HYSTERO-PSYCHOPATHY 



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Hystero -psychopathy (his-ter-o-si-kop' -ath-e) [vo-tpa, 

 womb; i^var/, the mind; ndBog, disease]. Mental 

 disorder secondary to disease of the uterus. 



Hysteropsychosis [liis-ter-o-si-ko' -sis) [harepa, womb; 

 ■tyvurj, the mind]. Mental disorder associated with 

 uterine disease. 



Hysteroptosis (his-ter-op-to' '-sis) [uaripa, womb; 

 itTuaig, a falling]. Palling of the womb. See Pro- 

 lapsus. 



Hysterorrhaphy (liis-ter-or' '-ra-fe) [vorepa, womb ; 

 pa<pr/, suture]. The closure of a uterine incision or 

 rent by suture. 



Hysterorrhea (Jiis-ter-or-e f -ah) [yaripa, womb ; poia, 

 flow]. A discharge from the uterus. 



Hysterorrhexis (his-ter-or-eks' -is) [varkpa, womb ; 

 pfj^iq, rupture]. Rupture of the womb. 



Hysterosalpinx (Jiis-ter-o-sal' '-pingks) [vorepa, womb ; 

 Ga?»TTi.y!j, pipe]. A Fallopian tube or oviduct. 



Hysteroscope (liis'-ter-o-skop) [barepa, womb ; anonelv, 

 to view]. A uterine speculum, with a reflector. 



Hysterospasm [his' -ter-o-spazm) [barepa, womb ; gttclcs- 

 p6c, spasm]. Uterine spasm. 



Hysterostomatome (his-ter-o-sto' -mat-oni) [barepa, 

 womb ; ardua, mouth ; tout], section]. A knife for 

 use in hysterostomatomy. 



Hysterostomatomy, or Hysterostomatotomy (his- 

 ter-o-sto-mat' '-o-me , or his-ter-os-to-tnat-ot' -o-me) [ba- 

 repa, womb ; ardjia, mouth ; to/it/, section]. Surgical 

 incision of the os uteri, or its enlargement by a cutting 

 operation. 



Hysterotokotomy (Jiis -ter-o-to- kot'-o-me) [vorepa, 



womb; tokoc, birth; rofii/, section]. Cesarean 

 operation, or delivery through an incision into the 

 womb. 



Hysterotome (his' -ter-o-tom) [barepa, womb; row//, a 

 cutting]. A hysterotomy-knife or cutting-instrument 

 for use in hysterotomy. 



Hysterotomotocia (his-ter-o-to-mo-to' -se-ah) [hart pa, 

 womb; rofiij, cutting; rdnaq, birth]. An incision 

 into the womb for the removal of a fetus ; hysteroto- 

 kotomy. 



Hysterotomy (Jiis-ter-ot f -o-me) [vorepa, womb ; roar}, 

 section]. I. Surgical incision of the uterus. 2. Cesa- 

 rean section. See Cesarean Operation. 



Hysterotrachelorrhaphy (his - ier-o - tra-kel-or' -ra-fe) 

 [yarepa, womb ; rpd^/zoc, neck; patyi), suture]. A 

 plastic operation for the restoration of a lacerated 

 cervix uteri. 



Hysterotrachelotomy (jiis-ter-o-tra-kel-of -o-me) [ba- 

 repa, womb ; rpdxykog, neck ; rap.rj, section]. Surgi- 

 cal incision of the neck of the womb. 



Hystero-traumatism (his-ter-o-traw' -mat-izni) [yarepa, 

 womb; rpav/ua, wound]. Hysteric symptoms due to 

 or following traumatism. 



Hysterotrismus (his-ter-o-triz' '-mns) [barepa, womb 

 rpiap.dq, a creaking]. Spasm of the uterus. 



Hystriciasis (his-tris-i' -as-is) [yorpi%, a hedgehog 

 A disease of the hair in which the latter " stares' 

 stands stiffly out like the hair of the hedgehog. 



Hystricismus (his-tris-iz' -mus). See Ichthyosis hystri. 



Hystrix (his'-ttiks) [yarpii-, porcupine]. Same as 

 Ichthyosis hystrix. 



I. The symbol of Iodin. 



Iamatology (i-am-at-ol r -o-je) [lapa, remedy; Adyor, 

 science]. The science of remedies, or of therapeutics ; 

 aceology. Obsolete. 



Iasis (i-a'-sis) [laoig, treatment, cure]. Medical or 

 surgical treatment. 



Iateria, or Iatoria (i-at-e f -re-ah, or i-at-o' '-re-ah) [lar?j- 

 pia, laropia, therapeutics]. Therapeutics ; the art or 

 practice of medicine. 



Iatraliptic (i-at-ral-ip f -tik) [larpdc, physician ; d/ietVr^c, 

 an anointer]. Curing by. using ointments and fric- 

 tions. I. Method. Same as Epidermatic Method. 



Iatreusiology (i-at-ru-se-ol' -o-je) [larpevoig, practice of 

 medicine; kdyoc, science]. The science of medical 

 or surgical treatment ; therapeutics. Obsolete. 



Iatreusis (i-at-ru'-sis) [Idrpevaig, treatment]. Medical 

 or surgical treatment. 



Iatric (i-at'-rik) [iarpmdg, medical] . Pertaining to the 

 physician or to the science of medicine. 



Iatro- [i-at f -ro-) [larpdg, physician]. A Greek prefix 

 signifying relation to medicine or to physicians. 



Iatrochemic, Iatrochemical (i-at-ro-kem' -ik, i-at-ro- 

 kem' -ik-al) [iarpdr, physician ; fflfttla, chemistry]. 

 Pertaining to the obsolete chemic school of therapeu- 

 tists ; spagiric. 



Iatrochemist (i-at-ro kem f -ist) [larpdg, physician ; 

 Xviieia, chemistry]. A follower of iatrochemic or 

 spagiric doctrines. 



Iatrol (i'-at-rol) [iarpov, surgery]. Oxy-iodo-methyl- 



anilid; an odorless and non-toxic antiseptic agent, sa 

 to be three times as effective, weight for weight, 

 iodoform. Unof. 



Iatroliptic (i-at-ro-lip' -tik) . See Iatraliptic. 



Iatrology (i-at-rol' -o-je) [iarpdr, physician ; Aoyo 

 science]. The science of medicine ; an account 

 or treatise on, physicians. 



Iatromathematician (i-at - ro - math - em - at - ish'- < 

 [larpdg, physician ; fiaOiifiarindg , a mathematician 

 A physician of a 17th century school (chiefly Italian) 

 which ascribed vital activities to the sizes of pores 

 and particles, to friction and consequent retardation, 

 and to other mechanical causes, lie asserted that 

 all vital phenomena are mechanical. 



Iatrophysics (i-at-ro-fiz'-iks) [iarpdr, physician ; ciww- 

 K(Sc, pertaining to nature]. The relation of pin 

 medicine or the application of physics to disease or thera- 

 peutics. The materialistic explanation of disease; ap- 

 plied especially to an obsolete theory of the 17th cen- 

 tury, that sought to explain physiologic and therapeutic 

 facts by means of the principles of physics (dynamics 

 and statics). 



Iatrotechnics (i-at-ro-tek'-niks) [larpdg, physician; 

 rk^vrj, art]. The art of healing. 



Iba (e'-bah) [African]. Gaboon chocolate; a substi- 

 tute for chocolate from Irvingia gabonensis. a simaru- 

 baceous tree of W. Africa. Unof. 



Icajin (ik'-aj-in) [African, icaja~\. A poisonous alka- 

 loid derived from an African ordeal-drug called icaja. 



