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.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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$B. B. A. = Bal'neiim Are'me.* A sand- bath. Bab'lah. The rind or shell which surrounds the fruit of the Mimosa rim - raria. It is brought from the East Indies, under the name of nth neb, and is employed as a dye-stuff. Bac'ca.* A berry; an inferior, inde- hiscent, pulpy fruit, as the gooseberry. The term is often otherwise applied by botanists. Bac'cate. [Bacca'tus: from bac'ca, a berry.] Resembling a berry. Baechia,* bak-ki'a. [From Bac'clms, the god of wine.] Gatta Rosacea. The pimpled condition of the face con- sequent on hard drinking. See Acxe Rosacea. Baeciferons, bak-sif'er-us. [Bac'- cifer, or Baccif'erus; from bac'ca, a berry, and/e'ro, to bear.] Bear- ing berries. Bacciform. bak'se-form. [Baeei- for'mis; from bac'ca, a berry.] Hav- ing the form of a berry. Baceivorons, bak-siv'o-riis. [Bac- civ'orns: from bac'ca, a berry, anil vo'ro, to devour.] Eating or living on berries. Bach'e-lor's But'tons. A name sometimes applied to Xux Vomica, which see. Baeh'er's Ton'ic Pills. Extract of hellebore and myrrh, of each Sj, with oiij of powdered carduus benedictus, to be divided into pills of one grain each: dose, two to six three times a day. Backbone. See Spixe. Bac'u-lns.* Literally, a stick or staff, and hence the name of a lozenge, shaped into a little, short roll. Baignoire. See Baptisterium. Bain, baxg. The French word for Bath, which see. Ba'ker's Itch. A species of Psnri'a- 8ia diffu'm, resulting from the irritating qualities of yeast. Bilker's Suit. A name given to the subearbonate of ammonia, or smelling- salts, from its being used by bakers as a substitute for yeast in the manufacture of some of the finer kinds of bread. Ba-laVna 3Iac-ro-eeph'a-Ins.::' A species of Physeter Macrocephaltjs, which see. Balanitis?,1- ba-len'e-de. [From balm'- na, a whale.] A family of the Cctacea. Bal'ance E-lec-trom'e-ter. An in- i struinent, constructed on the application of the common balance and weights, to estimate the mutual attraction of oppo- sitely-electrified surfaces. Bal-a-nil*'er-ons. [Balanif'erus; from liaXavoq, an acorn, and fe'ro, to bear.] Bearing acorn?. Bal'a-nism. [Balanis'mns: from paXavis, a pessary.] The application of a pessary. Bal-a-ni'tis.* [From fiiiXavos, tho (jlans penis.] Inflammation of the glans penis and prepuce, commonly complicated with phymosis: otherwise termed Gonorrhu 'a bal'ani, Bal'ano-pos~ thi'tis, and Posthitis. Bal'a-noid. [Balanoi'des; from (iaXavos, an acorn.] Resembling an acorn. Balanophoraeeav* balva-no-fo-ra'- she-e. [Named from Balanoph'ora, one of the genera.] A natural order of fungus-like parasitical plants. They belong to the class of Rhizor/ens. Bal'a-no-Pos-thi'tis. Idt*.* [From QaXavoi, the glans penis, and ■nmOrj, the prepuce.] The same as Balaxitis. Bal'a-nns.* [Gr.(3aXaio>, an acorn, a gland.] The Glans jienis and Glans clitoridis. Ba-lans'ti-nm.* [From fiaXios, va- rious.] The flower of the pomegranate- tree. Balbuties,* bal-bu'she-ez. [From balbn'tio, to stammer.] Hesitation of speech; stammering. See Stammer- ix G. Ball-and-Socket Joint. See Exar- THROSTS. Bal-lis'mns.- [From pa\Xi~a>, to dance. A name for Chorea, or St. Vitus's dance. Bal-loon'. [Fr. Ballon. bal'liW.] A spherical glass receiver, with one or two necks for adaptation to a retort or other vessel. Bal-lo'ta I^a-na'ta.- A plant indi- genous in Siberia, recommended by P.rera in rheumatic and gouty affec- tions. Baliottenicnt.bariott'mox0'. [From the French ballotter, bal'lot'ta', to toss as a ball, to shake about.] The pas- sive movements of the foetus in the /■'<l>:,,r amnxi, felt by applying the finger to the cervix uteri and raising it sud-$