MEDICIXER 



word surgery is excluded. On the European con- 

 tinent it is customary to divide medicine into internal 

 and external, the former implying the restricted sense 

 the term, or the study of diseases of internal 

 organs, the latter referring to surgery or external dis- 

 eases. The term is applied also to a particular drug or 

 therapeutic application. M., Atomistic, dosimetric 

 medicine. M. -chest, a case or compartment for 

 storing or carrying medicines. M., Clinical, pertain- 

 ing to the study of disease by the bedside of the 

 patient: internal medicine. M., Conservative, a 

 method of treatment with the object of preserving the 

 vital forces, and not by active measures, that endanger 

 the life of the patient ; also used in the ordinary sense 

 of tlie word as relying upon well understood, or ac- 

 cepted or established methods of treatment, rather than 

 upon new and comparatively untried plans. M.. 

 Domestic, the use of domestic remedies. M., Dosi- 

 metric. See Dosimetry. M., Eclectic. Set Eclectic. 

 M.. Empiric. See Empiric. M., Equine, veterinary 

 medicine as applied to the horse. M., Forensic, or 

 M., Legal, the relations of medicine to jurisprudence, 

 involving the diagnosis of insanity, questions in toxicol- 

 . surgery, and the like. M., Neurodynamic, the 

 application of heat and cold to the spine in the treat- 

 ment of certain diseases. M., -pannier, a pannier 

 used in the United States army for transporting medi- 

 cines. M. Patent, a mixture or compound of sundry 

 drugs for the sale of which the deviser gets a patent 

 from the government. The ordinary so-called patent 

 medicines, however, are not patented, but have only 

 the name copyrighted. M., Pneumatic, the treat- 

 ment of disease by means of compressed and rare- 

 fied air. See U'aldenburg s Apparatus. M.. Pre- 

 ventive, that which aims at the prevention of disease, 

 in the community as well as in the individual. M., 

 Proprietary. See Medicine, Patent. M., State, 

 medical jurisprudence. M., Veterinary, the science 

 and treatment of the diseases of domestic animals. 



VIediciner (med-is' -in-er) [medicus, a physician]. A 

 physician. 



Wedicinerea [me de-sin-e' '-re-ah) [medius, middle, and 

 its. ashen]. The gray matter of the claustrum 

 and lenticula of the brain, lying between the cortex or 

 ectocinerea and the entocinerea. 



vledico-chirurgical (med-ik-o-ki- rur'-jik-al ) [medicus, 

 a physician ; xetpovpytx;, a surgeon]. Pertaining con- 

 jointly to medicine and surgery. 



Medico-legal (med-ik-o-le' -gai) [medicus, physician ; 

 lex, law]. Relating both to medicine and law. 



Medico-mania (med-ik-o-ma' '-ne-ah) [tnedicus, physi- 

 cian ; uavia, madness]. Morbid interest or zeal in 

 medical matters exhibited by non-professional persons. 



tfedicommissure {me-de-kom' -is-ur) [medius, middle ; 

 commissura, commissure]. The middle commissure 

 the third ventricle. The junction of the mesal 

 surfaces of the thalami. It is in a direct line between 

 the porta and the aqueduct, and just dorsad of the 

 aulix. It consists mainly of cells, and is so soft as 

 commonly to be torn during the removal of the brain. 



Medico-pneumatic (med-ik-o-nu-maf -ik) [medicus, 

 physician ; -vtvua, air]. Relating to pneumatic medi- 

 cine. 



dedico-psychologic (med-ik-o-si-ko-lof -ik) [medicus, 

 physician ; i-i xv, mind ; 7.6yoc, science]. Pertaining 

 to medico-psychology. 



dedico-psychology (med-ik-o-sikol' '-o-j'e) [medicus, 

 physician; >.'■'• }o/o; /a, the science of the mind]. Psy- 

 chologic medicine ; the study of mental diseases, 

 dedicornu (me-de-kor' -mi) [medius. middle ; cornu, 



horn]. The middle horn of the lateral ventricle. 

 Medicus {med'-ik-us) [L.]. A phvsician. 



