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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    neighbouring vein, which it dilates in the form of a sac. It is produced when a cutting instrument pierces a vein and a subjacent artery at the same time, forming a direct communication between the two vessels. [6. Dissecting Aneurism. A form of aneurism resulting from a rupture of the internal coat, and the partial laeeration of the middle coat, of the artery, in conse- quence of which blood passes between the laminae of the middle tunic, separating its internal from its external layer.] ANFRACTUS (ap.<pi, about; (ppdacroo, to environ). A winding, or turning. The term denotes the anfractuosities, furrows, or depressions by which the convolutions of the brain are separated. [ANGEIAL (dyyctuv, a vessel). Vas- cular. Angeial tissue or angeial cystous tissue. The serous membrane which lines the blood-vessels and lymphatics is so termed by M. Blainville.] ANGEIOSPERMIA (hyytiov, a vessel; ciripfia, seed). The name of plants whicb have their seeds enclosed in a vessel, or pericarp. Compare Gymnospermia. ANGELICA ARCHANGELICA. Gar- den Angelica; a plant of the order Umbel- liferaB, the root of which is occasionally used in pectoral disorders. [There is an American species, the A. atropurparea, which is supposed to have similar medical properties.] Candied Angelica is made from the fresh stalks of this plant, boiled in syrup; an agreeable sweetmeat, said to be aphrodisiac. [ANGIECTASIS {dvytiov, a vessel; cktcl- ais, extension). Dilatation of a vessel.] [ANGINA (ayx**, to strangle). Sense of suffocation ; applied to diseases in which this is a prominent symptom; also to va- rious affections of the throat.] ANGI'NAPECTORIS (ango, to choke; from uy^u, the same). Breast-pang; spasm of the chest. This disease, which is at- tended by acute pain, sense of suffocation, and syncope, has been thus variously designated at different periods, by different writers:— Cardiogmus cordis sinistri Sauvages 1763 Angina Pectoris ..Heberden 1768 Die Brustbr'aune Eisner 1780 Diaphragmatic gout Butter 1791 Asthma arthriticum Schmidt 1795 Syncope angens Parry 1799 Asthma dolorificum Darwin 1801 Sternodynia syncopalis Sluis 1802 Asthma spastico-arthriti-] 0, ,, -_.l • r ,. r Stoeller 1803 cum inconstans J -*uuo Suspirium cardiacum Stephen 1804 Sternalgia Baumes 1806 Stenocardia Brera 1810 Pnigophobia Swediaur 1812 Angor Pectoris Frank 1818 The following varieties of Angina are distinguished in practical medicine :— ' 1. A. tonsillaris. Sore throat. 2. A. maligna. Malignant sore throat. 3. A. trachealis. Tracheitis; Croup, or inflammation of the Trachea. 4. A. parotidea. The Mumps; a specific inflammation of the parotid and sub-maxil- lary glands. 5. [Angina epiglottidea. (Edematous swelling of the glottis.] 6. [Angina externa. Mumps.] 7. [Angina membranacea. Membranous croup.] [ANGINOSUS. Anginose. Of or be- longing to Angina.] [ANGIOLEUCITIS [dyytlov, a vessel; \evkos, white). Inflammation of the lym- phatic vessels.] ANGIOLOGY {ayytlov, a vessel; Myos, a discourse). The science of the vascular system. [ANGIOSPERMATUS (dyydov, a vps- sel; cnrepfia, seed). Having the seeds lodged in a pericarp or seed-vessel.] ANGLICUS SUDOR. The Engl'sh sweating-fever, or the ephemera maligna of Burserius, described by Dr. Caius as a contagious pestilential fever of one Any. It made its first appearance in London in 1480, or 1483. ANGO'NE (ay%u), to strangle). A sense of strangulation and suffocation. ANGOSTURA. [See Angustura.'] ANGULAR (angulus, an angle). [Of or belonging to an angle; formed like »n angle.] ANGULARIS SCAPULA. Anotker name for the levator anguli scapula. [ANGUSTIFOLIUS. (Augustus, nar- row ; folium, a leaf.) Angustifoliate; hir- ing narrow leaves.] ANGUSTURA BARK. This bark is re- ferred by Humboldt to the Galipea Cuspa- ria; by Dr. Hancock to the G. Officinalis. 1. Angustnrin. A neutral principle, ob- tained by submitting the alcoholic tincturo of angustura bark to spontaneous evapo- ration. 2. False angustura. The bark of the Strychnos nux vomica, formerly assigned to the Brucea antidyxenterica. [ANH.EMIA. See Ancemia.'] ANHELATION (a^efo, to pant). Dys- pnoea. Difficulty of breathing. ANHYDRITE (a, priv.; Uwp, water). Anhydrous sulphate of lime ; a mineral. ANHYDROUS (a, priv.; Uwp, water). Without water; a term applied to crystals and gases which are deprived of water. Compare Hydrates.