A medical glossary : in which the words in the various branches of medicine are deduced from their original languages, properly accented, and explained / by W. Turton, M.D.

Turton, William, 1762-1835.

Date:: 1797

Credit: A medical glossary : in which the words in the various branches of medicine are deduced from their original languages, properly accented, and explained / by W. Turton, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$Tussilago (from tujjis a cough, becaufe it relieves coughs). Colt's-foot. Tussis '(a fonOj from its noife, or PIWW gnati/Jjah, Heb.) A cough. Tut 1 a (Pcrf.) Tutty ; an argillaceous ore of zinc. Tylosis (tuXwc-i?, from tuAo? callous). A callous roughnefs of the eye-lids. A wart or corn : called alio Tyloma. Tylotica (rjAwTwa, from tuXow to harden). Medicines which in- duce callus, or aflift the reunion of fractured bones. Tympanites (tj(xttxvi.t^, from rupirxvov a drum). A flatulent dropfy ; fo called becaufe the belly is diftended with wind, and founds like a drum when {truck. Ty'mpanum (Tupn»i/ov a drum). The drum or barrel of the ear. The hollow part in the ear in which are lodged the bones of hearing. Ty'pha '(tup*i, from ri<po? a lake, becaufe it grows in marfliy places). The herb great cat's-tail. Typhlosis (rufpKu<ns3 from rupxoj blind). Blindnefs; privation of fight. Typhodes (tu^wJVi?, from tu?w to inflame). See Typhus. Typhomania (nQopomx, from Tu<po to burn, and pavix delirium). A complication of phrenfy and lethargy with fever. Ty'phus (tv<poc, from tu^w to inflame). A continual fever which reduces the ftrength. A. nervous fever. Ty'pus (tutto? a fign or effigies). The regular and uniform pro- grefs of a fever without anomaly. Tyrosis (rugus-if, from xugou to coagulate). A diforder of the fro- mach from milk curdled in it. U'BER$