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MEDIUS 



Medifurca (nie-de-fur* '-kah) [medius, middle ; /urea, 

 fork: pi. , Medifurcce\. In biology, the rniddle, 

 forked apodeme that projects into the thoracic cavity 

 of an insect from the sternal wall of the somite. 



Medina-worm (me-di' ' -nah-werni). See Filaria medin- 

 ensis under Parasites {Animal) , Table of. 



Medio -bilateral (me-de-o-bi-lat'-er-al) [medius, mid- 

 dle; bis, twice ; latus, side]. Pertaining to the mid- 

 dle and to both sides. 



Medio-carpal (me - de - o- har* -pal ) [medius, middle ; 

 carpus, carpus]. Pertaining to the articulation be- 

 tween the two rows of carpal bones. 



Medio-colic (me-de-o-kol' '-ik) [medius, middle ; ku/.ov, 

 colon]. Pertaining to the middle portion of the colon. 



Medio-dorsal (me -de-o- dor' -sal) [medius, middle ; 

 dorsum, back]. Both median and dorsal; on the 

 mesial line of the back. 



Medio-frontal (me-de-o-frun' -tal) [medius, middle ; 

 frons, forehead]. Pertaining to the middle of the 

 forehead. 



Medio-lateral (me-de-o-laP -er-al) [medius, middle ; 

 latus, side]. Pertaining to the middle and to one 

 side. 



Medio -occipital (me-de-o-ok-sip / -it-al) [medius, mid- 

 dle ; occiput, occiput]. Pertaining to the middle portion 

 of the occipital region. 



Medio-pontine (me -de-o -port' -tin) [medius, middle; 

 pons, bridge]. Pertaining to the central portion of 

 the pons. 



Medio-tarsal (me-de-o-tar / -sal) [medius, middle ; tar- 

 sus, tarsus]. Pertaining to the middle articulation of 

 the tarsal bones. 



Medipectus (me-de-pek'-tus). Same as Mesosternum. 



Medipeduncle (me-de-pe-dung / -kl) [medius, middle; 

 pedunculus, peduncle]. The middle peduncle of 

 the cerebellum ; the lateral intermediate continua- 

 tion of the cerebellum to the pons. It is" the largest 

 of the three peduncles of the cerebellum, and is mainly 

 continued from the lateral lobe of the latter. 



Mediscalenus (me-de-ska-le'-nus) [medius, middle; 

 CK.a/.Tjv6q, scalene, oblique]. Synonym of Scalenus 

 medius ; see Muscles, Table of. , 



Medisect (me-de-sekt r ) [medius, middle; secare, to cut]. 

 To make a medisection, q. v. 



Medisection (me-de-sek 1 -shun) [medius, middle ; sectio, 

 from secare, to cut] . Section of the body, or of any 

 symmetric part, at the median longitudinal antero-pos- 

 terior plane. See Position and Direction, Table of. 



Medisternum (me-de-ster f -num). Synonym of Meso- 

 sternum. 



Mediterranean Fever. See Fever. 



Meditriceps (me-de-tri* -seps) [medius, middle ; rpe7c, 

 three ; neon/i), head]. The middle or long head of 

 the triceps muscle. 



Medium (me'-de-um) [medius, the middle ://., Media] . 

 That in which anything moves or through which it 

 acts. In medicine, the sum of conditions by which 

 a patient is surrounded, especially those of light, tem- 

 perature, and ventilation. Also, a person subject 

 to hypnotizing influence. M., Culture. See Media, 

 Xutrit-nt. M. of the Eye, the refracting structures 

 from the anterior surface of the cornea to the retina. 

 M., Fluid, any liquid nutrient substance, such as 

 bouillon, milk, and the like. M., Mounting. See 

 Mounting-media. M., Nutrient, the substances used 

 in bacteriologic studies for the cultivation of micro- 

 organisms. See M. % Fluid, and M., Solid. M., Solid, 

 any solid nutrient substance for the cultivation of bac- 

 teria, as gelatin, agar- agar, potato, and the like. 



Mediumism (me'-de-um-izm) [medius, the middle]. 

 Hypnotism. 



Medius (me'-de-us) [medius, middle]. The middle. 



