The medical vocabulary, containing a concise explanation of the terms used in medicine and its accessory sciences : to which is appended a selection of Indian medical words in common use / by Robert Fowler.

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1875
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    Acro'mion (d/cpov, akron, top; <Vos, omos, shoulder). The terminal pro- cess of the spine of the scapula, arti- culating with the clavicle. Acro-narcotic. Applied adj. and subs, to poisons, at the same time locally irritant and of a narcotic action. Acrony'cMous. Acrony'chous (ctKpo<s, akros, at the point; ow£, onux, nail). Bot. Bent like the nails. Anat., Comp. Anat. Having nails, claws, hoofs, &c. Acrosar'cum (aKpos, akros, at the point; crap£, sarx, flesh). Bot. A spherical fruit, fleshy, and united with the calyx.—Desvaux. Acrospire (d<cpos, akros, extreme; triretpa, speira, a spiral). Bot. 1. The plumule of barley, developed by germination. 2. A shoot or sprout of a seed. Acrot'ic (a/cpo?, akros, extreme). Pathol. Belonging to or affecting the external surface. Acrot'ica (same). Diseases of the fluids, or of the emunctories them- selves, of the external surface of the body. A'crotism (A, neg.; Kpovw, kroud, I strike). A defect of the pulse. Actinian (d/m's, aktis, ray). Zool. Having the Actinia for a type.— Blainville. Actiniform (same; and L. forma, form). Syn. of Actinoid. Acti'nism (d/cTis, aktis, ray). The chemical action of sunlight. Actinocar'pous (am?, aktis, ray; Kapnos, karpos, fruit). Bot. Having trophosperms, or the wings of trophosperms, disposed like the rays of fruit.—Allmann. Actinoceros (d/m's, aktis, ray; icepas, keras, horn). Nat. Hist. Having a radiated disposition of the horns, or parts like horns. Actinograms (d/cTis, aktis, ray; ypa<£to, grapho, I write). The results recorded by the Actinograph. Actinograph (same). An instru- ment devised for providing a reliable record of the quantity of Actinism present.—Swete. 11 Actino'graphy (same). A descrip- tion of the rays of light. Actinoid (dfcrts, aktis, ray; elSos, eidos, shape). Resembling a ray. Actinolitllic (d/m's,aktis,ray; \C6os, litlios, stone). Miner. Like or pertain- ing to the mineral Actinolite. ActinoTogy (d/m's, aktis, ray; Aoyos, logos, speech). The doctrine of the rays of light. Actinometer (d/m's, aktis, ray; perpov, metron, measure). An instru- ment for ascertaining the amount of Actinism present, or measuring the intensity of the sun’s rays. Actinomor/phous_ (d/m's, aktis, ray; pop(j>-j, morphe, shape). Zool. Having a circular and radiated form, nearly like the flowers of vegetables. —Blainville. Actino'steophyte (d/cr is, aktis, ray; ocrre'ov, osteon, bone ; <j>vr6v, phuton, growth).' Surg. A radiated Osteophyte. Actinosto'matous. Actino'sto- mous (d/m's, aktis, ray; <rropa, stoma, mouth). Nat. Hist. Having a radiated mouth. Actinozoarious (d/cu?, aktis, ray; ^tpov, zoon, animal). Zool. Having a'body which constantly presents a radiated arrangement, either in itself or in the organs of a different nature with which it may be provided.— Blainville. Ac'tion (L. ago, I act). Nat. Hist. The effort by which one body pro- duces or endeavours to produce motion in another. Physiol. The exercise of an active power; a func- tion or faculty of the body. Ac'tive (same). Med., Pharm., Surg. Acting with energy. Real; acting immediately. Active Spots. Certain points on or in relation to the convolutions of the brain, the stimulation of which results in various definite muscular move- ments.—J. B. Sanderson. Ac'tual (L. ago, I act). Physiol. Applied to energy in an active state, —energy which is doing work. Ac'tual Cautery. Surg. A red-hot iron used to, and which necessarily does, produce immediate cauteriza- tion ; the operation itself.