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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    AMNESIA. From a, priv., and fivtfaif, memory. Loss of memory; forgetfulness. AMNION. Amnios. The innermost membrane which surrounds the foetus in utero. In Botany, the innermost membrane which surrounds the seeds. AMO'MUM. A genus of Zingiber acc- ous plants. Amo'mum Cardamo'mum. Cardamo- mum minus. Less cardaniomum, an East India plant, the seeds of which, when chewed, impart to the mouth a grateful aromatic warmth. Amo'mum Granum Paradisi. Carda- momum majus. The plant which affords the grains (>f paradise, or the greater carda- momum seeds. Amomum Verum. The true stony pars- ley. Amomxtm Zingiber. The plant which affords ginger. AMOK. Love. AMOR'PHA. The name of a genus of plants of the order Decandria, of which only one species is known. The bruised root of this is said to possess anti-odontalgic virtues. AMORPH'OUS. Of an irregular shape 5 without a determinate form. AMPHAPJSTEROS. From a^i, both, and aptarepog, left-handed. Awkward with the hands; opposed to ambidexter. AMrilEMEEINUS. From a^t and yftepa, a quotidian fever. AMPUL Afi(pi. A Greek preposition, used as a prefix, signifj-ing about, on all sides, &c. AMrHIARTHRO'SIS. From a^,both, and apdpumg, an articulation. A mixed articulation, in which the articular surfaces of bones are united by an intermediate sub- stance, which admits of but little motion, as the vertebral by the intervertebral car- tilages. AMPIIIB'IA. A class of animals so formed as to be capable of living on land, and for a long time under water. AMPHIBTOUS. Capable of living in two elements, air and water, as the croco- dile, beaver, frog, &c. AMPIIIBLESTROI'DES. From a^L- jileopov, a net, and ecdog, a resemblance. Reticular; like a net. AMPHIDIARTHRO'SIS. From a^i, both, and dtapdpoaig, a movable articula- tion. The temjioro-maxillary articulation is so designated by Winslow, because it partakes both of ginglymus and arthro- dia. AM'PHORA. From a/xfopevc, that which can be carried on both sides, by reason of its two handles. A measure used by the Ro- mans, containing, as is supposed, about nine gallons. AMPHORIC RESONANCE. From amjjhora, a vessel. A stethescopic sound like that heard on blowing into a decanter. AMPLEXICAUL. From amplexus, an embrace, and caulis, a stem. A term ap- plied in Botany to leaves which embrace the stem. AMPUL'LA. A term applied in Chem- istry, to a large bellied bottle; in Anat- omy, to the dilated part of the membranace- ous semicircular canal in the ear; and in Pathology, to a water-bladder on the skin, hence pemphigus is sometimes called Fe- bris avipnllosa. AMPULLAS'CENS. See Alvcus Am- pullascens. AMPUL'LULA. Dim. of ampulla, a bottle. A term sometimes applied in Anat- omy, to a sac slightly enlarged in the centre. AMPUTATION. Amputatio: from am- putare, to cut off. The removal of a limb, or any projecting part of the body by means of a cutting instrument. AM'ULET. Amvletum: from amolire, to remove, or put away, because it was sup- posed to drive off evil spirits and diseases. Any image or substance worn around the neck for the prevention of disease or evil. AMYEL'A. From a, priv., and fJ.ve2.oc, marrow. A monstrosity, in which there is a partial or complete absence of the spinal marrow. AMYGDALA. From a/iv^u, to strain milk, from the resemblance of the blanched almond to curd, or milk strained and sepa- rated from its serum. The almond, of which there are two kinds ; the amygdala