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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    993/1058 (page 911)
    Nega; Hebrew; Leviticus, chapter xiii. ver. 29; a<pi), LXX.; a plague, Old Testament. Neoplasma ; i/eos, new; irXaapa, formation; neoplasmata, Hebra's eighth class, consist- ing of diseases resulting from the production of new formations, as of epidermis, areolar tissue, fibrous tissue, fatty tissue, vascular tissue, cholesteatomatous, osseous, and melanotic tissue. Netek ; Hebrew ; Leviticus, chapter xiii. ver. 30 ; dpavcr/xa, LXX.; a dry scall, Old Testament; a breaking out. Neurosis ; vevpov, a nerve; a nervous affection. Nigredo ; blackness; hence, nigredo cutis, blackness or swarthiness of skin. Nigrities ; Celsus; the same as nigredo. Nirles ; herpes phlyctaenodes; olophlyctis miliaris of Alibert. Noli me tangere ; touch me not; term of dread applied to lupus exedens. Noivle ; corroding sores, which by creeping on corrode and consume the body; from vepeiv, to spread; hence, i/o/aij, a pasture; and vopai eXicwv, Dioscorides, eating sores or ulcers. Nosophyta; vo<ro<z, disease; cpvTa, plants. Diseases caused by the vegetation of plants; a term first used by Gruby of Vienna, as the designation of a group of parasitic cutaneous diseases. Olophlyctis ; oXo^Xvktls, Theocritus; an entire and complete phlyctis or vesicle. Alibert uses the term to represent the small bulla of herpes. Onychia ; ow£, a nail; disease of the matrix of the nail. Ophiasis; (xpLao-is, Celsus; a bald place on the head; of serpentine form; from o<£is, a serpent; a variety of alopecia areata. Osmidrosis ; o<jp.r\, odour; idpwo-Ls, perspiration; foetid perspiration; the ephidrosis olens of Mason Good; odor hircinus. Pachydermia ; 7ra.xv8epp.ia, Hippocrates; thickness of skin; from Tragus, thick; Seppa, the skin. Pachylosis ; the same in signification as pachydermia, but not founded on so good authority. Panaris ; Panaritium ; probably derived from iravo^, panus; an abscess close to the nail; a paronychia or whitlow. Panus ; iravo's, Celsus; hence the latin, panis; bread, cake, anything round like a ball or loaf of bread; a superficial subcutaneous abscess. Papulae ; Celsus; pimples. Willan's first order, comprising : strophulus, lichen, and prurigo. Paratrimma; nraparrpippa, Dioscorides; TrapaTpifiw, to rub together; erythema caused by friction in riding or walking. Paronychia; irapa, about; ow%, the nail. Panaritium or whitlow. Peliosis; TreXiwcn-i, ireXiMpa, Hippocrates; ireXioeiv, TreXiaveiv, to make livid; livor. A livid spot resulting from extravasion of blood. Pellagra ; Italian; pelle, skin; agra, rough ; literally rough skin. An erythematous disease of Italy, Spain, and France, known by many synonyms ; sometimes called '' mal del sole ; and, by Mason Good, elephantiasis italica. Pemphigus ; pemphix ; ire pop i£, Hippocrates, a bubble, bladder, or blister; ireptpi- yaxfys, Hippocrates, full of blisters. The type of the bullae of Willan ; and bullous eruptions. Pernio ; Celsus ; a chilblain or kibe; probably from irepKvo^, livid; a term used by Hippocrates. Petechia ; petecchie, Italian ; small stains that sometimes come out on those who have a malignant fever. A circular red spot resembling a flea-bite, met with in purpura. Phacia ; (patios, a lentil; hence a lentil shaped spot; a freckle, $a/cos irpoacoirov, lens faciei. Dioscorides, a physician of the first or second century, was called Phacas, from possessing a freckled face; Galen, Paulus ^Egineta. In Latin, lenticula and lentigo. Ph^nicismus; cpoLvi%, purple, red, or crimson; a synonym of measles; <poiviK€ios,