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condition in which the patient lies with op 

 but unconscious and delirious. This i- occasionally 

 met with in typhoid ami typhus fevers, and in deli- 

 rium t! 



Comanic Acid See 



Comatose J. In a con- 



dlti : il.i 



Combination • to com 



bine]. or uniting; chemic 



union. C.-back, in the mi . the lens system 



tive farl »m tin- o omposed 



.ln.l a l.i concave of 

 and two bi convex glasses. 

 C. -front, in the mi . the lens system nearest 



th 

 Combustion [ ombur re, to burn up], 



ilion, attended with tin- liberation 

 beat and sometimes of light It i- loosely used as a 

 f inflammation. C, Spontaneous, that 

 do from chemic chang -. such a- tin- spon- 



• >r shoddy in woolen 

 mi etc. C, Spontaneous Human, the 



if the body without the external 

 ■f heat 

 Comedo a glutton : //. , Comedones'] . 



. Grub-worms; lUack-heads. A chronic dis- 

 aceous glands characterized by yellow- 

 ish ..r whitish pin-point and pin head sized elevations, 

 in their center exposed blackish points. 

 Th und usually on the face, back of the neck, 



chest, and back, and are often associated with acne. 

 is a rule in the young. Occasionally a 

 . the /' folliculorum, a small mite, is 



found in each comedo. 

 Comenic Acid [ho-men / -ii). See Acid. 

 Comes [ko f -tnH) [L.://., Comiies\. A companion, as 



■ r nerve to an artery. 

 Comfrey [kum'-fre) [ME., cumfirie\ The root of 

 tiphytum officinale, a demulcent, slightly astringent 

 i tonic drug. It is a common ingredient of domes- 

 tic cough-mixtun - 1 lose of the decoction indefinite; 

 of the fid. ext JJj-ij. Unof. 

 Comma-bacillus [kom'-ah-bas-il'-us). See Bacteria, 



.' ible of. 

 Commensal [kom-en' -sal) \com, together; mensa, 

 •■]. In biology, the harmonious living together of 

 two animals or plants. One of two Mich organisms. 

 Commi [i(6fifu, a gum]. Any gum; the 



pur| un-resin of Exccecaria cochinchinensis, a 



In lo-china. 

 Comminution ■ m-in-u'-shun) \comminutio ; com- 

 »!>■: in pieces]. The process by which a 



1 body is reduced to pieces of varying sizes. It 

 udes the various operations of cutting, raspmg, 

 . slicing, pulverizing, levigating, triturating, 

 aulating, etc. See, also, Fracture, 



Commissure, Commissura {kom'-is-&r, kom-is-u f - 



> unite], A joining or uniting 



C, Anterior [of third ventricle) , a rounded 



fibers pla< .-1 in front of the anti 



if the fornix. It perforates the corpus Striatum 



ids out into the sub-,tance of 



the roof of the descending horns 



he lat' C.. Anterior White 



I iting tin- posterior 



I of the aterior median 

 C, Gray • ), the transi 



ng the crescentic masses 



■ h half of tli- spinal i ord. C. 



:orpus mi. C, Middle, a band 



•tic thalami. and 



miiuous with tin- gray matter lining the anterior 

 part of the third ventricle. C, Optic, the union and 

 crossing ol tin- two optic nerves in front of the tuber 

 cinereum. C, Posterior {of third ventricle), a flattened 

 white band connecting the optic thalami posteriorly. 

 C, Posterior White [of spinal cm ■■ | . • > band of libers 

 separating the gray commissure from the bottom of 

 tin- posterior median fissure. Commissura brevis, 

 a portion of the inferior vermiform process of the 

 cerebellum, situated in the incisure posterior. C. 

 simplex, a small lobe on the upper surface of the 

 cerebellum near the incisure posterior. 



Common [komf-un) [communis, common]. Belonging 

 or pertaining to all. Prostitute. C. Black. See 

 Pigmt nts, Conspectus of. 



Commotio [kom-o , -sh(-d) [I-]. A commotion or 

 shock. C. cerebri. Synonym of Shock. C. retinae, 

 the name given to those cases in which a depreciation, 

 or perhaps an entire loss of vision, follows a blow 

 on or near the eye. It can be explained as the 

 result of insensibility due to the same changes in the 

 retina as occur in the central organ of patients 

 suffering from concussion of the brain. 



Communicans { /--ow- u' - u i k-a n s)\_L.~\. Communicating. 

 C. noni. See Nerves, Tabic of. 



Communication [kom-wnik-a' '-shun) [communicare, to 

 communicate], i. The transference of a contagium 

 from one person to another. 2. The channel between 

 two or more parts. C. -plate, in biology, a perforated 

 diaphragm between the zooids of a composite actin- 

 ozoon (the " Rosettenplatte " of Reichert, and the 

 Communication-pore of Smith) by means of which 

 communication is maintained between all the cells in a 

 colony and between all the compartments of the stolon 

 in I'olyzoa. C.-pore. See C. -plate. 



Commutator [kom' -u-ta-tor\ \_commutare , to exchange]. 

 An instrument for automatically interrupting or revers- 

 ing the flow of an electric current, making and break- 

 ing it with desired frequency. See Electric. 



Comose (ko'-mos) [coma, hair]. Having much hair. 



Compass Plant [hum' '-pas plant). See Rosin Wed. 



Compatibility [kom-pat-ib-U' '-it-e) [compati, to suffer 

 with]. The property of being compatible ; suscepti- 

 bility (as of different medicines) of being exhibited in 

 the same solution with no loss of the desired effect, and 

 without change in constitution. 



Compensating {kom'-pen-sa-ting) \compensare, to com- 

 pensate]. Making amends for. C. Ocular. See Oc- 

 ular. C. Operation, in ophthalmology, tenotomy of 

 the associated antagonist in cases of diplopia from 

 paresis of one of the ocular muscles. 



Complaisance, Operations of [kom-pla-zongs* '). See 

 E led ion . 



Complanate [kom'-plan-at) [complanatus, to make 

 plane or level]. In biology, flattened. 



Complemental ( hom-ple-men f -tal) \complementum, 

 that which completes or fills up]. Supplying a defi 

 ciency. In biology, forming a complement to a 

 female. C. Air. See Air. C. Male, one of such 

 supernumerary males as those cirripedia [Ibid) that 

 lie within the sac of the female. 



Complementary [hom-ple-men' '-ter-e) \complementare, 

 to lill up; to complete]. Complemental. C. Colors. 

 See Mid Pigment, 



Completely Born [kom-plitf -le born). As employed in 

 legal medicine, this expression implies that the child 

 must be in the world in all its parts, i. e. , completely 

 external to the mother. It does not imply that the pla- 

 centa lias been separated or the cord divided. 



Complexus [kom-plek ■■' us) \complexus, complex]. The 

 totality of symptoms, phenomena, or signs of a morbid 

 mdition. C. Muscle. See Mu ;, , Tabl 



