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A medical glossary: in which the words in the various branches of medicine are deduced from their original languages, properly accented and explained / [William Turton].

  • Turton, William, 1762-1835.
Date:
1802
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Credit: A medical glossary: in which the words in the various branches of medicine are deduced from their original languages, properly accented and explained / [William Turton]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    COR. CE oS RA eafes which have no regular crifis, and of the event of which it is hazardous to judge, Acriviona (from acris fharp, and viola the violet), Th pea: nafturtium indicum ; named from its pungency. (<4: J AcROASIS (axgoaris, from HOOK fA Deb to hear). The * or fenfe of hearing. si ACROBY STIA (axpobusia, from expov the extremity, and Bus to cover). The extremity or-end of the prepuce. A'CROCHEIR (axpoysp, from axgos extreme, and yee the hand). ‘The extremity of the hand, joining to the ulna and radius. AcROCHEIRESIS (cxxperetones, from anpos extreme, and yep the hand). A kind of exercife, in which the performers wrefiled at arm’s length, and held only by the hands. ACROCHLIARUS (axpoyasapos, from axpws extremely, and xAsmpos warm). Luke-warm, or the medium between hot and cold. ACROCHORDON (axporyopduv, from axpov the extremity, and sopdn a firing). A wart with a flender fibrous root, fo that it feems to hang by a ftring. AcROCHORI SMUS (axpoyopicyoss from axpws extremely, and syopeuw to dante). A moft violent fpecies of exercife by dancing. AcrocoriIuM (axpoxoeisv, from oxpw the extremity, and » xopis a bug), A kind of onion, fo called becaufe the heads of it were ufed to drive away bugs. AcCRODRY'A (onpodova, from axpov the extremity, and dpvs an oak). An acorn: any fruit which has a hard rind or fhell. . ACROLENIUM (angon aveov, from oie pov the extremity, and wae the cubit). The extremity of the cubit or arm. ACROMANIA (axgouane, from oxpos extreme, and pow madnefs). Total and incurable madnefs. 4: ACROMION (axewusor, from axpey the extremity, and wos the fhoulder). The top of the fhoulder blade. ACROMPHALIUM (axpougariov, from oxpos extreme, and ougawaros the navel). The tip of the navel. fe A‘cron (from ompoy the extremity). In medicine it means the beft of its kind. In botany the top of the herb, as its flower. It is alfo a name of theherb yarrow, becaufe the extremity or floweronly appears. ‘ACRONIA (axpox, from oxpw the extremity). The amputation of an extremity, as a finger or toe. ie _ Acro-