar-tic'u-li,:|f gen. Ar-tic-u-lo'rum, plural of Artic'ulus. Ar-tic'u-lus.* [The diminutive of ar'tus. a joint.] A joint, or articulation : a member, or limb. Applied in Botany to that part of the stalk between two knots or joints; also, a knot or joint. Ar-ti-f I Vial An us. An opening made in the parietes of the abdomen, through which the feces are discharged during life; also an opening made in the natural situation in cases of imperforate anus. Artificial Eye. A hollow hemi- sphere, usually made of enamel, so as to present the appearance of the natural eye. Artifi'cial Joint. A fracture united by the broken ends of the bone becom- ing rounded and smooth and connected by a fibrous, ligamentous substance; a false joint. Artifi'cial Pu'pil. The result of an operation for overcoming the effect of adhesions or permanent contraction of the iris. Ar-to-car'pus.* [Fromapro?, bread, and Kaphas, fruit.] A genus of plants growing in Southern India and Polyne- sia. The Artocar'pns inci'sa is the bread-fruit proper; the Artocar'pns in- tegrifo'lia has a very coarse fruit, called Jack-fruit, common in the South of India. See Bread-Fruit. Arundinaccus,-:'a-run-(le-na'she-us. [From arun'do, a reed.] Belonging to a reed; resembling a reed. Applied in the feminine plural (Amndinacese, a-run- de-na'she-e) to a tribe of plants having the Arundo for its type: arundina'ceous. A-ryt'se-no-i-daj'us.* [See the two following articles.] Belonging to the arytenoid cartilages. The arytsenoidmu muscle is a muscle extending from one of the arytenoid cartilages to the other.$