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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    Spectra. If the eye be steadily directed for some time to a white wafer upon a dark ground, and be then turned aside, a well-defined image of the wafer will be perceived, with the colors reversed: the wafer will appear dark, the ground white. This new appearance is termed the accidental color, or ocular spectrum. By using differently colored wafers we obtain the following results:— Color of wafer. Color of spectra. Black White. Bed Bluish-green. Orange Blue. Yellow Indigo. n f Violet with a Green } little red. Blue Orange-red. Indigo Orange-yellow. Violet Bluish-green. Darwin classes the Spectra under the two heads of direct and reverse; the former depending on the permanence of the impression, the latter upon exhaus- tion. Accidentia,* ak-se-den'she-a. [From ac'cido, to happen, ac'cidens, hap- pening, that which happens.] A chance or occurrence happening to one unexpectedly: an ac'cident. Ac-cip'I-ter.* [From accip'io, to take.] A bird of prey. In the plural (Accipitres, ak-sip'e-trez) applied to an order of birds, including the hawk, eagle, etc., called also jRnpa'ces, and Rapto'res, from their rapacious or pre- datory character. Ac-eli'mat-ed. [Acclima'tus. Fr. acclimate, akvklevmavta'.] Thoroughly accustomed to a climate. Ac-cli-ma-ti-za'tion. [Acclimati- za'tio, o'nis.] The process or state of being acclimated. Ae-cli'vis.* [From ad, to, and cli'vus, the side of a hill.] Sloping upwards. Applied to a muscle of the abdomen, from the oblique ascent of its fibres, the Obli'quus inter'nus. Accouchement (Fr.), a.k'kooslTmoN0'. [From accoucher, ak'koo'sha', to put to bed, to deliver.] The act of being delivered; delivery. Accoucheur, akvkoovshuR'. [From the same.] A man-midwife; an obstetri- cian. Ac-cre'tion. [Accre'tio, o'nis ; from ad, to, and cres'co, cre'tum, to grow.] The process by which nutrient particles are added to the various tissues. The adhering together of parts naturally separate, as the fingers, etc. 14 Acephala. See Acephalus. Acephalia,* as-e-fa'le-a. [From a, priv., and ke./kjA?}, the head.] A form of foetal monstrosity, consisting in the want of the head. Acephalobrachia,* a-sefva-lo-bra- ki'a. [From a, priv., KEtpaKfj, the head, and (Ifjaxiui', the arm.] A form of foetal monstrosity, consisting in the ab- sence of head and arms. A-cephxa-l©-bi*a-«hi'us.* [From the same.] A monster-foetus, having neither head nor arms. A-$ephva-lo-ear'dI-a.® [From a, priv., K£(j>a\fi, the head, and Kapdia, the heart.] A form of monstrosity, con- sisting in the absence of head and heart. A-?ephva-lo-car'dI-us.s [From the same.] A monster-foetus, without head and heart. Acephalochirus,* or Acephalo- cheirus,* a-sefva-lo-ki'rus. [From a, priv., Keil>a\fi, the head, and ^a'p, the hand.] A monster-foetus, without head and hands. Acephalocyst,* a-sef'a-lo-sist. [Acephvalocys'tis; from u,priv., «-</taA>j, the head, and marts, a bladder.] The headless hydatid, formed like a bladder. A-ceph'a-Io-gas'ter.* [From a, priv., (f£'6uXi), the head, and yaarfip, the irtomach or belly.] A monster- foetus, without head, chest, and upper part of the belly. A-^epl^a-Jo-gas'tri-a.* [From the same.] A form of monstrosity, consist- ing in the want of head, chest, and belly. A-^jeph^a-lo-po'dl-a.* [From a, priv., K£tjm\ij, the head, and nov;, noting, the foot.] A form of monstrosity, consist- ing in the absence of head and feet. A-<gephva-lop'o-dus.* [From the same.] A monster-foetus, without head and feet. Acephalorachia,* a-sefxa-lo-ra'- ke-a. [From a, priv., KeipaXfi, the head, and pdxts, the spine.] A form of mon- strosity, consisting in the want of head and spinal column. A-$ephva-lo-ra'«hi-us.* [From the same.] A monster-foetus, without head and spinal column. Acephalostoma. See Acephalos- TOMUS. A-Vephva-lo-sto'mi-a.* [From a, priv., «£i/>aXi7, the head, and trrdpa, a mouth.] A form of monstrosity, con- sisting in the want of a head, but with an aperture like a mouth.