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CAPRIFY 



Canula (kan'-u-lah). See Cannula. 



Canutillo {kakn-oo-til' vo). See Tepopo* 



Caoutchouc {koo-chook') [S. American], [ndia-rubber. 

 The chief substance contained in the milky juice that 

 exudes upon incision ot a number of tropical trees 

 belonging to tlie natural orders Euphoi 

 carpa <e, and 1 .. I 1 1 < juice is a vegetable 



emulsion, the caoutchouc being suspended in.it in the 

 form of minute transparent globules. When pure, 

 caoutchouc i.-^ nearly white, soft, elastic, and glutinous; 

 it swells up in water without dissolving ; the best 

 solvents an- carbon disulphid and chloroform. It 

 melts at al' >ut 150 ('., and decomposes at 200 C. 



Capacity {kap-as' -it-e) [capacitas, capacity]. Mental 

 receptivity; passive (or active) mental capability; moral 

 or Legal responsibility. 



Capax Doli {ka'-paks do'-li). See Doli Capax. 



Capelina {kap-el-i' '-nah). See Capistrum. 



Capeline {kap'-el-in). See Bandage. 



Capeman's Method. See Treatment, Methods of. 



Caper [ka'-per). See Capparis. 



Capiat {ka'-pe-at) [L., " let it take]. An instrument 

 intended for use in removing remnants of the placenta, 

 polypi, or the like, from the uterine cavity. 



Capillaire {kap-il-dr / ) [Fr.]. The plant Adiantum capil- 

 lus veneris, a species of maiden hair fern ; also a 

 cough-syrup prepared from the same. See Adiantum. 



Capillarity {kap-il-ar 1 '-it-e) [capillus, a hair]. Capillary 

 attraction : the force that causes fluids to rise in line 

 tubes or bores, or in very thin chinks. In an electric 

 battery, the disturbing effects of the proper action of 

 a voltaic cell caused by capillary action. 



Capillary {kap'-il-a-re, or kap-il' '-ar-e) [capillus, a hair]. 

 I. A minute blood-vessel connecting the smallest 

 ramifications of the arteries with those of the veins. 

 Also a very minute fissure of the skull. Also the 

 intercellular biliary passages. 2. Hair-like: relating 

 to a hair, or to a hair like filament, or to a tube with 

 a hair like bore. C. Attraction capillarity. C. Bron- 

 chitis. See Bronchitis. C. Embolism. See Embo- 

 lism. C. Fissure, C. Fracture, a linear fracture, 

 without displacement. C. Nevus. See Narvus Vas- 

 cularis. C. Pulse, a visible change of color or an 

 artificial blush in aortic regurgitation. C. Vessels, 

 the capillaries. Capillaries, Meigs's, branching 

 capillaries discovered by A. V. Meigs in the human 

 heart. C, Pulmonary, a name used to designate the 

 plexuses beneath the mucous membrane, on the walls 

 and septa of the alveoli of the lungs. 



Capilli {kap-il' -i) [Plural of Capillus, hair]. In biol- 

 ogy, applied to the hairs on the front and top of an 

 insect's head. 



Capilliculture {kap-il' ' -e-kul-chiir) [capillus, hair; cul- 

 tura, culture]. Systematic treatment for the improve- 

 ment or restoration of the hair. 



Capilliculus [kap-il-ik' -u-lus) [dim. of capillus: pi., 

 Capilliculi\. Any one of the very smallest of the 

 capillary vesicles. 



Capillifolious [kap-il-if-o f le-us) [capillus, hair ; folium, 

 a leaf]. Characterized by hair-like have-. 



Capilliform {kap-il' -if-orm) [capillus, hair; forma, 

 form]. Hair shaped. 



Capillitium {kap-il-isk' -e-um) [capillus, the hair]. In 

 biology, the hair-like threads within the r-,pore-cases 

 of many fungi. 



Capillus {kap- U'-us) [L. : pi. Capilli]. A hair; the 

 hair ol the head. 



Capistrum (kap-is' -trum) [I... a muzzle or halter: //. , 

 Capistra~\. I. A bandage for the head or for the 

 lower jaw. Called also Capelina. 2. In biology, a 

 mask or hood-like coloration of the face and part of 

 the head in certain birds. 



