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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    urinative properties. They are used by the Laplanders in pectoral affections. Angelica Archangeli'ca. The name for the angelica of the shops. Angelica Sylves'this. Wild angelica. ANGELIC ACID. An acid found with valerianic acid in the roots of angelica. Formula, HOi Cio H7 03. ANGELI'NA. A Malabar tree of great size; the Andira inermis. ANGELI'NA CORTEX. The bark of a tree of Grenada, called by that name. ANGI'NA. From angere, to strangle. Inflammation of the throat and air passages. Angina Maligna. Malignant sore throat. Angina Parotidea. The mumps. Angina Pec'toris. A disease charac- terized by severe pain about the lower part •of the sternum, accompanied with difficult •breathing, palpitation of the heart, and great anxiety. Angina Tonsillaris. Cynanche ton- sillaris. Angina Trachealis. Cynanche tra- chealis. ANGIOGRAPHY. Angiographia ; from ayyeiov, a vessel, and ypafu, I describe. A description of the vessels of the body. ANGIOL'OGY. Angeiolog'ia ; from ay- yeiov, a vessel, and hoyo^, a discourse. The doctrine of the vessels. ANGIOP'ATHY. Angiopathia ; from ayyeiov, a vessel, and Ttadog, disease. A term applied in Pathology to vascular dis- ease, or a morbid affection of the vessels. ANGIOPLERO'SIS. From ayyeiov, and nlrjpuoig, repletion. Engorgement of the vessels; vascular congestion. ANGIOT'OMY. Angiotomia ; from ay- yetov, a vessel, and ti/jvo), I cut. Dissection of the vessels. ANGLE. Angulus. The incidence of two lines, straight or curved; the point where two lines or surfaces meet. In Anat- omy, the term is applied to parts which have an angular shape, as the external and internal angle of the eyes, the angle of the lower jaw, &c. Angle, Fa'cial. The facial angle, ac- cording to Camper, is formed by the union of two lines; one drawn from the most prominent part of the forehead to the edge of the alveolar border of the upper jaw, opposite the incisors; the other, from the meatus auditorius externus of the same point. By the size of this angle it is said the relative proportions of the cranium and face may be ascertained, and to a certain extent, it is thought by some, but with how much probability of truth the author is unable to say, the amount of intelligence possessed by individuals and animals. These lines form an angle, in the white vari- eties of the human species, of about 80°; in the negro, of from 65° to 70°. In de- scending the scale of animals the angle grows less and less until it almost entirely disappears. Angle, Optic. Visual angle; the an- gle formed by two rays of light proceed- ing from different points, and meeting in the pupil of the eye. AN'GLICUS SUDOR. A sweating fe- ver, once very prevalent and fatal in Eng- land. AN'GONE. From ayxu, to strangle. A nervous constriction of the fauces, in hys- terical women, attended with a feeling of suffocation. AN'GOR. Intense pain about the epi- gastrium, attended with great anxiety, and often with palpitation. AN'GULAR. Angidaris ; from angulus, an angle. Belonging to an angle. Angular Artery. The end of the facial artery, which inosculates at the inner side of the orbit with the ophthalmic ar- tery. Angular Processes. The orbitary pro- cesses of the os frontis. Angular Vein. The vein which ac- companies the angular artery. ANGULA'RIS SCAPULiE. The leva- tor anguli scapulse. ANGULO'SUS. Angular. ANGUSTU'RA BARK. The product of a South American evergreen tree. It pos- sesses bitter, aromatic, tonic properties, and is but little inferior to the Cinchona bark. Angustura Bark, False. A poisonous