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Carcass, the animal body. 



Carped, gathered up ; rounded. 



Contact, lying or coming together. 



Cartilag-e, gristle ; a smooth white substance covering the ends 



of bones moving or working on each other, as in joints, etc. 

 Castrate, to deprive uf the seeds or testicles. 

 Catheter, an instrument to draw off the water, urine, etc. 

 Cathartic, medicines which n)Ove the bowels ; a physic. 

 Cauterize, to burn the flesh with medicine or a hot iron. 

 Caustic, a medicine which burns or destroys the flesB, when 



touched with it. 

 CaTlty, a hollow, low, or open space. , 



Celehrity, distinction ; greatness ; famousness. 

 Cellular Tissue, the tissue that joins the skin to the body, and 



unites the parts or fibres of the muscles, and in which the fat 



is deposited. 

 Chaff, a name given to cut feed, hay, straw, etc. 

 Characteristic, a symptom of character ; a disposition of, or a 



natural and general instinct. 

 Characterize, to distinguish. 

 Chemical, relating to chemistry. 

 Chronic, a lingering disease, after the acute stage. 

 Circumference, the distance around anything. 

 Circumscribed, marked around, limited. 

 Cleft, a notch ; a division ; a furrow. 



Coag'ulate, to clot or thicken like blood, or become like jelly. 

 Coa^ulable Lymph, albumen, (which see.) 

 Co-exist, to be or exist together. 

 Coliesion, sticking to ; sticking together. 

 Coliort, a large number. 

 Combustion, burning. 

 Component, entering into as a part. 



Concave, a hollow or cupped surface; the opposite of convex. 

 Conception, the act of getting with young, after service by the male. 

 Condition, in good plight ; fleshy. 



Congestion, the clogging of the blood in the parts, lungs, etc. 

 Constituting, forming ; making up. 



Contagious, catching ; infectious diseases are contagious. 

 Contraction, drawing up ; narrowing. 

 Contrast, a difference of color, shade, or form, etc. 

 Convex, oval or rounding; the opposite of concave. 

 Copious, plentiful, abundant. 



Coronet, the upper part of the hoof, where it joins the skin. 

 Corroborate, to agree in giving evidence, or proof. 

 Cranium, the skull. 



