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
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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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    Absin'thium Posi'ti-cum,: Ab- Kin'thium Ro-ma'nnm^ Other nauie8 for Artemisia Pontica, which see. Absin'thium Saii-lon'i-ciim.* An- other name for Artemisia santonica. Absin'thium Vul-ga're.® Another name for Artemisia ahsilithium. Ab'so-lute Al'co-hol. Alcohol as free from water as it can be obtained. See Alcohol. Ab-sor'bent. [Absor'bens; from ab, from, and sap'beo, sorp'tum, to sip or suck.] Sucking up or absorbing. Applied to the lacteal and lymphatic vessels, and to the origins of vessels on the roots of plants. Applied to medicines which neutralize acidity in the stomach and bowels, as magnesia, chalk, etc. Absorbent Sys'tem. A term used to denote collectively the vessels and glands which perform the function of absorption. Ab-sorp'tion. [Absorp'tio, o'nis; from the same.] The sucking up of substances applied to the mouths of ab- sorbent vessels. In Chemistry, the suck- ing up or imbibition of a gas or vapor by a liquid or solid. Absorption, Cutaneous. See Cu- taneous Absorption. Absorption, Interstitial. See Interstitial Absorption. Ab-ste'«ni-ous. [Abste'mius; from abs, from, and teme'titm, an old Latin word for wine: others derive it from abs, from, and ten eo, to hold or keep, n being changed to -;».] Strictly, abstaining from wine; but generally ap- plied also to moderation in diet. Ab-ster'gent. [Abster'gens,en'/i's ,- from abxter'geo, abster'sum, to cleanse.] Cleansing; abluent; abstersive. Applied to medicines which cleanse from foulness or sordes. Ab'sti-nence. [Abstinen'tia; from abs, from, and ten'eo, to hold or keep; to abstain.] The refraining from, or sparing use of, food, liquors, etc. Abs-trae'tion. [Abstrac'tio, o'nis ; from abs, from, away, and tra'ho, true'turn, to draw.] The separating of a fluid from a salt, etc. That mental power by which one particular idea may bo dwelt upon to the exclusion of others ; also, that by which general ideas may be formed from those of particular ob- jects. Applied also to the drawing of blood from a blood-vessel. Ab'sus.* A species of Cassia, the seeds of which, being powdered and 12 mixed with sugar, are used in Egypt as an application to the eyes in ophthalmia. A-bu'ta.* Another name for the Pa- reiha Brava, which see. A-bu'tiS-oin.* Called also the Indian or yellow mallow. It is mucilaginous, and sometimes used for diarrhoea in cattle. Abvacuation. See Abevacttation. Acacia,* a-ka'she-a; gen. Acacia?, a-ka'she-e. [From clkti, a sharp point; the name having been given on account of the prickles or thorns with which the tree abounds.] A genus of the Linnasan ckiss Polygamic!, natural order Lei/nmi- nosse. Also, the Pharmacopoeial name || for gum-arabic. Aca'cia Al'tera Trifolia'ta. See SPARTIUM Sl'INOSUM. Acacia Arabica. See Acacia Vera. Aca'cia? A-rab'i-^a? Gum'mi.* The Pharmacopoeial name (Dub. Ph.) of gum- arabic, obtained from Acacia vera, and other species of Acacia. Aca'cia Cat'e-eltu.* The systematic name of the plant which affords catechu. Aca'cia In'dica.* See Tamarindus Indica. Aca'cia. Ve'ra.'* [From vc'rvs, true.] The true acacia. The Egyptian thorn, or gum-arabic tree; called also Acacia Arabica. Also, the expressed juice of the unripe pods of the Acacia verarel. Aca'cia Ver'a-vel.* A species afford- ing the juice called Acacia vera. Aca'cia Zey-lon'i-ca.* A name for Hxmatoxylon Campechianiim. Acajou, iTka'zhoo'. The Anacar- dium Occidentale, which see. Ac-a-le'phe.* [Gr. <kaXjf'</>>7.] The nettle. See Urtica. Ac-a-le'phus.* [From the same.] Be- longing to a nettle. In the neuter plural (Acale'jjha) applied to a class of the Radiata, from the stinging pain felt on touching them. A-ealy-cine. [Acalyci'nns, A- cal'ycis: from a, priv., and ca'tyicA Having no calyx. A-canip'si-a.* [From a, priv., and KafnrTui, to bend.] An inflexible state of a joint. See Ankylosis. A-can'tma.® [Gr. u-KaiOa; from Akv, a sharp point.] Applied foimerly to the spine of the back, or rather of a vertebra, by the regular arrangement of the series of which the former is constituted. A thorn, spine, or prickle. Acanthacea;,*' ak-an-tha'she-e. The name of a natural order of plants re- sembling the Acanthus.