A dictionary of dental science, biography, bibliography, and medical terminology / by Chapin A. Harris.

  • Harris, Chapin A. (Chapin Aaron), 1806-1860.
Date:
1849
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    nostrum used for filling teeth, consisting of finely pulverized silex or pumice- stone, mixed with an amalgam of mer- cury and silver. See Amalgam. ADDUCTOR. From ad, and dii- cere, to draw. A name given to those muscles that draw together the parts of the body to which they are attached. Adductor Brevis Femoris. A mus- cle of the thigh. Adductor Indicis Pedis. A mus- cle of the foot. Adductor Longus Femoris. A muscle of the thigh. Adductor Magntjs Femoris. Also, a muscle of the thigh. Adductor Minimi Digiti Pedis. A muscle of the foot. Adductor Pollicis Manus. A muscle of the thumb. Add.uctor Pollicis Pedis. A mus- cle of the great toe. Adductor Tertii Digiti Pedis. A muscle of the foot. ADECTA. Sedatives. A'DEN. A gland. ADEX'IFORMIS. From aden, a gland, and forma, resemblance. Resem- bling a gland. ADENITIS. From aden, a gland, and it is action, but used to denote in- flammation. Glandular inflammation. ADENOG'RAPHY. From o^y;v, a gland, and ypatfw, I describe. A de- scription of the glands. ADENOL'OGY. Menologia; from aSijv, a gland, and ^oyoj, a discourse. A treatise on the glands. ADENO'SUS. Menosm. From a8r;v, a gland. Gland-like. ADEPS. Lard; the fat of the hog. A'deps Pr;eparata. Prepared hog's lard. ADHE'SION. Mhcesio; from ad- hcerco, to stick to. The sticking or grow- ing together of parts. ADHESIVE INFLAMMATION. Inflammation which terminates by an adhesion of the inflamed and separated surfaces. Adhesive Plaster. A plaster pos- sessed of adhesive qualities used by sur- geons. ADIAN'TUM. The name of a genus of ferns. Maidenhair. See Asplenium. ADIPOCIRE. Mipocera, homadeps, fat, and cera, wax. The base of bil- liary calculi, sometimes called cho- lesterine. Also, a fat like substance formed from animal matter ullder cer- tain circumstances. AD'IPOSE. From ndeps, fat. Fatty. AD'JUVANT. From ajuvare, to aid. A medicine added to a prescrip- tion to assist the operation of the princi- pal ingredient. ADNATA TUNICA. Conjunctivia. ADOLES'CENCE. From adolescere, to grow. Growing ; apphed to the hu- man race ; the period between puberty and the full development of the body. ADULA'RIA. A mineral, the most perfect variety of feldspar. ADULT AGE. The age succeed- ing adolescence. ADVENTITIOUS. Mventitim; from advenio, I come to. Accidental; not inherent. In Medicine, acquired diseases. ADYNA'MIA. Impotenlia; from a priv. Swa/jLVi, power. A defect of vital power; debihty. yEROL'OGY. JErohgia; fromaT^p, air, and ^yo5, a discourse. A treatise on the nature and properties of air. iEROM/ETER. An instrument for ascertaining the weight of air, or bulk of gases. ^S'CULUS. From esca, food. The name of a genus of plants. Horse- chesnut. yEscuLUs Hippocas'tanum. The horse-chesnut tree. ^TAS. Age. .(ETHER. Ether; from atS»?p, air. A volatile liquor, obtained by distilla- tion, from alcohol and a concentrated acid. .^ther Rectificatus. Rectified ether. ^Ether Sulphuricus. Sulphuric ether.