MACULATION 



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MAGNESIUM 



Maculation (mak-u-la' 'shun) [maculatio, a spotting]. 

 The state or quality of being spotted ; the formation 

 of maculae ; a spot or macula. 



Macule (mak'-ul) [macula, a spot]. See Macula. 

 M., Gonorrheal, Sanger's term for the purplish-red 

 areola resembling a flea-bite, surrounding the orifice 

 of the duct of Bartholin's gland in gonorrheal 

 vaginitis. 



Maculiform (mak-u' '-lif-orm) [macula, spot ; forma, 

 form]. Resembling a macula. 



Maculose, Maculous (niak' '-u-los , mak'-u-lus). See 

 Macular. 



Mad [ME., made, mad]. I. Disordered in intellect; 

 insane. 2. Furious from disease ; rabid. M.- 

 doctor, an alienist. M. -house, an asylum for the 

 insane. M.-man, an insane person. M. Staggers, 

 the enzootic cerebritis of horses. See Staggers. M.- 

 stone, according to popular superstition, a small stone 

 believed to possess the property of absorbing the poison 

 (especially snake-poison) or disease from wounds, 

 made, e. g., by poisoned arrows, or morbid parts. 

 It is called also Snakestone. Galen believed that cer- 

 tain medicines attract poisons as the magnet does iron. 

 Most madstones are an aluminous shale, or other 

 absorptive substance. 



Madar (mad-ar'), Mudar (?nu-dar') [Hind., madar]. 

 The shrubs Calotropis gigantea, and C. procera, of 

 India ; also their bark, leaves, flowers, fruits, and juice, 

 which are tonic, alterative, and emetic ; it is used in 

 Asia in a wide range of diseases. Unof. , except in the 

 Indian Pharmacopeia. C. gigantea yields Madar- 

 alban, a colorless crystalline substance soluble in the 

 alkalies, but not in water; and Madar-fluavil, a yellow- 

 ish, viscid body, soluble in cold alcohol, in ether, and 

 in benzene, insoluble in water, in acids, and in alka- 

 lies. 



Madarosis (mad-ar-o'-sis) [paSdpuaig ; fiaSapdg, bald] . 

 Loss of the eyelashes or hairs of the eyebrows. 



Madarotic (mad ar-ot' -ik) , Madarous (mad'-ar-us) 

 [nadapiooir; fia.da.p6c, bald]. Affected with or relat- 

 ing to madarosis. 



Madder (mad'-er) [ME., moder, madder]. The plant 

 Rubia tinctorum ; also its root, well-known as a dye- 

 stuff. It was formerly considered emmenagogue and 

 diuretic. Unof. See also Pigments, Conspectus of. 

 M. -brown, M.-carmin, M. -orange, M. -purple. 

 See Pigments, Conspectus of. M.-red. Same as 

 Madder. M. -yellow. See Pigments, Conspectus of. 



Maddox Test, or Maddox Glass-rod Test. A test 

 of heterophoria by means of a short cylinder of trans- 

 parent glass about one-eighth of an inch long, fitted 

 into a slot in an opaque disc to be set in the trial-frame 

 before one eye, with a colored piano lens before the 

 other eye. The rod converts the image of a distant 

 flame into a thin line of light. The relative position 

 of the two images thus formed permits the measure of 

 imbalance of the muscles. 



Madefaction (mad-e-fak' -shun) \niadefacere, to moist- 

 en]. The act of moistening. 



Madeira (mad-a'-rah) [Pg. , madeira, wood]. A fine 

 sherry wine from the island of Madeira. 



Maderna (mad-er'-nah). Synonym of Madarosis. 



Madescent (mad-es'-ent) \_madescere, to become wet]. 

 Becoming moist. 



Madesis (mad-e'-sis). Synonym of Madarosis. 



Madidans (mad' '-id-anz) [L.]. Weeping, oozing. See 

 Eczema madidans. 



Madisis (mad'-is-is). Synonym of Madarosis. 



Madisterion, Madisterium (mad-is-trr'-e-on, mad-is- 

 fer'-e-um) [/mfiirrTi/ptov, from fiadi^eiv, to pluck 

 bare]. Epilating-forceps. 



Madness (mad'-nes). See Insanity and Mania. 



Madrid Colic. See Colic. 



Madura Foot. See Foot, Fungus. 



