A Dictionary of terms used in medicine and the collateral sciences / by Richard D. Hoblyn.

  • Hoblyn, Richard D. (Richard Dennis), 1803-1886.
Date:
1859
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    tici, when the operation of the emetic is finished. Per salt. Per saltum, by leaps, i. e., from an artery. [PH. Pilula, a pill; or pilulae, pills.] Plen. riv. Pleno rivo, in a full stream. [Pocul. Poculum, a cup.] [Pocil. Pocillum, a little cup.] Post sing. sed. liq. Post singulas sedes liquidas, after every loose stool. [Pot. Potio, a potion.] Ppt. vel prep. Prasparata, prepared. P. r. n. Pro re nata, according as circum- stances may require. P. rat. cet. Pro ratione setatis, according to the age of the patient. Pro pot. com. vel pro pot. ord. Pro potu communi, or ordinario, for a common drink. Prox. luc, Proxima luce, the day before. Pug. Pugillus, a gripe between the finger and thumb j lit. a little fist. [Pulp. Pulpa, the pulp.] [Pidv. Pulvis, powder.] [Q. I. Quantum lubet, as much as you please.] Q.p. Quantum placet, as much as you please. Q. Q. H. vel quad, quart. Jior. Quaque quarta hora, every four hours. Q. s. Quantum sufficiat, as much as is sufficient. Quadrihor. Quadrihorio, every four hours. Quadrapl. Quadruplicate, four times as much. Quamp. Quamprimum, immediately. Qudq. vel quisq. Quaque, or quisque, every one. Quor. Quorum, of which. [Quotidie, daily.] [Q. V. Quantum volueris, as much as you wish.] R. Becipe, take; but for this the old authors, and the French to this day, use the sign if., being the old heathen invocation to Jupiter, seeking his blessing upon the formula,- equivalent to the usual invocation of the poets, and of Mahommedan authors; or the Laus Deo of bookkeepers and mer- chants' clerks. Dr. Paris observes, that the astrological symbol is at present so disguised by the addition of the down stroke, which converts it into R, that, were it not for its cloven foot, we might be led to question the fact of its superstitious origin. [Pad. Badix, root.] [Ran. Basurae, shavings.] [Red. Bectificatus, rectified.] lied, in pulv. Bedactus in pulverem, powdered. Pedig. in pidv. Bedigatur in pulverem, let it be reduced into powder. Peg. hep. Begio hepatis, region of the liver. Peg. umb. Begio umbilici, region of the navel. Pepet. Bepetatur, or repetantur, let it, or them, be repeated. S. A. Secundum artem, according to art. [Sacch. Saccharum, sugar.] Scap. Scapula, the shoulder-blade. [Scat. Scatula, a box.] Scrob. cord. Scrobiculus cordis, the pit of the stomach. Sed. Sedes, a stool. [Sem. Semen, seed.] Semidr. Semidrachma, half a drachm. Semih. Semihora, half an hour. Sept. Septimana, a week. [Serv. Serva, keep, or preserve.] Sesunc. Sesuncia, an ounce and a half. Sesquih. Sesquihora, half an hour. Setae. Setaceum, a seton ; also a sieve. Seq. luce. Sequenti luce, the following day. Si n. vol. Si non valeat, if it does not answer. Si op. sit. Si opus sit, if there be occasion. Si vir perm. Si vires permittant, if the strength will bear it. Sign n. pr. Signetur nomine proprio, write upon it the usual name, not the trade name. Signat. Signatura, a label. Sing. • Singulorum, of each. S. S. S. Stratum super stratum, layer upon layer. Sol. Solutio, solution. [Solv. Solve, dissolve.] S. 0. S. vel si op. sit. Si opus sit, if there be occasion. [Spt. Spiritus, spirit.] [Sq. Squama, scale.] Sa. Semis, a half. St. Stet, let it stand; stent, let them stand. Sub Jin. coct. Sub finem coctionis, when the boiling is nearly finished. Sub-sulph. Sub-sulphas, a sub-sulphate. Subtep. Subtepidus, lukewarm. Succ. Succus, juice Sum. Sumo, to take; sumendus, to be taken ; [sumitates, the tops.] Sum. tal. Sumat talem, let the patient take one like this. S. V. Spiritus vinosus, ardent spirit of any strength. S. V. P. Spiritus vinosus rectificatus, spirit of wine. S. V. T. Spiritus vinosus tenuis, proof spirit, or half and half spirit of wine and water. [Syr. Syrupus, syrup.] [Tabel. Tabella (dim. of tabula, a table) a lozenge.] Temp, de.rt. Tempori dextro, to the right to id pie. T. O. Tinctura opii, tincture of opium :