A medical glossary : in which the words in the various branches of medicine are deduced from their original languages, properly accented, and explained / by W. Turton, M.D.

William Turton

Date:: 1797

Credit: A medical glossary : in which the words in the various branches of medicine are deduced from their original languages, properly accented, and explained / by W. Turton, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$Silphium (witptov, from vpx zalaph, Arab.) Afiafcetida, or the plant which affords it. Silurus (<riA8§o?, quod irxsi tw zexv, from the quick motion of its tail). The fheath-fifh. Sim aroubA (a patronymic name of America). The bark of an unknown tree in Guiana. SLmia (from ftmus flat-nofed, or nDntt? Jhemmith, Heb.) The ape. SiMiLATio (from ftmilo to refcmble). The fame as Assimilatio. Nutrition. Spmitas ((tiimtk, from a-^ou to make flat or concave). The con- cave part of the liver. Simivulpa (from ftmia an ape, and wipes a fox). A digitated animal refernbling both the ape and the fox. S.inapelje'um (sr.wrtihmov, from <nva7n muftard, and s\uiov oil). Oil of muflard. Sinapi (cru/aTTi, on mm tjj? uttk?, becaufe it hurts the eyes, or vavj from D13] Tiapus, Heb.) Muftard. Sinapismus (<rtva,7no-y.o't;, from o-ivonn muftard). A cataplafm com- pofed chiefly of muflard. Sinapium (o-ti/aTTioi/, from mam muftard). An infufion or decoc- tion of muflard feed. Sinciput (quafi fenm caput, or fyncipnt, or a-w caput the addition to the head). The fore-part of the head. Singultus (a fono vocis, from its peculiar noife). The hiccough. Sinopis (<ni/w7n?, from S'mopis, the city near which it was dug). A red earth called ruddle. Sinus (a gulph, from was void). A cavity in a bone to receive the head of another bone. A collection of matter with only a fmall orifice for its difcharge. Siphilis (from <n<pAo? filthy). The venereal difeafe. Siphunculus (dim. of fipbon a tunnel). A gimlet. An eaftern fhell refernbling a gimlet. Siriasis (<n§»«<nf, from <rigo$ a cavity). An inflammation of the brain peculiar to children, and attended with a hollownefs of the eyes, and deprefTure of the fontanella. Sis arum (<ri<r»£ov, from BW Jtfa, Heb.) Skirret. Siser. The fame, 4D a Sison$