| bursa | Physiol. (more fully bursa mucosa): ‘A synovial sac of discoidal form interposed… | 1803 | Go To Quotation |
| caligo | Dimness of sight. | 1801 | Go To Quotation |
| catharsis | Purgation of the excrements of the body; esp. evacuation of the bowels. | 1803 | Go To Quotation |
| cava | Short for vena cava. | 1809 | Go To Quotation |
| cendre | Ash-. | 1805 | Go To Quotation |
| centrically | In a central position; centrally. | 1799 | Go To Quotation |
| cephalopoda | With pl. concord. The most highly organized class of Mollusca, characterized by a… | 1802 | Go To Quotation |
| chrome | The name originally given to the metal chromium n. | 1800 | Go To Quotation |
| citric | Derived from the citron; as in citric acid: a colourless inodorous acid (C 6 H 8 O 7), of… | 1800 | Go To Quotation |
| clotweed | The Bur-weed, Xanthium Strumarium. | 1804 | Go To Quotation |
| contravening | That contravenes; opposing. | 1802 | Go To Quotation |
| corn-husk | The husk of coarse leaves enclosing the ear of Indian corn. | 1808 | Go To Quotation |
| cranial | Pertaining to the cranium or skull; strictly, pertaining to the cranium proper or brain-case… | 1800 | Go To Quotation |
| craniology | The study of the configuration of the skull as indicating the comparative development… | 1806 | Go To Quotation |
| cretinism | The condition of a cretin; a species of imperfect mental and physical development… | 1801 | Go To Quotation |
| desoxydation | = deoxidation n. | 1799 | Go To Quotation |
| diabetic | Of or pertaining to diabetes or its treatment. | 1799 | Go To Quotation |
| dorstenic | a principle obtained from the same plant. | 1893 | Go To Quotation |
| embarrassing | That embarrasses. | 1807 | Go To Quotation |
| enteritis | Inflammation of the bowels; esp. of the small intestines; usually understood of the acute rather than the chronic form. | 1808 | Go To Quotation |
| erethism | Excitement of an organ or tissue in an unusual degree; also transf. morbid over-activity of the mental powers or passions. | 1800 | Go To Quotation |
| etherated | Combined with ether; = etherized adj. at etherize v. Derivatives. | 1802 | Go To Quotation |
| evanescing | That passes quickly away. | 1805 | Go To Quotation |
| excitatory | Tending to or productive of excitation; characterized or produced by excitation. | 1803 | Go To Quotation |
| explosible | Capable of being exploded. | 1799 | Go To Quotation |
| ferrety | Resembling a ferret or a ferret's. | 1801 | Go To Quotation |
| fumigating | The action of fumigate v. | 1801 | Go To Quotation |
| fur-nut | = earthnut n. 1. | 1804 | Go To Quotation |
| galvanize | trans. To apply galvanism to; to stimulate by means of a galvanic current. Also absol. | 1802 | Go To Quotation |
| galvanometer | An apparatus for detecting the existence and determining the direction and intensity of a galvanic current. | 1802 | Go To Quotation |
| gastritis | Inflammation of the coats of the stomach. | 1806 | Go To Quotation |
| gastrodynia | Pain in the stomach; = gastralgia n. | 1804 | Go To Quotation |
| haematemesis | Vomiting of blood. | 1800 | Go To Quotation |
| hydrophobic | Of or pertaining to hydrophobia; suffering from or affected with hydrophobia. | 1807 | Go To Quotation |
| hyoscyamus | The narcotic extract or tincture of henbane. | 1799 | Go To Quotation |
| hysteria | Pathol. A functional disturbance of the nervous system, characterized by such… | 1801 | Go To Quotation |
| hysteritis | Inflammation of the uterus; metritis. | 1803 | Go To Quotation |
| hysterotomy | The operation of cutting into the uterus; the Cæsarean section; also excision, or dissection, of the uterus. | 1801 | Go To Quotation |
| incontraction | The fact of not contracting; failure to contract; noncontraction. | 1803 | Go To Quotation |
| infilter | trans. = infiltrate v. 3. | 1845 | Go To Quotation |
| insulant | Insulating (electrically). Obs. rare. | 1803 | Go To Quotation |
| intermaxillar | = intermaxillary adj. | 1801 | Go To Quotation |
| lamellous | = lamellose adj. | 1803 | Go To Quotation |
| leeching | The medicinal application or use of leeches. | 1802 | Go To Quotation |
| leucite | Silicate of aluminium and potassium, usually found in glassy trapezohedrons, occurring… | 1799 | Go To Quotation |
| lobellated | Lobulated. | 1809 | Go To Quotation |
| lock-jaw | Popular name for trismus, or tonic spasm of the muscles of mastication, causing the jaws… | 1803 | Go To Quotation |
