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Causticum 



Cauter urner]. A searing-iron or 



Cair. 



. .Ul-tlC 



Cautcrism 



Cau - a i" 



a i aut< 



Cauterize tuterize]. 



ustic 



Cautery , to burn]. 



ie term was aj>j ustii s, but more 



the platinum-wire heated by an 



be iu>t ii rritation, 



C, Actual, the white-hot 



C. Button, iron heated in hoi water. C, 



Corriean'b 5 C, Dento-Electric, 



I « ire, held 1 rews, in con 



• with m luctors thai pass through a hard- 



rul lie. The battery wires are coupled t<> two 



- appliance is held in the hand like a 

 aril in writing, and th< losed by pressing 



rith the forefinger, when the resistance 

 •a ire causes it to heated. It 



ibtunding sensitive dentine. C, Gal- 

 vanic, a platinum wire heated by electricity. C, Gas, 

 stream of burning gas directed upon 

 C, Paquelin's, or C, Thermo-, a 1ml 

 int kept at : uniform temperature by 

 arrent of benzene vapor. C., Potential, or C, 

 Virtual, the application of caustic substances. 

 Cav. : [L. : />/., Cav> j A vena cava. 



Cava. [cava, a hollow]. Relating to a vena 



■• a. 

 Cavalry Bone \kav > xl-re bon). A bony deposit in 



the > of the thigh. 



Cavernoma kav-ern-o' '-ma) [caverna, a cavern; bfia, 

 a tumor]. A cavernous tumor; a cavernous angioma. 

 Cavernous [kan /, a cave]. Having 



or hollow places. C. Bodies, the 

 if the penis. C. Breathing, the 

 hollow sound of bronchial breathing 

 in dilal ibnormal bronchi. C. Groove, the 



C. Plexus. See Pit tus. C. Rale. 

 C. Sinus, situated at the side ol 

 v of the sphenoid. C. Tissue, erectile tissue. 

 C. Tumor. Set Angioma. C. Whisper, whispering 

 in auscultation, modified by transmission 

 through a cavity. C. Voice See f >uy. 



Cavernula Tentacularis. In biology, a subumbral 

 surrounding the I each tentacle 



ii 

 Cavernulae Subumbrales. In biology, niches of the 



- in M du 



Caviar. Caviare I i ]. The salted hard 



fish. 

 Cavicorr. >rnu, horn]. 



In hollow horns; or a hollow horned 



rui 

 Cavitary . hollow]. Hollow : 



mi ; any intestinal worm 

 inn that is not anenterous. 

 Cavit.v \ hollow. C. cochleata. 



C. pulpae, the pulp-cavity i 



Cavitj . hollow]. Any 



ho n mg the normal 



■ 



■ . ' irai ii . ven- 

 triculn- ., pulmoi 



C.-pla- plied in n 



i> al dentistry to a metallic base for artificial teeth, so 

 constructed as to have one or more vacant spaces be- 

 tween it and the minis, which, when applied, and the ail 



exhausted, contributes very greatly to the firmness of 

 its adhesion. C, Preperitoneal, a name given by 

 Retzius to the loose and yielding subperitoneal tissue 

 in 1 1 . .tit oi the bladder, under the supposition that it 

 could be inflated. It is not a true cavitv, but merel) 

 a succession of areolar spaces. C, Sigmoid. 

 Sigmoid . 

 Cavo-valgus (ha'-vo-val'-gus) \cavus, hollow; va 

 bow legged]. Cavus combined with valgus. See Club- 



Cavum [ka'-vum) [L.]. Any hollow or cavity, normal 

 or pathologic. C. dentis. See Dental Cavity, 



Cavus {ka'-vus) [L.]. i. A hollow; a cavity. 2. 

 falipes arcuatus; hollow-foot. 



Cayenne Pepper [ki'-en pepZ-er). See Capsicum. 



Cazenave's Lupus. See Diseases, Tabic of C. 

 Solution. An animal parasiticide used in derma 

 tology. It consists of iodid of sulphur, iodid oi 

 potassium, of each I ', drams, water 32 ounces. 



Cazeneuve's Test. See Tests, Tabic of. 



Ceanothus [se-an-o 1 '-thus) [xeavudoc, a kind of thistle]. 

 A genus of rhamnaceous shrubs, chiefly N. Amen 

 C. americanus, New Jersej tea, red root, is used in 

 domestic medicine as an astringent and alterative ; its 

 leaves are substituted for tea. Unof. 



Ceasma [se-az' '-mah) \_Kuiaua, a chip: //. , Ceasmata\ 

 A splinter; a fissured state. 



Ceasmic [se-az^mik) [utaaua, a chip]. Fissured; re- 

 maining in tlie primitive fissured state of the embryo. 

 See Teratism. 



Cebadilla {thev-ad-Bl' -yah) [Sp., "little barley"]. 

 '1 he seed of Asagrcca officinalis, or Schcenocaulon <■///, 1- 

 nale ; official in the B. I'., and important as the prin- 

 cipal source of the alkaloid veratrin. It is highly 

 poisonous. 



Cebocephalia {se-bo-sef-a* -le-ah) [ni/Jor, a kind of mon- 

 key ; />;<«;//,, the lead]. The condition of being 

 cebocephalic. 



Cebocephalic [se-bo-sef-al f -ik) [/c^oc, a kind of mon- 

 key; Mon'n,. the head]. Of the nature or appearance 

 of a cebocephalus. 



Cebocephalus {se-bo-sef -al-us) [ray/foe, a monke) ; 

 v^.head]. A variety of single autositic monsters 

 of the species cyclocephalus, in which there is entire 

 absence ol the nose, with, however, two orbital ca\ ities 

 and two eyes, although the interocular region i-- nar- 

 row and perfectly flat. 



Cecal [se / -kal) [ceecum, blind]. Relating to or of the 

 nature of the cecum; c;«cal. 



Cecitas [se f -sit-as) [I-]. Blindness. 



Cecitis (se-si'-tis) [ceecum, the cecum; crcr, inflamma 

 tion]. Inflammation of the cecum ; typhlitis, i/.t. 



Cecity (ses / -it-e) \ccscus, blind]. Blindness. 



Cecograph [se* '-ko-graf) \ceecus, blind; yp&Qeiv, to 

 write] A writing-machine for the use of the blind. 



Cecum [se / -kum) [ u . blind]. The huge blind 

 pouch or cul-de-sac in which the huge intestine 

 begins. 



Cecutiency [se-ku'-sh ire, to become blind]. 



I endency to, or the commencement of, blindness. 



Cedar [se'-dar) \cedru . cedar]. One of the genus of 

 coniferous trees, Cedrus. C. -apple, an excrescence 

 or gall produced upon the red cedar, Juniperus ?i>xi>i 

 iana, by the fungus called Gymnosporangium ma 

 pus. ( ledar galls are popularly este< med as an anthel- 

 mintic. I lose gr. viij— xviij, in powder. Unof. C- 

 Gum.the fragrant resin ,,f Callitris arborea, a conifer- 

 1 an tree. It is used in making plasters. 

 Unof. C. -wood Oil. See Cailcedra. 



