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

  • Hoblyn, Richard D. (Richard Dennis), 1803-1886.
Date:
1859
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    ous juice. Trees or shrubs with leaves al- ternate ; floicers usually unisexual; sta- mens perigynous; ovary superior; fruit generally drupaceous. ANACARDIUM. Anaeardium occiden- tale. Cashew nut, or marking nut. The nut contains, between its rind and shell, a red, inflammable, and very caustic liquor, used as a marking ink. [ANACYCLUS PYIIETHRUM. The systematic name of the plant pellitory of Spain.] ANiEMIA (a, priv.; cuua, blood). San- guinis defectns. Exsanguinity, or a state of bloodlessness. The term should be an- haimia. ANjEMOTROPHY (a, priv.; alfia, blood; rpo<pr), nourishment). By this term, and hamotrophy, are implied simply a defi- ciency, and an excess, of sanguineous nourishment. Atrophy and hypertrophy, as commonly understood, include the idea of diminished and increased magnitude; while avcemia and hyperemia have refer- ence only to the quantity of blood present, without regard to its nutritive properties.— Pro at. ANAESTHESIA (a, priv.; aicOnais, per- ception). Loss of the sense of touch. [ANAGALLIS ARVENSIS. Scarlet Pimpernel. A plant of the order Primu- lacece, much esteemed by the ancients as a counter-poison, and in more modern times as a preventive of hydrophobia.] [ANALEPTIC {avala^avw, to repair). Food or medicine calculated to improve nutrition and restore strength.] [ANALOGUE {avaXoyog, consentaneous), closely analogous to something else. Ap- plied by Professor Owen to a part or organ in one animal which has the same function as another part or organ in a different ani- mal.] [ANALYSIS (ava\vu>, to undo). The process of separating any compound sub- stance into its constituents; decomposi- tion.] [ANAMNESTIC (avaiivrjais, remem- brance). A medicine for strengthening the memory.] ANAPHRODISIA (a, priv.; 'AQpotiTr,, Venus). Impotence; incapability of sex- ual intercourse, from organic, functional, or moral cause; one of the dysorexice of Cullen. [ANAPLASTIC (avcn:\aco(o, to form again). The renewal, or forming anew. Applied to surgical operations for the resto- ration of lost parts, or for the reparation of certain deformities, or of solutions of con- tinuitv, by availing of healthy structure.] [ANASARCA. See Ana.] [ANASTOMOSIS. See Ana.] ^[ANASTOMOTIC. Of the nature, or belonging to, anastomosis.] [ANATOMICAL (anatomia, anatomy). Of, or belonging to, anatomy.] ANATOMY (avaripvu, to cut up). The science of organization ; the science whosa object is the examination of the organs or instruments of life. Animal anatomy is divided into human anatomy and compara- tive anatomy, according as it treats of the organization of the human body, or of that of other animals. Human anatomy may be distinguished into the following branch- es :— 1. Descriptive Anatomy treats of the nu- merous organs of which the human bod) consists, with reference to their shape and mutual relations. This branch is subdi- vided into the particular anatomy of or- gans, and the anatomy of regions, or sur- gical anatomy. ■ 2. General Anatomy treats of the struc- ture and property of the different tissues which are common to several organs. To this branch belongs the examination of the general characters of all the organs jwd humors. 3. Special Anatomy is that which treats of the healthy state of the organs, while morbid or pathological anatomy is that which treats of diseased states, or altera- tions of structure. 4. Transcendental Anatomy is that which investigates the mode, plan, or model upon which the animal frame or organs are formed. [ANATROPOUS {avarphw, to subvert). Applied to the ovule of plants, in which the hilum and internal umbilicus are op- posed to each other.] AN AUDI A (a, priv.; a&&), speech). Dumbness; privation of voice ; catalepsia. —Hippocrates. [ANAZOTURIA (a, priv.; azotum, azote, the chief constituent of uvea ; vri- na, the urine). A variety of chronic diu- resis, in which the urine shows no excess of urea..] ANCHILOPS (ayxt, near ; aty, the eye). A sore under the inner angle of the eye. Incipient fistula lacrymalis. According to Blanchard, the swelling is called anchilops, while yet entire; and cegilops, when the abcess has burst. ANCHU'SATINCTORIA. Dyer'salka- net; a plant of the order Boraginacea, the root of which abounds in the red co- louring matter called alkavet, used by dy- ers, and for imparting a deep red to oils, ointments, and plasters. [Anchnsin. The red-colouring principle obtained from the Anchusa tincloria,terme& by some anchusic acid.]