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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    Au-ric'n-late. [Auricnla'tus; from auric'aid, an ear.J Applied in Botany to a leaf when it has a lobe on each side of its base; eared. Auricule, o're'kiil'. The French term for Auricle, which see. Au-ric'u-lo-Ven-tric'u-lar O'pon- injr. Tne opening between the auricle an I ventricle of each side of the heart. Au-rif er-ons. [Aurif'erus; from nu'rum, gold, and fe'ro, to bear.] Bearing or containing gold. Au'ri-form. [Aurifor'mis; from au'ris, the ear.] Formed like the ear. Au-ri';yo,* or Au-ru'go.* [From au'rum, gold.] Orange-skin. A term applied to an orange hue diffused over the entire surface of the skin in new- born infants: Sauvages terms it ephe'Us lu'tea. Also an old name for jaundice. Au-rX-pijr-m?ii'tum.:;: [From an'- rum, gold, and pig men'turn, paint.] Yellow Orpiinent. See Orpiment. Au'ris.* The Latin term for the ear. It is distinguished into the ex- ternal and the internal. Au-ri-scal'pum.* [From scal'po, to scrape.] An instrument for cleans- ing the ear. Au'rl-scope. [Auris'copus; from au'ris, the ear, and oxon-ao, to ex- plore.] An instrument for ascertaining the condition of the Eustachian passage. Aurium, Tinnitus. See Tinnitus Aurium. Au'rum.* The Latin for Gold, which see. Anrnm Fulminans. See Fulmi- nating Gold. Aus-cul-ta'tion. [Ausculta'tio, o'uis; from auscul'to, auscu/ta'tum, to listen.] The act of listening to the sound given by particular parts of the body when struck, or to the sounds pro- duced by the functional movements of the lungs or heart. Ausculta'tion, Im-nie'di-ate. That practised directly by the car of the practitioner without the aid of an instrument. Ausculta'tion, Me'ui-ate. That performed by employing a stethoscope or some similar instrument. Aus-ftra'lis.* [From Aus'ter, the south wind.] Belonging to the south: aus'tral. Au-to-car'pous. [Autocar'pens, or Autoearpia'nus; from abro;, it- self, and Know;, fruit.] Applied to fruit not adherent to tho calyx; superior. Autochthon,4 au-tok'thon, plural An-toch'tho-iics. [From dur<5j, it- self, sometimes very, andX0u3i/,land, or country.] A name given, by those who hold the doctrine that tho various races of mankind were originally distinct, to the fir.<t inhabitants of a country, sup- posed to have been produced in the very country or place itself. Autochthonous. See Thrombus. Au-to&'c-nous. [Auto&'emis: from avTOi, itself, or one's self, and ykvw, to be born.] Applied in Comparative Anatomy, by Owen, to parts developed from distinct and independent centres. Au-to-mat'ic. [Autoinat'icus; from avTonari^o, to act spontaneousl}'.] Applied to functions or motions per- formed without the will, as digestion, the heart's action, etc. Au-to-plas'tic. [Autopias'ticus.] Belonging to autoplastv. Au'to-plas-ty. [Autoplas'tia; from avr6$, one's self, and rrXaacru), to form.] Operations by which lesions are repaired by means of healthy parts being taken from the neighborhood of the lesion and made to supply the de- ficiency caused by wounds or disease. Au-top'so-rin. [From ainog, one's s?lf, and ■^■'•pa, the itch.] That which is given under the homoeopathic doctrine of administering a patient's own virus. Au'top-sy. [Autop'sia: from avrog, one's self, and fiipis, the act of see- ing.''] Ocular examination. A-ve'na.- The oat. The Pharma- copoeial name (Ed. Ph.) for the seeds of Avena sativa. See Aven.e Semina. Ave'na Sa-ti'va.* The oat-plant. See Aven.e Semina. A-ve'naiFa-ri'na.*(Mealof Oats.) The Pharmacopoeial name (U.S.Ph.) for oatmeal, prepared from the seed of Avena sativa. Used for gruels, decoctions, etc. A-ve'ntc Sem'I-na.* [From se'meu, seed, plural sem'inaJ] Literally, the seeds of the oat. Oats: the fruit of the Arena sativa, of the order Gframinese, yielding a flour or meal which forms a common article of food in some parts of Europe. Groats are the oats freed from the cuticle, and used in broth and gruels. A-ve-na'ceinns. [Avena'cens.] Be- longing to the Avena. A-ven-i-for'mis.* [From ave'na, and for'ma.] Like a grain of oats: aven'iform. A-ve'ns-ous. [Avo'nius; from a, priv., and ve'na, a vein.] Applied to the leaves of plants without veins, or nerves.
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