The nurse's dictionary / originally compiled by Honnor Morten ; with phonetic pronunciations by Mary I. Burdett.

  • Morten, Honnor, 1861-1913
Date:
[between 1900 and 1909?]
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Credit: The nurse's dictionary / originally compiled by Honnor Morten ; with phonetic pronunciations by Mary I. Burdett. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    skin disease caused by a ; fungous growth. Nostalgia (nos-tal'je-a). Home sickness, or longing for home, so strongly developed as to cause serious bodily illness. Nos'truin. A quack medicine. Notal'gia (no-tal'-je-a). Pain in the back. Nu'cha (nu'-ka). The nape, or back of the neck. Nullip'ara (nu-lip'-a-ra). A woman who has never had children, but is not a virgin. Num'mulated (num'-mu-la- ted). Resembling a coin ; applied to a form of expecto- ration sometimes seen in phthisis. Nuta'tion (nu-ta'-shun). In- voluntary nodding of the head. Nu'trient Enema'ta. Injec- tions per rectum given to a patient who from weakness or i some other cause cannot take I sufficient food by the mouth. The enemata should as a rule i be peptonised, and consist | usually of milk, beef-tea, egg and sometimes stimulant may be ordered. A piece of tubing with a soft catheter attached j to one end and a glass funnel to the other is the best and ; cleanest way of giving nutrient j enemata. I Nux Vom’ica (nuks-vom’e-ka). The seed containing strych- nine. Used as a nerve tonic, also in cases of gastric affec- tion, and in paralysis. In 106 large doses it is poisonous, and the antidotes are an eme- tic, tannin, chloroform or ether inhalation. Nyctalo'pia (nik-tal-o'-pe-a). A state of the eyes which causes vision to be better at night than during the day. Nym'phae (nim'-fe). Two folds of mucous membrane on either side of the vagina; the lesser or inner lips which protect the orifice of the vagina. Nymphoma’nia (nim-fo-ma’- ne-a.) Insane sexual desire in females. Nystag'mus (niz - tag'- mus). Involuntary oscillations of the eyeball; sometimes congeni- tal; sometimes a symptom of brain disease. O. O. Abbreviation of octarius, a pint. O. alt. hor. Abbreviation of Omnibus altcrnis lions, every other hour. O. bid. Abbreviation of om- nibus bidendis, every two days. O. bill. Abbreviation of omni- bus bihoris, every two hours. , Obdormi'tion (ob-dor-mi;- shun). Numbness or sleepi- ness of a part from nerve pressure. Obe'sity (o-be’-sc-tc). Exces- sive fatness. Obmutes’cence (ob-mu-tes'- sens). Dumbness.