On diseases of the skin : a system of cutaneous medicine / by Erasmus Wilson, F.R.S.

  • Wilson, Erasmus, Sir, 1809-1884.
Date:
1867
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    pigment in the rete mucosum ; the latter the same disease with the abstraction or absence of pigment. Melasma, melasmus ; fxeXacrixa, neXacrfios, Hippocrates ; blackness ; a black spot; darkening of the skin by the deposit in the rete mucosum of an excess of pigment. Meliceris ; peXiKiipLs, Hippocrates, Celsus ; from yueAi, honey ; hippos, wax, or honey- comb ; fxe\iKiipt.a, p.e\iKt)pov, have the same meaning. A virulent eruption on the head resembling a honeycomb ; the disease kerion, a suppurative inflammation of the follicles of the scalp; the tinea favosa of the Romans. The term has been misapplied to an encysted tumour of the scalp containing a substance resembling wax, and of the consistence of honey. Melitagra ; fxeXi, honey; ay pa, seizure, attack. An exudative disease emitting a discharge like honey; one of the symptoms of eczema pustulosum vel impeti- ginodes of the face. Mendacia ; lies, falsities, deceits ; mendacia unguium ; white opaque spots in the nails, resulting from faulty structure ; by the Greeks they were termed XevKai. Menidrosis ; /x?ji/es, menses; p.v)v, a month; t^wo-is, perspiration. A sanguineous oozing from the skin vicarious of the menstrual discharge. Mentagra; a hybrid word, composed of mentum, the chin, and ay pa seizure or attack. A disease of the chin synonymous with sycosis. Mentagrophyton ; mentagra; <pvrov, a plant. The parasitic plant of mentagra; a name invented by Gruby. Microsporon ; pLLKpo<s, small; <nropo9, seed; a dermophytic fungus remarkable for its simple cell structure; met with in chloasma, and identical with the epidermo- phyton of Bazin; the microsporon furfur. Milia, miliaria; milium, the grain called millet seed. An eruption of vesicles deve- loped under the influence of prolonged perspiration. The term is synonymous with sudamina. Milium ; milium, millet seed. An eruption of small sebaceous tubercles, or pearly tubercles ; the exormia milium of Mason Good ; grutum, of Plenck. Mole ; Saxon ; a natural mark or discoloration of the skin; a nsevus. Moles are of four kinds, tegumentary, pigmentary, pilous, and vascular. Molluscum ; mollis, soft; antiq : mollus, unde molluscus. A term applied to soft, prominent, and sometimes pendulous tumours; it should be restricted to tegumen- tary tumours, and is applied improperly to a small tumour resulting from the enlargement of a sebiparous gland termed molluscum contagiosum. Morbilli ; morbillus, diminutive of morbus, disease, disorder, distemper. A synonym of measles and scarlatina, of Saracenic origin, derived from the Cordova school, and originally spelt morbillo. At present we limit its signification to measles. Morphcea ; fxopcpri, form, appearance. A spot on the skin, sometimes black, mor- phcea nigra; and sometimes white, morphcea alba; corresponding with the melas and leuce of leprosy. Morphew. Morpio ; the pediculus pubis, or crab-louse. Morve ; French; the mucous secretion of the nose; a synonym of glanders; one of the forms of equinia. Mycosis ; /au/cos, a fungus; a term applied by Alibert to frambcesia ; molluscum con- tagiosum he terms mycosis fungoides ; [ivKris, Hippocrates, is a fleshy excrescence. Myrmecia ; p.vpfxr)Kia, Celsus. Warts on the palm and sole of the hands and feet; from p.vpp.r)%, an ant; sessile warts, as distinguished from acrochordones or pedun- culate warts; probably compared with ants from their appearance when numer- ously clustered. Myrmeciasmos ; ixvpp.r\Kia<rp.o<i, a breaking out of warts or wart eruption; /ulvp/x^kmSji^, signifying full of warts. NiEVUS; a natu, as in nativus; or, a genere, to beget, as in gnawus. A natural mark, freckle, spot, excrescence. Hence, nsevi materni, vasculosi, pilosi, pigmentosi, &c. Narcosis ; vapKuxris, Hippocrates ; a benumbing; hence, narcosis folliculorum, arrest of function or torpor of follicles.