Medical lexicon : a dictionary of medical science : containing a concise explanation of the various subjects and terms of anatomy, physiology, pathology, hygiene, therapeutics, pharmacology, pharmacy, surgery, obstetrics, medical jurisprudence, dentistry, etc. : notices of climate, and of mineral waters : formulae for various officinal, empirical, and dietetic preparations, etc. : with French and other synonymes / by Robley Dunglison.
- Robley Dunglison
- Date:
- 1860
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Medical lexicon : a dictionary of medical science : containing a concise explanation of the various subjects and terms of anatomy, physiology, pathology, hygiene, therapeutics, pharmacology, pharmacy, surgery, obstetrics, medical jurisprudence, dentistry, etc. : notices of climate, and of mineral waters : formulae for various officinal, empirical, and dietetic preparations, etc. : with French and other synonymes / by Robley Dunglison. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![ABU'LIA; from a,' privative,' and jJov\n,' will.' Loss of the will, or of volition. ABU'LICUS ; same etymon. One who has lost the power of will or of volition. A BUS DE SOI-M&ME, Masturbation. ABUTA (a Guiana name), Pareira brava. ABUTILON AVICENNiE, A. Corda'tum, Si- da Abu'tilon, Indian or Yellow Mallow, Velvet leaf; Order, Malvaceae, (from a, privative,' fiovs, ' an ox,' and tiAoj, ' diarrhoea,' that is, ' a remedy for the diarrhoea of cattle;') is naturalized, and common in most parts of the United States. It resembles common mallow in its properties, being mucilaginous and demulcent. ABVACUA'TIO, an excessive or colliquative evacuation of any kind. ACACIA, (Ph. U. S.) Acacias gummi—a. Cate- chu, Catechu—a. False, Robinia pseudo-acacia— a. Gerinanica, see Prunus spinosa—a. Giraffae, see Acacias gummi—a. Horrida, see Acaciae gummi —a. Indica, Tamarindus—a. Nilotiea, see Acaciae gummi—a. Nostras, see Prunus spinosa—a. Sene- gal, see Senegal, gum—a. Vera, see Acaciae gum- mi—a. Zeylonica, ILeiuatoxylon Campechianum. ACACLE GUMMI, Aca'cia, from axr,, 'a point,' so called in consequence of its spines, 67. Aca'cia Arab'icce, G. Mimo'sce, G. Arab'icum, G. Acanth'inum, G. Leucum, G. Theba'icum, G. Se- rapio'nis, G. Lamac, 67. Senega or Seneca, (see Senegal, gum,) Gum Ar'abic. (F.) Gomme Ara- bique. The gum of the Aca'cia seu Mimo'sa Ni/ot'ica, Aca'cia vera, Spina JEyyptiaca, of Upper Egypt, Nat. Ord. Mimoseae. Sex. Syst. Polygamia Monoecia. It is in irregular pieces, colourless, or of a pale yellow colour, hard, brittle, of a shining fracture, transparent, soluble in water, and insoluble in alcohol, s. g. 1-4317. It is mucilaginous : but is rarely used, except in pharmacy. Sometimes it is administered alone as a demulcent. Acacia Horrida and A. Giraffce, of South Africa, yield a good gum. ACAJOU, (of Indian origin) Anacardium oc- cidentale. Acajuba Officinalis, Anacardium occidentale. Acal'ypha Betuli'na, Cauda felis agrestis, (a, 'privative,' KaAoj, 'beautiful,' and a<t>t], 'touch') is employed by the natives of India as a stoma- chic and in cholera. It is given in the form of infusion of the leaves. Acalypha Hispida, Caturus spiciflorus. Acal'ypha In'dica, 'disagreeable to the touch.' Cupameni, Order Euphorbiaceae. A com- mon annual in the gardens of India. An infusion of the root, and a decoction of the leaves are cathartic. Acal'ypha Virgin'ica. Three-seeded mer'cury, indigenous, flowering in August, is said to have expectorant and diuretic properties. ACAM'ATUS, from a, priv., and Ka^via, 'I la- bour.' This word has been sometimes used for a good constitution of the body. According to Galen, it means that position in which a limb is intermediate between flexion and extension; a position which may be long maintained without fatigue. ACAMPSIA, Contractura. ACANOS, Onopordium acanthium — a. Spina, Onopordium acanthium. ACANTHA, Vertebral column. Also, Spinous process of a vertebra. ACANTHAB'OLUS, Acan'thuhtB, Volsel'la, from aicavSa, 'a spine,' and 0a\\a>, 'I cast out.' A kind of forceps for removing extraneous sub- stances from wounds.