1248 CYCLOPKDTA OF T.TVF STOCK AND COMPLFTE STOCK DOCTOR. 



Cai'mmatives — Warming, stimulant, aromatic medicines, used in colic 



ana wind. 

 Carotid Canal — A canal in the temporal l)one, through which the carotid 



artery, and also some nervous tilaments pass. 

 Cartilage — Gristle ; the substance covering the ends of l)ones, moving and 



working upon each other, 

 Caseine — The nitrogenized constituent of milk. Blood fibrin and all)u- 



men is identical in composition. 

 Castrate — To geld, emasculate, deprive of the testicles. 

 Cataplasm — A poultice, either medicated or not. Tt sometimes takes 



name from the special agent employed, as si/iapism, a mustard 



poultice. 

 Catafrh — A co/d attended with running of the nose. 

 Cataract — An opacity of the crystaline lens of the eye, causing partial or 



total blindness. 

 Cathartic — Purgative medicine, used for freely opening the bowels. 

 Catheter — An instrument used for drawnig the water from the bladder, 



and for other purposes. 

 Caustic — Any l)urn;ng agent, as potash, nitrate of silver. To cauterize 



is to burn, generally applied to the use of the hot n-on in diseases. 

 Cavity — A depression, as the cavity of a- wound. 

 Cellular tissue — The membrane or tissue which invests every fiber of the 



body, composed of minute cells communicating with each other, and 



which serve as reservoirs of fat. 

 Cephalic — Pertaining to the head. 

 Cerebral — ^Peitaining to the brain. 

 Cervical — The neck ; belonging to the neck. 



Characteristic — A symptom of character. Characterize, to distinguish. 

 Chalybeate — Containing iron. Any medicine of which iron forms a part. 

 Chemical — Relating to chemistry. 

 Chemistry — The science which investigatesthe composition of substances, 



and the changes of constitution produced by thdr mutual action. 

 Chii-urgical — Belonging to surgical art. 

 Cholagogue — Medicines tr) Increase the secretion of the bile. 

 Cholechloride — A medicine which increases the evacuation of the bile. 



Chole, the bile. 

 Chondritis — Inflammation of cartilage. 

 Choroiditis — Inflammation of the choroid coat of the eye. 

 Chronic — A lingering, long-standing disease, succeeding the acute stage. 



A seated, permi nent disease. 

 Chyle — The milky liquid, as taken from the food during digestion, and 



prepared from the chyme, and ready to be absorbed by the lacteal 



vessels before being poured fortU into the blood. 



