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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    Argentum Nitratum. Nitrate of silver. ARGIL'LA. From opyoj, white. Argil; white clay. See Alumina. Argilla Pura. Pure argil, or alu- mina. ARGILLA'CEOUS. Of, or belong- ing to argilla, or aluminous earth. Argillaceous Tooth Polisher. See Tooth Polisher, Argillaceous. Apgilolite. Clay-stone. ARHEUMATIS'TOS. Froma,neg. and pjD^atifw, to be afflicted with rheums. Without rheums or gout. ARIL'LUS. From arere, to be dry or parched. The tunic of the perma- nent husk investing a seed, which falls off spontaneously as it becomes dry. ARISTALTH^'A. Althaea. The common marsh-mallow. ARISTOLOCHI'A. From apia^oi, good, and Koxi-a, or Koxaa, parturition; because it was supposed to aid in par- turition. Birthwort. Aristolochia Anguicida. The snake- killing birthwort. Aristolochia Clematitis. Aiis- tihchia vulgaris. Upright birthwort. Aristolochia Fabacea. Fumarea bulbosa. Aristolochia Longa and Aristolo- chia Rotunda. The long and round birthwort. Aristolochia Serpenta'ria. Vir- ginia snake-root, or snake-root birth wort. Aristolochia Trilobata. Three- lobed birthwort. ARME. From apw, I adapt. Any mechanical or natural union of parts. ARMENIAN STONE. Calcareous substances penetrated by the azure car- bonate of copper. A variety of the azure carbonate of copper. ARMILLiE MANUS MEMBRA- NOS^. The annular ligament of the carpus. ARMORA'CIA. See Cochlearia Armoracia. AR'NICA MONTA'NA. The syste- matic name for the arnica of the phar- macopoeias. ARNICA SPURIA. Inula dysente- rica. ARO'MA. Apco^a, perfume, from api, intensely, and o^co, to smell. SpiritU rector. The odorous part of plants and other substances. AROMAT'IC. Aromaticns, from apcdjtta, an odor. Any thing which has a grateful spicy scent, and an agreeable pungent taste, as cinnamon, ginger, cardamoms, mint, &c. AROMATOPO'LA. From apw/ia, an odor, and fti^%tu, I sell. One who sells drugs and spices. ARRACHEMENT. From an-acher; to tear out. The separation of a part of the body, tearing it from the part with which it was connected. The term is some- times applied to the extraction of a tooth. ARRACK. Arack. ARRAGONITE. A mineral of a greenish pearly-gray color. AR'RAPHON. From a, priv. and pafrj, a suture. Without suture. A term appUed to the cranium when it has no sutures. ARRHiE'A. From a, priv. and psu, I flow. The suppression of any natural flux. Amenorrhosa. ARRIERE-DENT. Densserotima. A wisdom tooth. ARROWROOT. Thefeculaofthe root of the maranta arundinacea, a plant which grows in the West Indies. See Maranta. ARSEN'IATE. From arsenkmn, arsenic. A salt formed by a combination of arsenic acid with salifiable bases, as arseniate of ammonia, &c. ARSENIC. Arsenicum. The name of a metal of a blacldsh or steel-gray color. It is found native in a state of oxyd, and also combined with sulphur, under the improper name of yellow and red arse- nic. Arsenic and its various prepara- tions, are the most active of all poisons. Arsenic Acid. Acidum a/rsenicum. Arsenic, Oxyd of. White arsenic. Arsenious acid. Arsenic, White. Oxyd of arsenic, or arsenious acid.