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Aricine
Aricine Ar"i*cine, n. [From Arica, in Chile.] (Chem.)
An alkaloid, first found in white cinchona bark.
Arnicine
Arnicine Ar"ni*cine, n. (Chem.)
An alkaloid obtained from the arnica plant.
CapsicineCapsicine Cap"si*cine, n. [From Capsicum.] (Chem.)
A volatile alkaloid extracted from Capsicum annuum or from
capsicin. ColchicineColchicine Col"chi*cine (? or ?), n. [Cf. F. colchicine.]
(Chem.)
A powerful vegetable alkaloid, C17H19NO5, extracted from
the Colchicum autumnale, or meadow saffron, as a white or
yellowish amorphous powder, with a harsh, bitter taste; --
called also colchicia. Corticine
Corticine Cor"ti*cine (k?r"t?-s?n), n. [F., fr. L. cortex,
corticis, bark.]
A material for carpeting or floor covering, made of ground
cork and caoutchouc or India rubber.
Forensic medicineForensic Fo*ren"sic, a. [L. forensis, fr. forum a public
place, market place. See Forum.]
Belonging to courts of judicature or to public discussion and
debate; used in legal proceedings, or in public discussions;
argumentative; rhetorical; as, forensic eloquence or
disputes.
Forensic medicine, medical jurisprudence; medicine in its
relations to law. Helicine
Helicine Hel"i*cine, a. (Anat.)
Curled; spiral; helicoid; -- applied esp. to certain arteries
of the penis.
HystricineHystricine Hys"tri*cine, a. [See Hystrix.] (Zo["o]l.)
Like or pertaining to the porcupines. Iciness
Iciness I"ci*ness, n.
The state or quality of being icy or very cold; frigidity.
JamaicineJamaicine Ja*ma"i*cine, n. [From Jamaica.] (Chem.)
An alkaloid said to be contained in the bark of Geoffroya
inermis, a leguminous tree growing in Jamaica and Surinam;
-- called also jamacina. --Watts. Juiciness
Juiciness Jui"ci*ness, n.
The state or quality of being juicy; succulence plants.
MedicineMedicine Med"i*cine, n.
1.
(a) Among the North American Indians, any object supposed
to give control over natural or magical forces, to act
as a protective charm, or to cause healing; also,
magical power itself; the potency which a charm,
token, or rite is supposed to exert.
The North American Indian boy usually took as
his medicine the first animal of which he
dreamed during the long and solitary fast that
he observed at puberty. --F. H.
Giddings.
(b) Hence, a similar object or agency among other savages.
2. Short for Medicine man.
3. Intoxicating liquor; drink. [Slang] Medicine
Medicine Med"i*cine, v. t.
To give medicine to; to affect as a medicine does; to remedy;
to cure. ``Medicine thee to that sweet sleep.' --Shak.
MyrmicineMyrmicine Myr"mi*cine, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Of or pertaining to Myrmica, a genus of ants including the
small house ant (M. molesta), and many others. PerdicinePerdicine Per"di*cine, a. [See Perdix.] (Zo["o]l.)
Of or pertaining to the family Perdicid[ae], or partridges. PicinePicine Pi"cine, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Of or pertaining to the woodpeckers (Pici), or to the
Piciformes. Psychical medicinePsychic Psy"chic, Psychical Psy"chic*al, a. [L. psychicus,
Gr. ?, fr. psychh` the soul, mind; cf. ? to blow: cf. F.
psychique.]
1. Of or pertaining to the human soul, or to the living
principle in man.
Note: This term was formerly used to express the same idea as
psychological. Recent metaphysicians, however, have
employed it to mark the difference between psychh` the
living principle in man, and pney^ma the rational or
spiritual part of his nature. In this use, the word
describes the human soul in its relation to sense,
appetite, and the outer visible world, as distinguished
from spiritual or rational faculties, which have to do
with the supersensible world. --Heyse.
2. Of or pertaining to the mind, or its functions and
diseases; mental; -- contrasted with physical.
Psychical blindness, Psychical deafness (Med.), forms of
nervous disease in which, while the senses of sight and
hearing remain unimpaired, the mind fails to appreciate
the significance of the sounds heard or the images seen.
Psychical contagion, the transference of disease,
especially of a functional nervous disease, by mere force
of example.
Psychical medicine, that department of medicine which
treats of mental diseases. Quinicine
Quinicine Quin"i*cine, n. (Chem.)
An uncrystallizable alkaloid obtained by the action of heat
from quinine, with which it is isomeric.
RhaponticineRhaponticine Rha*pon"ti*cine, n. [L. rhaponticum rhubarb. See
Rhubarb.] (Chem.)
Chrysophanic acid. Ricinelaidic
Ricinelaidic Ric`in*e`la*id"ic, a. [Ricinoleic + elaidic.]
Pertaining to, or designating, an isomeric modification of
ricinoleic acid obtained as a white crystalline solid.
Ricinelaidin
Ricinelaidin Ric`in*e*la"i*din, n. (Chem.)
The glycerin salt of ricinelaidic acid, obtained as a white
crystalline waxy substance by treating castor oil with
nitrous acid.
SolanicineSolanicine So*lan"i*cine, n. [See Solanine.] (Chem.)
An alkaloid produced by the action of hydrochloric acid on
solanidine, as a tasteless yellow crystalline substance. SoricineSoricine So"ri*cine, a. [L. sorricinus, fr. sorex a shrew.]
(Zo["o]l.)
Of or pertaining to the Shrew family (Soricid[ae]); like a
shrew in form or habits; as, the soricine bat (Glossophaga
soricina). Spiciness
Spiciness Spi"ci*ness, n.
The quality or state of being spicy.
Suggestive medicine
Suggestive medicine Sug*gest"ive med"i*cine
Treatment by commands or positive statements addressed to a
more or less hypnotized patient.
Vaticine
Vaticine Vat"i*cine, n. [L. vaticinium.]
A prediction; a vaticination. [Obs.] --Holinshed.
Vicine
Vicine Vic"ine, a. [L. vicinus: cf. F. voisin.]
Near; neighboring; vicinal. [R.] --Glanvill.
VicineVicine Vic"ine, n. (Chem.)
An alkaloid ex tracted from the seeds of the vetch (Vicia
sativa) as a white crystalline substance. VomicineVomicine Vom"i*cine, n. [From nux vomica.] (Chem.)
See Brucine.
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