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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    ciirring among miners, from the introduction of particles of carbon into the respiratory passages. See Pneumo-coniosis. A'NTHRAX i&yepa^, a burning coal). Carbuncle; a hard, cir- cumscribed, flattened tumor, very little raised above the level of the skin, but extending deeply into the cutaneous tissue. A synonym of malignant pustule. Anthrax intestinalis. Minute hiemorrhages and pustules in the mucous membrane of the intestine, due to the presence of Bacillus anthracis. The term suggests a coal-black appearance, or the dark- red colour of the precious stone called carbuncle. See Prima aud Terminthv^. ANTHROPO'GENY {&vep man, yivos, race). The study of the descent of man. A'NTHROPOID {^veponros ; elSos, form.) Man-like. ANTHROPO'LOGY {&vepwiro,, man, k6jos, a description). The doctrine of the structure of the human body ; the natural history of the human species. ANTHROPO'METRY (Sv0pa,- iros ; fierpov, measure). The study of the measurements of the various parts of the human body. ANTHROPO'PHAGUS {Huepco- iros ; (pdyai, to eat). A cannibal. ANTHROPO'TOMY {&yepwwos, man, to/xti, section). The anaj tomy or dissection of the human body. ANTHYPNO'TICA {^^ri, against, virvos, sleep). Agry2mo- tica. Medicinal agents which induce wakefulness. See Hypnica. A'NTI- {(,vtI). Against; a Greek preposition, signifying op- position, and in this sense com- pounded with words implying counter-agents or remedies, as a7i<-acid.s, anti-Aatw ; with words denoting opposition in situation, as a?ifo-helix, and with words indicating opposition in action or feeling, as fMi<-agonist, ajiii-pathy, &c. ANTIADI'TIS {avria^es, the tonsils, and the termination itis). Inflammation of the tonsils. This is a classical term, whereas tonsil- litis is barbarous. A'NTIARIN. The poisonous principle contained in the milky juice of the Antiaris toxicaria, or Upas-tree of Java. See Upas. ANTIBRA'CHIUM (h.vTl, against, fipaxloiv, the arm). The forearm. ANTICA'RDIUM {ivTiKdpStoy, the pit of the stomach ; from avrl, against, KapSla, the heart). The scrobicirlus cordis, or jSit of the stomach, opposite to the heart. A'NTICHEIR (dvTfxeip; from avrl, against, x*^P> the hand). Sub. SditrvAos, a finger. The thumb, as being opposite to the fingers, or the hand. ANTIGNE'MION {h.vriKvhixiov, the shin, leg ; from kvrl, against, Kv-fifir], the calf of the leg). The shin-bone, as opposed to the calf. A'NTIDOTE {ivrl, against, 5i5ofai, to give). Antitoxicon, A counter-poison ; a remedy against the action of poison. Among the Greeks, antidotes against the bite of poisonous animals were called e-fipiaKo., theriaca, or treacles ; those which were used in cases of poison taken internally, were called aXe^t- 4'dpiJ.aKa, or alexipiharmics. ANTIFE'BRIN {kvrl, against, fehris, a fever). The hybrid term applied to acetanilide, or phenyl acetamide, which see. ANTIGALA'CTICA {kvrl) against, -ydXa, ydXaKros, milk. Medicines which check the secre- tion of milk, such as belladonna and iodide of potassium.
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