A comprehensive medical dictionary : containing the pronunciation, etymology, and signification of the terms made use of in medicine and the kindred sciences / with an appendix, comprising a complete list of all the more important articles of the materia medica, arranged according to their medicinal properties; also an explanation of the Latin terms and phrases occurring in anatomy, pharmacy, etc.; together with the necessary directions for writing Latin prescriptions, etc., etc.
- Thomas, Joseph, 1811-1891.
- Date:
- 1875
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A comprehensive medical dictionary : containing the pronunciation, etymology, and signification of the terms made use of in medicine and the kindred sciences / with an appendix, comprising a complete list of all the more important articles of the materia medica, arranged according to their medicinal properties; also an explanation of the Latin terms and phrases occurring in anatomy, pharmacy, etc.; together with the necessary directions for writing Latin prescriptions, etc., etc. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Abdom'inal Ap-on»eu-ro'sis. The conjoined tendons of the oblique and transverse muscles on the anterior por- tion of the abdomen. See Aponeu- rosis. Abdom'inal Gang'lia (gang'gle-a). The semilunar ganglia, so named from their situation. Abdom'inal Ring. [An'nulus Ab- dominis.] The fancied ring-like open- ing on each side of the abdomen, ex- ternal and superior to the pubes. Through it, in males, passes the spermatic cord. It is also called the In'guinal Ring. Ab-dom-i-na'lis.* [From abdo'- men.j Pertaining to the abdomen; abdom'inal; ventral. In the plural (Ab- domina'les) it forms the name of an order of fishes having the ventral fins under the abdomen and behind the pec- torals. Ab-dom-i-nos'eo-py. [Abdomino- sco'pia; from abdo'men, and aKonioi, to observe.] The examination of the abdomen by percussion, inspection, mea- surement, or manual examination. Ab-du'cent. [Abdu'cens; from ab, from, and du'co, due'turn, to lead, to draw.] Applied to muscles by which the members or limbs are drawn from the mesial line (or axis of the body); also to the sixth pair of nerves. Ab-duc'tion. [Abdne'tio, o'nis; from the same.] That movement by which one part is moved from another, or from the axis of the body. Ab-dnc'tor, o'ri*.* [From the same.] Applied to a muscle which performs, or assists in performing, abduction. Abclnioschus,:i: a-bel-mos'kus. [From the Arab, ab-el-mushk; literally, the father of musk.] Musk-seed; the specific name of the Hibiscus abelmos- chus. The seeds of this plant, called grana moschata (musk-seeds), are employed in the East in forming the Poudre de Ch>/2)re, or Cyprus powder, used for flavoring coffee. Ab-$|»-I»thym'I-a.s[From a6,from, off, and UiO <nia, desire.] A faulty term (partly Latin and partly Greek) for paralysis of the solar plexus, cutting off communication. between the nervous system and abdominal viscera, the supposed seat of the appetites and de- sh-es. Ab-er-ra'tion. [Aberra'tio, o'nis; from ab, from, and e/ro, erra'tum, to wander.] Applied to a disordered state of the intellect. Applied also to the rays of light when refracted by a 10 lens, or reflected by a mirror, so that they do not converge into a focus. Ab-e-vac-u-a'tion. [Abevacua'tio, o'nis; from ab, from, and evac'uo, evacua'tum,to empty out, to empty.] A medical term usually applied to a par- tial or incomplete evacuation, but by some writers employed to denote an immode- rate evacuation. A'bi-es,* gen. A-bi'e-tis. [Supposed to be from ab, from, and e'o, to go, on account of the great height which it goes or extends from the earth.] The specific name of the Piiihs Abies, or fir- tree. See Pints. A'biess Excel'ga.* One of the plants from which the Thus, or frankincense, is obtained. A'bies iLa'rix.* The tree which affords Venice turpentine. Ab-I-Pt'ic. [Abiet'ic-us; from o't/es.] Belonging to the fir-tree. Abietin, or Abietine, a-bl'e-tin. [Abieti'na; from q.'bies.'] A resinous substance, also called the resin Gamma, or third in order, obtained from Stras- bourg turpentine. Abi'€tis Res-i'na.* The resin of the fir-tree; the Thus, or common frankin- cense; spontaneously exuded by the Pinus Abies. See Frankincense. Abiefite, a-bl'e-tit. [Abieti'tes; from abies, and Ai'floj, a stone.] A genus of fossil coniferous plants in the Wealden and Greensand formations. Ab-Ir-rl-ta'tion. [Abirrita'tio, o'nis; from ab, from or away, and irri'to, irrita'tum, to irritate; denoting the passing away or absence of irrita- tion or of vital irritability.] Diminished irritability in the various tissues, and so slightly distinct from Asthenia. Ab-lac-ta'tion. [Ablacta'tio,o'nis ; from ab, from, away, and lac, lac'- tis, milk. See Lactation.] The wean- ing of a child. Some writers make a dis- tinction between ablactation andweajmit)'. By the former they mean the termina- tion of the period of suckling as regards the mother; by the latter, the same period with reference to the child. Ab-la'tion. [Abla'tio, o'nis; from au'fcro, ab/a'lum (from ab, from, away, and/eVo, la'turn, to carry, or take), to take away.] The re- moving of any part by excision, extir- pation, or amputation. A-blep'sI-a.® [From a, priv., and /?Xc7ro), to see.] ^Vant of sight; blind- ness : ablep'sy. Ab'lu-ent. [Ab'luens; from ab,](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21197015_0020.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
