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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. Hirudo medicinalisused in medicine, as Hirudo medicinalis of Europe, and allied
species.
Note: In the mouth of bloodsucking leeches are three
convergent, serrated jaws, moved by strong muscles. By
the motion of these jaws a stellate incision is made in
the skin, through which the leech sucks blood till it
is gorged, and then drops off. The stomach has large
pouches on each side to hold the blood. The common
large bloodsucking leech of America (Macrobdella
decora) is dark olive above, and red below, with black
spots. Many kinds of leeches are parasitic on fishes;
others feed upon worms and mollusks, and have no jaws
for drawing blood. See Bdelloidea. Hirudinea, and
Clepsine.
3. (Surg.) A glass tube of peculiar construction, adapted for
drawing blood from a scarified part by means of a vacuum.
Horse leech, a less powerful European leech (H[ae]mopis
vorax), commonly attacking the membrane that lines the
inside of the mouth and nostrils of animals that drink at
pools where it lives. Hirudo medicinalisBloodsucker Blood"suck`er, n.
1. (Zo["o]l.) Any animal that sucks blood; esp., the leech
(Hirudo medicinalis), and related species.
2. One who sheds blood; a cruel, bloodthirsty man; one guilty
of bloodshed; a murderer. [Obs.] --Shak.
3. A hard and exacting master, landlord, or money lender; an
extortioner. Medicinable
Medicinable Me*dic"i*na*ble, a.
Medicinal; having the power of healing. [Obs.] --Shak.
Medicinally
Medicinally Me*dic"i*nal*ly, adv.
In a medicinal manner.
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.
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. Suggestive medicine
Suggestive medicine Sug*gest"ive med"i*cine
Treatment by commands or positive statements addressed to a
more or less hypnotized patient.
Meaning of MEDICI from wikipedia
- The
House of
Medici (English: /ˈmɛdɪtʃi/ MED-itch-ee, UK also /məˈdiːtʃi/ mə-DEE-chee; Italian: [ˈmɛːditʃi]) was an
Italian banking family and political...
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Catherine de'
Medici (Italian:
Caterina de'
Medici,
pronounced [kateˈriːna de ˈmɛːditʃi]; French:
Catherine de
Médicis,
pronounced [katʁin də medisis];...
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Lorenzo di
Piero de'
Medici (Italian: [loˈrɛntso de ˈmɛːditʃi]),
known as
Lorenzo the
Magnificent (Italian:
Lorenzo il Magnifico; 1
January 1449 – 8 April...
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Marie de'
Medici (French:
Marie de
Médicis; Italian:
Maria de'
Medici; 26
April 1575 – 3 July 1642) was
Queen of
France and
Navarre as the
second wife...
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Medici,
Medicis, The
Medicis, or The
House of
Medici were a
prominent medieval Florentine family.
Medici also may
refer to: Emílio
Médici (1905-1985)...
- (Latin:
Clemens VII; Italian:
Clemente VII; born
Giulio di
Giuliano de'
Medici; 26 May 1478 – 25
September 1534) was head of the
Catholic Church and ruler...
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Medici (Italian: I
Medici) is a
historical drama television series created by
Frank Spotnitz and
Nicholas Meyer. The
series was
produced by
Italian companies...
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Cosimo di
Giovanni de'
Medici (27
September 1389 – 1
August 1464) was an
Italian banker and
politician who
established the
Medici family as
effective rulers...
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Cosimo I de'
Medici (12 June 1519 – 21
April 1574) was the
second and last duke of
Florence from 1537
until 1569, when he
became the
first grand duke of...
- de'
Medici (22
March 1514 – 26
February 1548), also
known as Lorenzaccio, was an
Italian politician, writer, and dramatist, and a
member of the
Medici family...