A dictionary of medical terminology, dental surgery, and the collateral sciences / by Chapin A. Harris.

  • Harris, Chapin A. (Chapin Aaron), 1806-1860.
Date:
1855
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Credit: A dictionary of medical terminology, dental surgery, and the collateral sciences / by Chapin A. Harris. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ADDEPHA'GIA. From aMqv, much, and tyayo, to eat. A voracious appetite; insatiable craving for food. ADDU'CENT. Adducens; from ad, and ducere, to draw. A term applied in Anat- omy to muscles which perform the func- tion of adduction. ADDUCTION. The action by which a part is drawn towards the axis of the body, or of a limb. ADDUCTOR. From ad, and ducere, to draw. In Anatomy, a muscle whose offico consists in drawing the limb, or part moved by it, towards the axis of the body, or of the member to which it belongs. Adductor Brevis Femoris. The short adductor of the thigh. Adductor Indicis Pedis. The adduc- tor of the first toe. Adductor Longus Femoris. The long adductor of the thigh. Adductor Magnus Femoris. The great adductor of the thigh. Adductor Minimi Digiti Pedis. The adductor of the little toe. Adductor Pollicis Manus. The ad- ductor of the thumb. Adductor Pollicis Pedis. The ad- ductor of the great toe. Adductor Tertii Digiti Pedis. The adductor of the third toe. ADECTA. Sedatives. ADEL'PHIA. From cuhlfyog, a brother. In Botany, a term applied by Lin- naeus, to those plants in which the sta- mens, instead of growing singly, combine into one or more parcels or brother- hoods. ADEMO'NIA. From adefiovsu, I am grievously tormented. Ecstlessness ; anx- iety of mind. A'DEN. AStjv. A gland. ADENAL'GIA. From adqv, and akyog, pain. Pain in a gland. ADEN'IFORMIS. From aden, a gland, and forma, resemblance. Resembling a gland. ADEN'ITIS. Glandular inflam- mation. ADENOG'EAPIIY. From a6nv, a gland, and ypa<p(>>, I describe. A descrip- tion of the glands. ADENOL'OGY. Adenolog'ia; from a8r)v, a gland, and hoyog, a discourse. A treatise on the glands. ADENO-MENINGEAL. From adyv, a gland, and pyviy!;, a membrane. An epithet applied by Tinel to a fever, be- cause, in his opinion, the cryptai of the gastro-intestinal mucous membrane were principally affected by the disease. ADENO-MESENTERI'TIS. From adqv, a gland, fieaog, midst, and evrepov, intes- tine. Inflammation of the Mesenteric glands. Tabes mesenterica. ADENO-PHARYNGITIS. From a<5ev, a gland, and yapvyt, the pharynx. Inflam- mation of the tonsils and pharynx. ADENOPHTHAL'MIA. From aSr\v, a gland, and o<pdakfiog, the eye. Inflamma- tion of the Meibomian glands. ADENO-SCLERO'SIS. From aV, a gland, and anlripog, hard. A name given by Swediaur to tumefaction and indura- tion of the glands, which do not termi- nate in scirrhus. ADENO'SUS. From a6Vv, a gland. Gland-like. ADENOT'OMY. Adenotom'ia; from adrjv, a gland, and refivu, I cut. Dissec- tion of the glands. ADEPS. Lard; the fat of the hog. Adeps Anserinus. Goose grease. Adeps 0villus. Mutton suet. Adeps Suillus. Hogslard. Adeps Pr^eparata. Prepared hogs- lard. ADHE'SION. Adhai'sio; from adhcereo, to stick to. In Pathology, the morbid union of parts naturally contiguous, but not adherent, by adhesive inflammation. In Surgery, the re-union of parts which have been separated by accident or de- sign. ADHESIVE INFLAMMATION. In- flammation which terminates by an adhe- sion of the inflamed and separated sur- faces. Adhesive Plaster. A plaster pos- sessed of adhesive qualities, used by sur- geons.