A complete pronouncing medical dictionary; embracing the terminology of medicine and the kindred sciences, with their signification, etymology, and pronunciation

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1889 Excerpt: ...the plural of the Lat. 'mon'sirum. See Monster. Mon-strosf-ty. From the same. An unnatural deviation from the usual structure or form. Mons Ven'e-ris. The eminence in the upper and anterior part of the pubes of women. MONTICOLUS MORINDA Men-tic'o-Jus. From the Lat. mont, monflii, a " mountain," and co'lo, lo " inhabit." Living or growing on mountains:--applied to animals and plants. Moon. Lat. Lu'na; Fr. Lune, Km. A satellite which revolves around a planet. Our moon is distant two hundred and forty thousand miles from the earth, has a diameter of two thousand one hundred and sixty miles, and performs a revolution in twenty-seven and one-third days. The time from one new moon to the next new i:. ion is twenty-nine and one-half days, and this time is called a lunar month. Moon-Seed. See Menispermum. Moorhead. See Alembic. Moose'-Wood. A common name of Dirca falustrii. Mo'ra Ex-cel'sa.' A large timber-tree of the order Leguminosce, a native of Guiana, where it forms large forests in which no other trees grow. Its wood is very tough, and is excellent for ship-building. Its bark is astringent. Moraceae, mo-ra'she-e. A natural order of exogenous trees and shrubs, natives of the tropical and temperate parts of Asia and America. It comprises the Mulberry (Afa'rta), the Fig (Fi'cus Car'ica), and the Banyan-tree (Fi'fus In'dica). Caoutchouc is an abundant product of the Fi'cus ilas'tica. Gray includes Ficus and Morus under the order Urlicacea. Mor'.il In-sanl-ty. That species of insanity in which the intellectual faculties appear to have sustained but little injury, but the feelings and affections are perverted and depraved. Mor'bi, gen. Mor-bo'rum, the plural of Morbus, which see. Mortnd. Lat. Mor'hiJus; from mor'bui, a "disease." (Fr. ...