An illustrated encyclopædic medical dictionaryBeing a dictionary of the technical terms used by writers on medicine and the collateral sciences, in the Latin, English, French and German languages . one a Isevorotary and the other a dextroro-tary liquid. In warm-blooded animals it acts so as to quicken therpspiration, raise the blood-pressure, and lower the temperature.[B. 270 (a, 38); *Therap. Gaz., 1885, p. 827 (a, 50).] THUMB, n. Thu^m. Gr., avrCxeip. Lat., pollex. Fr.,, Daumen. The digit on the radial side of the hand. It differsfrom the others in being broader and shorter, in hav
An illustrated encyclopædic medical dictionaryBeing a dictionary of the technical terms used by writers on medicine and the collateral sciences, in the Latin, English, French and German languages . one a Isevorotary and the other a dextroro-tary liquid. In warm-blooded animals it acts so as to quicken therpspiration, raise the blood-pressure, and lower the temperature.[B. 270 (a, 38); *Therap. Gaz., 1885, p. 827 (a, 50).] THUMB, n. Thu^m. Gr., avrCxeip. Lat., pollex. Fr.,, Daumen. The digit on the radial side of the hand. It differsfrom the others in being broader and shorter, in having only twophalanges, and in its metacarpal bone being separately mova-ble. [L.] THUMP, n. Thu^mp. Palpitation of the heart, especially inhorses. [L.] THUNBERGIA(Lat.), Tun-be^rgi^-as. From ,a Swedish botanist, 1. The genus Gardenia. 2. A genus of theTJiunbergice, or Thunbergiece (a tribe of the Acanthacece). [a, 35.]—T. fragrans. A native of the East Indies. In the West Indies,where it is cultivated, it is used as an aromatic tonic, [a, 35.] THiJRANGEt (Ger.), n. Tu^raan^-e^l. See Ginglymus. THURE CGer.), n. Tu^re-, A door. [L, 46(a,21).]—Fliigelt* valves of a THUJA OCCIDENT ALLS. [A, 327.] THURIFEKOUS, adj. Thu-^r-iafeSr-uSs. From thus, incense,and/ene, to bear. Fr., thurifh-e. Producing incense, [a, 48.] THUBM (Ger.), n. Turm. A tower, a, spire. [L, 46 (a, 21),]—Tkopf, Tschadel. See Oxycephalia. THUS (Lat.), n. n. Thu^slthus). Gen., thuris. Gr., Bvoi. , common frankincense ; of the Kuss. Ph., olibanum. 2. Ofthe Netherl. Ph., a white, yellow, or reddish resin exuding from thebranches of Pinus silvestris and Abies excelsa. [B, 95 (a, 38); a, 35.]—Confectio de tliure. Fr., confection deVeiicens. Confection, of frankincense ; a preparation containing 4 parts of prepared co- riander-seeds, 3 parts each of white frankincense and nutmegs, 2parts each of licorice and mastic, 1 part each of cubeb and pre-pared hartshorn, 8 parts of conserv
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