Capital (kap'-it-al) [caput, the head], 1. Pertaining 



to tin- hi ad, or to the summit of a body or ol 



2. ' 'I greal importance; as a capital operation in 



surgerj , 



Capitalis reflexa {kap-U-a' -lis re-Jleks'-ah). A recur- 

 rent bandage lor a stump. 



Capitate {kapZ-it-at) [caput, bead]. In biology, hav- 

 ing a head or a head-like termination. 



Capitellate {kap-it-el' '-at) [capilellum, a little head]. In 

 biolog) . bearing small h 



Capitellum {kap-it-el' -urn) [dim. of caput\. 

 rounded, external surface of the lower end ol 

 humerus. 



Capitiluvium {kap-it-el-u f -ve-um) [caput, head ; 



to wash]. A washing or bathing of the head; a 

 u ash lor the head. 



Capitopedal [kap-it-o-ped'-al) [caput, a head; 



foot]. In biology, pertaining to or near the junction 

 ol the head and loot. 



Capitular {kap-it' -u-lar) [caput, head]. Pertaining to 

 a capitulum or head. C. Process of a vertebra, one 

 with which the head of a rib articula: 



Capitulum {kap-it' -u-lum) [capitulum, a small head]. 

 In anatomy and biology, the enlarged terminal por- 

 tion of an organ, plant, or animal, as the head 1 

 bone; the enlar. portion of a .-.talked animal; 



knobbed end of an antenna or of an insect's poi 

 a dense cluster or head of flowers, leaves, or spores 

 in plants. C. of Santorini, a small elevation on the 

 apex of the arytenoid cartilage corresponding in j 

 tion to the posterior extremity of the vocal band. 



Cappa [kap' -all 1. The ectocinereal lamina of the mi 

 cephal. 



Cappagh Brown. See Pigments, Conspectus of. 



Capparis (kap'-ar-is) [L., the caper-bush]. A genus 

 of shrubs including the caper-bush, C. spinosa. ii- 

 llower-buds (capers) are pickled, or made into a 

 piquant sauce. The bark of the root and the flowers 

 are official remedies in some countries (as Spain) ; it is 

 diuretic, cathartic, depurative, stimulant. Unof. 



Cappazwoli's Test. See Tests, Table of 



Capped Elbow (kapdel'-boTo). See Shoe-boil. 



Capped Hock {kapd' hok). In farriery, the develop- 

 ment of a bruise at the point of the hock of a horse, 

 with the formation of an hygroma, the result of rub- 

 bing or striking that part against the partition of the 

 stall. 



Capped Knee {kapd' ne). A dropsical collection in the 

 bursa in front of the knee-joint of the horse. 



Capranica's Tests. See Tests, Table of. 



Caprantilopine {kap-ran-til' -o-pin) [cap r a, a she -goat ; 

 antilopinus, antelope]. Uniting the characters of a 

 goat and an antelope. 



Capre \kap'-er). See Mulatto. 



Capreolar {kap-re'-o-lar), Capreolary {kap/ -re-o-la 

 Capreolate {kap' -re-o-lat) [capreolus, a tendril]. In 

 biology, climbing, furnished with tendrils; inanatomv 

 resembling tendrils, as the spermatic \ 

 capreolaria. C. Vessels, the spermatic \< • 

 from tluir twined and twisted appearance. 



Capreolus {kap-re' -o-lus) [capreolus. a wild goat ; a 

 tendril of a plant]. 1. A buck or he-goat. 2. The 

 tendril of a plant. 



Capric Acid {kap'-rik as' -id). See Acid. 



Caprification {kap-rif-ik-a' ;Aun) [caprificus, the wild- 

 fig tree]. In biology, the process of hastening ferti- 

 lization and ripening of cultivated figs by the introduc- 

 tion of gall-insects, by hanging a branch of the wild 

 fig in the tree, or planting a wild fig in the midst of 

 the fig orchard. 



Caprify {kap'-rif-i) [caprificus, the wild-fig tree]. To 

 fertilize by means of Caprification, q. v. 



