salvatella

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin salvatella, misread from salacella, misread from salaseilem, misread from alaseilem, from Arabic الْأُسَيْلِم (al-ʔusaylim).

Noun

salvatella (plural salvatellae)

1. The dorsal vein of the little finger, bleeding from which was anciently held to be a treatment for melancholy.

References

• Hyrtl, Joseph (1879) Das Arabische und Hebräische in der Anatomie‎^[1] (in German), Wien: Wilhelm Braumüller, pages 210–211