Maeeia (me-i f -ah) \jiaiua, from fiaieveadat, to act as a 

 midwife]. An old synonym of Obstetrics. 



Maeeleutherosis (me-el-u-ther-o'-sis) [uaia. midwife; 

 khevOepuoic. a freeing] . Delivery by the aid of a mid- 

 wife. (Obs.) 



Maeeuma (me-e-u' '-mah) \_fiaievp:a, from /jaievecflat, to 

 act as midwife] . The newly-born babe. (Obs.) 



Maeeusiomania (rne-u-sc-o-ma' '-ne-ah). See Maiusio- 

 mania. 



Maeeusiophobia (tne-u-se-o-fo'-be-ah). See Maiusio- 

 phobia. 



Maeeusis (mc-u'-sis) \jiaievGig, from /latevecdai, to act 

 as midwife]. Delivery. 



Maeeuter, Maeeutes (me-u'-ter, me-u'-tez) [/mtei-T/p, 

 /uacevTTjQ, from fiaieveaffat, to act as midwife]. An 

 obstetrician; accoucheur. (Obs.) 



Maeeutics (me-u'-tiks). See Maiutics. 



Maeeutria (me-u'-tre-ah) [/uaievrpia, from fia/eieodai, to 

 act as midwife]. Midwife. (Obs.) 



Maeeutric (me-u'-trik) [naievrpia, midwife]. Pertain- 

 ing to a midwife. (Obs.) 



Maena (me / -nah) \_naivi], a small sea-fish]. A species 

 of herring. The brine from the salted fish has been 

 employed as a dressing for gangrenous ulcers. 



Magdala Red (tnag-da'-lah). See Kaphthalenered. 



Magdaleon (mag-da' '-le-on), Magdalia (mag-da'- 

 le-ah) \jiay8a\ia, from fiaaaeiv, to knead]. A bread- 

 pill or bolus ; a roll of plaster. 



Magendie, Foramen of. See Foramina, Table of. 

 M.'s Solution. See Morphin. 



Magenta (ma-Jen' '-tah) [from a town in Italy]. A 

 coal-tar dye ; one of the forms of anilin-red ; properly, 

 a hydrochlorid of rosanilin. From it fuchsin and a 

 large number of other dyes are prepared. One of the 

 peculiar and somewhat glaring red tints which it pro- 

 duces is also called magenta. See Fuchsin, and 

 Pigments, Conspectus of. 



Maggot (mag'-ot) [ME., magol, maggot]. 1. The 

 larva of any insect, as a fly, that burrows in wounds 

 or ulcers. Maggots are especially annoying in mili- 

 tary practice and in hot countries. 2. A whim or 

 fixed idea dominant in the mind, as of an insane or 

 paranoiac person. 



Magistery (maj-is'-ter-e) [magisterium, masterpiece]. 

 Formerly, a preparation considered to have especial 

 virtue as a remedy. M. of bismuth, the subnitrate 

 of bismuth. M. of tin (M. Jovis), precipitated 

 stannous oxid. 



Magistral (maj'-is-tral) [Magisler, a master] . A term 

 employed to denote those medicines that are prepared 

 on prescription, in distinction from those prepared 

 or sold without the physician' s order. 



Magma (mag' -mah) [udy/ua, mass: //., Magmata\ 

 Sediment, dregs; any pulpy mass. 



Magmatic (mag-mat' -ik), Magmoid (mag' -moid) 

 [fiayfia, mass]! Of the nature of or resembling a 

 magma. 



Magnesia (mag-ne'-ze-ah) [udyimg, magnet : gen. Mag- 

 nesia-]. Magnesium oxid, MgO. M. White, mag- 

 nesium carbonate. See Magnesium. 



Magnesian (mag-nc'-zc-an). See Magnetic. 



Magnesic (mag-ne'-zik) [fiayvr/aia, from (liyvft, 

 magnet]. Pertaining to or containing magnesium. 



Magnesium (mag-/rc'-zr-um) [//aji'^ffm, magnet : gen., 

 Magnesii]. Mg ; atomic weight 24.3; quantiva 

 II; spec, gravity 1.75. One of the metals of the alkaline 

 earths, widely distributed in inorganic 'nature and 

 forming also a constituent of animal and vegetah 

 sues. See Elements, Table of. The physiologic 1 

 of its salts are antacid and laxative. Various salts are 





