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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![A-can'tbi,* the plural of Acax'thits, forming the Jussieuan name of a natu- ral order, now Acanthace.iE, which see. A-can'tnlne. [Acan'tminus f fro-m aKtxvda, a thorn.J Belonging to a thorn; thorny, prickly. A-caai'tBal-uiu.* [From the same.] The specific or trivial name for the Onopo/dium Acan thium. A-can-tlho-cepb/a-lous. [Acan- thoceph'alus; from Iwa^Oa, and KetbaXv, the head.''] Having a spiny head. The Latin term in the neuter plural (Ac«k- tlioceph'ala) is applied to a family of the JZntozo'a parenchym'ata. Acanttao'des. See Acanthoid. A-caai'thoid. [Acamtlioi'des; from tivai'da, a thorn, and ddas, a form.] Having the form of a thorn or spine; resembling a spine. AcanthopEiorous, ak-an-thofo-rus. [Acantliopli'orus; from uxavOa, a thorn, and (pepcj, to bear.] Beset with spines or coarse hairs. A-can-tlao-po'dl-ons. [Acantho- po'dius: from ulkolvQz, and noi;, a foot.] Having spinous petioles. A-can-ttaop-te-ryg'I-i.* [From axav- 8a, a thorn, and nrtpiyiov, a little wing, a fin.] The name of an order of fishes having spiny fins. A-can'tliu-lus.* [From Mas/da, a thorn.] An instrument for extracting thorns, or spiculx of wood, bone, etc., from wounds. A-can'tE»us.* [From aKavQa, a thorn.] Bear's breech. A genus of the Linnsean class Didynamia, natural order Acauthncex. Acan'tlms Mol'lis.® The systematic name of Bear's breech. A-car'dl-a.* [From a, priv., and Kap&La, the heart.] The condition of a monster-foetus, born without a heart, or, rather, deficient as to the whole tho- rax. Acardiolasemia,* a-kar-de-o-he'- me-a. [From a, priv., KapSia, the heart, and alixa, blood.] A deficiency of blood in the heart. A-car-dl-o-ner'vI-a.® [From a, priv.. Kapiia, the heart, and ner'vus, a nerve.] A deficiency of nervous action in the heart, evinced by the sounds being inaudible. A-cai'-di-o-ta'o'plal-a.* [From a, priv., xapdia, and rpobfi, nourishment.] Atrophy of the heart. Ac-a-ro-i'des.* [From ac'arus, and elio;, a form.] Resembling the Acarua : ac'aruid. A-car'pous. [Acar'pus; from a, priv., and Kapiro;, fruit.] Having no fruit. Ac'a-rus.* [From axapf^, that which cannot be cut on account of its small- ness; from a, priv., and Kzipu, to cut.] A genus of minute insects infesting the skin. Ac'arus Au-tum-iia'Hs.* The har- vest-bug; the wheal-wnrm. Ac'arus Do-mes'tl-cus.* The do- mestic tick, found on the human body. Ac'arus Ric/I-nus.* The dog-tick. Ac'arus Sa«'cha-ri.* ( Acarus of Sugar.) An animalcule found in sugar, causing grocer's itch. Ac'arus Sca-bl-e'i.* (Acarus of Itch.) The itch animalcule. A-cat'a-lep-s^. [Acatalep'sia; from a, priv., and «-araXa//Savto, to appre- hend.] Uncertainty in diagnosis, etc. A-cat-ap'o-sis.* [From a, priv., and Karcnrivco, to swallow.] Difficulty in swallowing. Sse Dysphagia. A-cau'lis.* [From a, priv., andcau'h's, a stem.] Having no stem : aeau'line. Ac-eel-e-ra'tioia. Increased rapidity of the pulse, respiration, etc. Ac-cel-e-ra'tor, o'r/s.* [From «c- cel'ero, accelera'tum, to hasten.] Ap- plied to a muscle of the penis (Accele- ra'tor uri'nse) whose action propels the urine; also named Ejaeula'tor aem'inis, from a similar office as to the semen. Ac-ces'sloia. [Acces'sio, o'nis; from aece'do, acees'sum, to go to, to approach, to be added to.] The approach, or onset, of diseases, or of fits, paroxysms or exacerbations in fevers, etc. Accessorii Wiilisii,* ak-ses-so're-i wil-lis'e-i. The accessory nerves of Willis, so named from the discoverer. The superior respiratory nerves, a pan- arising from the spinal cord and joining the par vnguni. Ac-^es'so-ry'* [Accesso'rius: from the same.] Usually applied to muscular appendages that assist the action of larger muscles. Ac'cl-deut. [Ac'cidens; from ac'- cido, to happen.] A familiar word used by the French as synonymous with symptom. See Accidentia. Ac-ca-den'ftal. [ Accidenta'lis; from the same.] Adventitious; happening unexpectedly. Applied by French and some English writers to textures result- ing from morbid action. Accidental Col'ors. A series of optical phenomena, so named by Buffon, and now known by the name of Ocular](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21197015_0023.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
