A dictionary of terms used in medicine and the collateral sciences / by the late Richard D. Hoblyn.

  • Richard Hoblyn
Date:
1892
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    eitlier to its deficient elimination or to its excessive formation. ACINE'SIS (o priv., icivfoi. to move). Akinesis. Paralysis of motion, as distinguislied from anccs- thesia or paralysis of sensation. See Eypercincsis. A'CINI (pi. oi acinus, any juicy berry containing seeds, especially the grape ; the seed of a beriy). 1. The term acini is applied, in botany, to the minute bodies com- posing certain aggregate I'ruits, as raspberry, blackberry, &c. 2. Tlie term is also applied to the smallest lobules of glands, to the minute spaces in which the excretory ducts commence. Aciniform. A term applied by the old anatomists to the choroid, from its resemblance in structure to the grains of the raisin. ACME' {aKfj.7], a point or edge). 1. A term, as applied to a disease, .signifying the third stage, or crisis, when it is at its height. Hippo- crates employs the term at aicfiai (plur.) to denote the crisis of a disease. 2. As apjilied to the life of man, it means the flower of his age. Hence the pimples that ap- pear on the face at this period were called uKfia't, the indications of puberty. See Ac7ie. ACNE {&Kvr), quasi, clk/xt), from its appearance in youth, or at the acme of the system). lonthus. Fanes. Copper-nose. A chronic inflammation of the sebaceous glands, and of their excretory hair- follicles, characterized by an erup- tion of hard, conical, and isolated pustules with deep-red bases. 1. Acne vulgaris. Stone-pock, or whelk, comprising the species simplex, or simple; punctata, or maggot-pimple, or grub ; and in- durata, or stone-pock, of Willan. ■ Appears on the forehead and cheek. 2. Acne rosacea. Rosy drop, carbuncled face, grog-blossom, or bubukle. This is also termed Sac- chia, and, by Mason Good, lonthus corymhi/cr. Appears on the nose, forehead, cheeks, and chin as bright red spots or nodules, con- taining dilated blood-vessels. The sebaceous glands and surrounding connective tissue ma}- or may not be hypertrophied. See Gutla rosacea. ACO'LOGY {&KOS, a remedy, K6'yos, a description). That de- partment of Therapeutics which relates to the consideration of remedies. By some authors the term is limited to the consideration of surgical and mechanical remedies. See lamatologia. ACONl'TIA. An alkaloid con- tained in the root of Aconilum napiellus, a ranunculaceous plant cultivated in Britain. A'COPON (o, priv., k6ttos, weari- ness). That which removes weari- ness. Hence rh hKo-nov (sc. (pap- HaKov), a restorative. The term originally signified something that was rubbed upon the joints, but was afterwards extended to appli- cations without reference to the relief of fatigue. ACO'RIA {aKopla, a ravenous appetite, from &icopos or axSpeixTos, ceaseless). A.Greek term emjiloyed by Hippocrates and Aretajus for ravenous ajipetite. A'CORUS CA'LAMUS (&Kopoy of the Greeks). The rhizome of the Common Sweet Flag, a plant of the order Aroidaccce, commonly called calamus aromaticus, from its aromatic qualities. ACOTYLE'DONES (a, priv., KOTvKriSdov, a seed-lobe). Acotyle- donous plants ; plants whose em- bryos have no cotyledons or seed- lobes. But the acotyleclcmous em- bryo is not exactly, as its name
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