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
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    A-ryt'e-noid. [Arytaenoi'des; from dpiraiva, a pitcher, and £?<fo$, a form.] Resembling the mouth of a pitcher. Arytenoid Car'ti-lag-es. [Carti- lag'ines Arytaenoi'des.] Two carti- laginous bodies of the larynx, which, in their natural situation, resemble the mouth of a pitcher. As-a-grae'a ©f-fici-na'lis.* The name (Lond. Ph. 1851) of the plant from which Veratria is obtained. A-sapli'a-tum.* [From dacxpiis, ob- scure, uncertain; named in allusion to their deceptive appearance.] A term applied to the collections in the sebace- ous follicles of the skin, which, when pressed out, appear like little worms. A-sa'phi-a.* [Gr. daa^fig • from a, priv., and oa<pf)s, clear, plain.] De- fective utterance; a want of clearness of articulation or of speech. A-sar-a-bac'ca.* The Asarum Eu- ropzeum. Asari Folia. See Asarum Euro- pium. Asarin. See Asari Folia. Asa-rum Can-a-den'se.* Canada snake-root, or Wild Ginger. The root is sometimes used as a substitute for ginger. As'arum Eu-ro-pae'um.* The plant Anarabaccci. The leaves (As'ari fo'lia) abound in a bitter principle called As'arin, and are used as an errhine. As-foes'tos.* [From a, priv., and cSkwvfii, to extinguish.] Literally, inextinguishable, that which cannot be extinguished or destroyed. A mine- ral substance of a fibrous structure from which an incombustible linen is made. The ancients are said to have made use of cloth of asbestos to wrap the bodies of their dead before placing them on the funeral pile. Ascarides. See Ascaris. As'ca-ris,* plural As-c&r'I-des. [Supposed to be derived from aa^a/v^w, to leap, to kick.] A genus of worms found in the human intestines. As'caris Lum bri-co-i'deS.* [From la mbri'cue, an earth-worm.] One of the most common of intestinal worms, re- sembling the earth-worm. As'caris Ver-mic-u-la'ris.* The thread-worm, now called Oxvuris. As-^eiid'iiag- Ax'is. Applied to the stem of plants, or that part which grows in an opposite direction from the root (which is the descending axis). See Axis. is-cniMh. [From asccn'do, oa- 64 cen'sum, to climb, to ascend.] Lite- rally, an ascending, or ascent. Ap- plied in Chemistry to the process of sublimation, formerly termed Bestillatio per asceiisum. Ascen'sus Mor'hi.* The ascent or increase of a disease. Ascia,* ash'e-a. [The Latin term for an axe or hatchet.] A bandage, so called from its shape, and described by Hippocrates. Ascian. See Ascn. As-cid I-atc. [Ascidia'tus; from ctscid'ium.] Shaped like a small bottle or pitcher. As-cjd-i-for'mis.* [From the same.] Formed like a small bottle or pitcher: ascid'iform. As-citl'I-uni.* [From doKiSiov (dimin- utive of daKOi), a small leathern bag or bottle.] A hollow leaf resembling a small bottle or pitcher, as in the Nepenthe (pitcher-plant). As-cig'er-us.:i: [From d<rvdf, a bag, and ge'ro, to bear.] Bearing or con- taining utricles. Ascii,* ash'e-i, the plural of Ascitis, ash'e-iis. [From a, priv., and oxia, a shade or shadow.] Literally, with- out shadow. A term applied to the people of the Torrid Zone, who have twice in the year the sun perpendicular above their heads, and are without shadow. As-c4'tes.* [Gr. daKiTw, from doxos, a sack of leather, something swollen or puffed up.] Hy'drops utricula'rius, or dropsy of the belly. A genus of the natural order Intumescentise, class Ca- chexiee, of Cullen's Nosology. See Hr- DROXJCLIA. As-cit'ic. [Ascit'icus.] Having or pertaining to Astiten. Asclepiadaceae,* as-klevpe-a-da'- she-e. A natural order of plants re- sembling the Asclepios. The milky juice formed in plants of this order contains caoutchouc. It is emetic, and is some- times a dangerous poison. As-cle'pl-as, adis* [From 'AoxX^f^, the Greek name of ^Esculapius, the god of medicine?] The name of a genus of plants belonging to the Linnaoan class Pentandria, natural order Asclepiada- cese. Asclc'pias In-car-na'ta.* The flesh- colored Asclepias, a plant whose medical properties appear to be similar to tho>o of the ASCLEPIAS Ttberosa, which see. Asclc'pias Syr-i'a-ca.* The silk- weed; called also milk-weed. Of this
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