| malacosteon | Originally: any of various conditions causing softening (demineralization) or destruction… | 1801 | Go To Quotation |
| malformation | Abnormal or defective structure or development; an instance of this; esp. a congenital abnormality of part of the body. Also fig. | 1800 | Go To Quotation |
| mastodynia | Pain in one or both breasts; = mastalgia n. | 1802 | Go To Quotation |
| Mauritian | Of or belonging to the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. | 1799 | Go To Quotation |
| melilithic | = mellitic acid n. at mellitic adj. | 1803 | Go To Quotation |
| melilithus | = mellite n. | 1800 | Go To Quotation |
| methodology | Originally: the branch of knowledge that deals with method generally or with the methods… | 1800 | Go To Quotation |
| monographical | Of, relating to, or of the nature of a monograph; = monographic adj. 3. | 1799 | Go To Quotation |
| morbidly | In a morbid or unhealthy manner. | 1804 | Go To Quotation |
| non-contagion | The condition or property, esp. of a disease, of not being contagious; the fact of not involving contagion. | 1808 | Go To Quotation |
| oleiferous | Yielding or bearing oil. | 1804 | Go To Quotation |
| oxysulphate | A combined oxide and sulphate. | 1802 | Go To Quotation |
| pilular | Of or relating to a pill; of the nature of or resembling a pill or pills. | 1802 | Go To Quotation |
| polyphagy | Med. = polyphagia n. 1. rare. | 1802 | Go To Quotation |
| potass | = potash n. 3b. Obs. | 1799 | Go To Quotation |
| saccharic | Chem. saccharic acid: (a) a dibasic acid formed by the action of nitric acid… | 1800 | Go To Quotation |
| sanguineo- | used as combining form of Latin sanguineus sanguineous adj., sanguine adj., prefixed… | 1803 | Go To Quotation |
| scrotal | Of or pertaining to the scrotum. | 1800 | Go To Quotation |
| scybalous | Of or pertaining to, or of the nature of, scybala. | 1799 | Go To Quotation |
| secreting | That secretes. | 1807 | Go To Quotation |
| serpentaria | = serpentary n. 2. | 1803 | Go To Quotation |
| shower-bath | A bath in which water from above is poured in a shower upon the person. Also an… | 1803 | Go To Quotation |
| sloughing | Pathol. The process of forming a slough. | 1800 | Go To Quotation |
| solanaceous | Belonging to the Solanaceæ, an order of gamopetalous plants which includes the genera Solanum, Capsicum, Atropa, Hyoscyamus, etc. | 1804 | Go To Quotation |
| sopient | Having a dulling or deadening effect. | 1804 | Go To Quotation |
| spongoid | a kind of soft cancer or morbid growth. (Cf. fungus n. 2.) | 1808 | Go To Quotation |
| stampable | That may be stamped; (of goods) liable to stamp duty. | 1803 | Go To Quotation |
| stertor | Pathol. | 1804 | Go To Quotation |
| stertorious | = stertorous adj. | 1803 | Go To Quotation |
| stertorous | Pathol. | 1802 | Go To Quotation |
| stethoscope | An instrument used for examining the chest or other part by auscultation, the sounds of… | 1820 | Go To Quotation |
| strictured | Affected with stricture. | 1801 | Go To Quotation |
| sulphated | Combined or impregnated with sulphur or sulphuric acid; charged with or containing sulphates. | 1802 | Go To Quotation |
| synocha | A continued or unintermitting fever (or a particular species of this: cf. synochus n.). | 1801 | Go To Quotation |
| terminology | Etymologically, The doctrine or scientific study of terms; in use almost always, The… | 1801 | Go To Quotation |
| tic | tic douloureux /dulurø/, severe facial neuralgia with twitching of the facial muscles. | 1800 | Go To Quotation |
| tunical | Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a tunic. | 1805 | Go To Quotation |
| tympanic | Anat. and Zool. Of, pertaining to, or connected with the tympanum, or drum of the… | 1808 | Go To Quotation |
| unprofessional | (un- prefix 7 12.) | 1806 | Go To Quotation |
| vaccine | vaccine disease, vaccine pock, = cow-pox n. | 1799 | Go To Quotation |
| vaccinia | Cow-pox. | 1803 | Go To Quotation |
| vacciola | Cow-pox; vaccinia. | 1801 | Go To Quotation |
| vacciolate | trans. To vaccinate. | 1804 | Go To Quotation |
| vacciolous | = vaccine adj. 2. | 1804 | Go To Quotation |
| valgus | A variety of club-foot in which the foot is turned outwards (†or inwards). | 1800 | Go To Quotation |
| variolation | Inoculation with the virus of smallpox. | 1805 | Go To Quotation |
| varus | A physical deformity in which the foot is turned inwards. | 1800 | Go To Quotation |
| wiriness | The quality or condition of being wiry (in various senses). | 1801 | Go To Quotation |
