Search the Dictionary

Diseased with drops. Shak.

by the sense of smell; especially, noisome or noxious exhalation; as, the effluvium from diseased or putrefying bodies, or from ill drainage.

To moisten and rub (a diseased part) with a liquid substance, as with spirit, oil, etc., by means of a cloth or sponge.

The act of moistening and rubbing a diseased part with spirit, oil, etc.

A diseased condition of rye and other cereals, in which the grains become black, and often spur-shaped. It is caused by a parasitic fungus, Claviceps purpurea.

A diseased condition produced by eating rye affected with the ergot fungus.

A crystalline substance obtained from diseased bile, which becomes blood-red when acted on by nitric acid or ammonia.

ase of violence in a disease, as in remittent or continious fever; an increased energy of diseased and painful action.

ves fatlike substances. -- Fatty clays. See under Clay. -- Fatty degeneration (Med.), a diseased condition, in which the oil globules, naturally present in certain organs, are so multiplied as gradually to destroy and replace the efficient parts of these organs. -- Fatty heart, Fatty liver, etc. (Med.), a heart, liv…

A diseased state of the system, marked by increased heat, acceleration of the pulse, and a general derangement of the functions, including usually, thirst and loss of appetite. Many diseases, of which fever is the most prominent symptom, are denominated fevers; as, typhoid fever; yellow fever.

The lotion applied to a diseased part.

A diseased condition of the udders of cows, etc., arising from an inflammation of the mammary glands.

Diseased with, or subject to, the gout; as, a gouty person; a gouty joint.

blic or private institution founded for reception and cure, or for the refuge, of persons diseased in body or mind, or disabled, infirm, or dependent, and in which they are treated either at their own expense, or more often by charity in whole or in part; a tent, building, or other place where the sick or wounded of an…

A diseased condition produced by poisoning with hydrargyrum, or mercury; mercurialism.

Sick; indisposed; unwell; diseased; disordered; as, ill of a fever. I am in health, I breathe, and see thee ill. Shak.

A person diseased beyond cure.

In a manner that renders cure impracticable or impossible; irremediably. "Incurably diseased." Bp. Hall. "Incurably wicked." Blair.

The theory of curing a diseased organ by eating the analogous organ of a healthy animal. Mayne.

A wash or lotion for a diseased part.