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Canthus. [Gr. Kanthos, the " angle of the eye."] The angle formed by the 



junction of the eyelids, the internal being the greater, the external the 



lesser, canthus. 

 Cap'illary. [From the Lat. capillus, "hair."] A minutely fine vessel, 



resembling a hair in size. 

 Car'bon. An elementary body, one of the principal elements of organized 



bodies. 



Carbon'ic Acid, C0 2 . An acid gaseous product. 

 Carot'ids. [Perhaps from the Gr. karos, " stupor," because pressing on them 



produces stupor.] The great arteries conveying blood to the head. 

 Ca'sein. [From the Lat. caseus, "cheese."] The albumin of milk; the 



curd separated from milk by the addition of rennet, constituting the 



basis of cheese. 

 Caud'a Equi'na. [Lat.] " Horse-tail." A term applied to the termination 



of the spinal cord, which gives off a large number of nerves which, when 



unravelled, resemble a horse's tail. 

 Cell'ulose. Basis of vegetable fibre. 

 Cerebellum. [Dim. of Lat. cerebrum, the " brain."] The hinder and lower 



part of the brain ; the little brain. 



Cer'ebrum. [Lat. the "brain."] Chief portion of brain. 

 Ceru'minous. [From the Lat. cerumen, " ear-wax."] A term applied to the 



glands secreting cerumen, ear-wax. 

 Chon'drin. [From the Gr. chondros, "cartilage."] A kind of gelatin 



obtained by boiling cartilage. 

 Chor'dae Tendin'eae. [Lat.] Tendinous cords. 



Cho'roid. [From the Gr. chorion, " skin," and eidos, " form " or " resem- 

 blance."] A skin-like membrane : the second coat of the eye. 

 Chyle. [From the Gr. kylos, " juice."] Milky fluid of intestinal digestion. 

 Chyme. [From the Gr. kymos, "juice."] Food that has undergone gastric 



but not intestinal digestion. (Both chyle and chyme signify literally 



liquid or juice.) 

 Cica'trix. [Lat. a " scar."] The mark or scar left after the healing of a 



wound. 



Cil'ia. [Lat. the " eyelashes."] Hair-like processes of certain cells. 

 Cil'iary. Pertaining to the cilia. 

 Cil'iated. Provided with cilia. 

 Circumval'late. [From the Lat. circumvallo, "to surround with a wall."] 



Surrounded by a wall. 

 Clav'icle. [From the dim. of Lat. clavis, a " key."] The collar-bone, so 



named from its shape. 

 Coc'cyx. [Lat. the "cuckoo."] The lower curved bone of the spine, 



resembling a cuckoo's bill in shape. 

 Cocb/lea. [Lat. a "snail," a "snail-shell"; hence, anything spiral.] A 



term applied to a cavity of the internal ear. 

 Cce'liac. [From the Gr. koilos, "hollow."] Pertaining to the abdominal 



cavity. 

 Co'lon. [Gr. kolonJ] That portion of the large intestine which extends 



from the caecum to the rectum. 