—Paulus of ^Egina, Fabri- cius ab Aquapendente, Scultetus, &c. ACANTHALZUCA, Echinops. ACANTHE FAUSSE, Heracleum spondy. lium. ACANTHIA LECTULARIA, Cimex lectu- larius. ACANTHIUM, Onopordium acanthium. ACANTHULUS, Acanthabolus. ACANTHUS MOLLIS, (axavSa, 'a spine or thorn,') same etymon as Acacia. MelamphyV- lum, Branca ursi'na seu vera, Brankur'sine, Bear's Breech. (F.) Pied d'ours. This plant ia mucilaginous like Althaea, and is used as a de- mulcent. ACAPATLI, Piper longum. ACAR'DIA, from a, priv., and K«/>5ia, 'the heart.' The state of a foetus without a hc'art. ACARDIOILE'MIA. (F.) AcardiohSmie, from a, priv., icapdta, 'heart,' and iipa 'blood.' Want of blood in the heart.—Piorry. ACARDIONER'VIA, (F.) Acardionervie: from a, priv., xapSta, 'heart;' and vevpov, 'nerve.' Want of nervous action in the heart as indicated by the sounds ceasing to be audible. ACARDIOTROPHIA, Heart, atrophy jf the. AC ABE. Acarus. AC'ARICIDE, from acarus, and cadere, 'to kill.' A destroyer of acari, — as of the acarus scabiei. ACARICO'BA. The Brazilian name for Hy- drocot'yle umbella'tnm, used by the Indians as an aromatic, alexipharmic, and emetic. ACARON, Myrica gale. ACARP'jJE, from a, 'privative,' and Kapros, ' fruit.' A division of the family of cutaneous diseases by Fuchs, in which there is no fruit, (Germ. Frucht,) or production from the cutane- ous surface — tubercles, vesicles or pustules. Lentigo, Chloasma, Argyria, and Pityriasis be- long to it. ACARUS, from a, privative, and xapr/s, 'di- visible.' (F.) Acare. A minute insect, one spe- cies of which has been noticed, by several obser- vers, in the itch. The Acarus Scabiei, see Psora. Acarus Ciro, see Psora — a. Comedonum, Acarus Folliculorum. Ac'arus Cros'sei, Crosse mite. An insect sup- posed by Mr. Crosse, of England, to have been developed in a solution of silicate of potassa when submitted to slow galvanic action, for the pur- pose of obtaining crystals of silex. It did not, however, prove to be a new formation. Acarus Folliculo'rum, A. Comedo'num, En- tozo'on seu De'modex seu Simo'nea seu Steatozo'- on folliculo'rum, Macrogas'ter plat'ypus. An articulated animalcule, discovered in the sebace- ous substance of the cutaneous follicles. Accord- ing to Professor Owen, it belongs to the Ara- chnida. Acarus Scabiei, Acarus, see Psora. ACATALEP'SIA, from a, privative, and Karu- Xapfiavu, ' I comprehend.' Uncertainty in dia- gnosis. Its opposite is Catalepsia.—Galen. ACATAP'OSIS, from a, privative, and icara- ruaif, ' deglutition.' Incapacity of swallowing. Vogel has given this name to difficulty of deglu- tition. ACATASTAT'IC, Acatastat'icus, from a, priv. and KaStarripi, ' to determine.' An epithet given to fevers, Ac, when irregular in their periods or symptoms.—Hippocrates. ACATHAR'SIA, from a, priv., and KaSaiptfa, ' I purge ;' Sordes, Impurities. Omission of a pur- gative.—Foesius. ACATSJAVAL'LI, a Malabar plant, which is astringent and aromatic. A bath of it is used in that country in cases of hemicrania. It is sup- posed to be the Cassytha filiformis of Linnaeus. ACAWERIA, Ophioxylum serpentinum. ACCABLFMENT, Torpor.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21116702_0019.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
