434 DADDS VETERINARY MEDICINE AND SURGERY. 



Carbonaceous — Containing carbon. 



Carminatives — Medicines which relieve pain by expelling wind fro» 



the bowels. 

 Cartilaginous — Composed of cartilage. 

 Cathartic — Loosening. 

 Cellular — Cell-like. 

 Cerebellum — The brain. 

 Cerebrum — The brain. 

 Chancrous — Cancerous. 

 Clinical — Relating to individual practice. 

 Coma — Stupor. 

 Comatose — Stupefied 

 Conjunctival Membrane — The membrane whioh lines the eyelids 



and covers the eyeball. 

 Cornea — Transparent coat of the eye. 

 Cranial — Pertaining to the skull. 

 Cranium — Skull. 

 Crucial — Shaped like a cross. 



Decarbonize — To purify by air. 



Diagnosis — The art of telling the naturo of diseases. 



Diaphoretics — Medicines which promote perspiration. 



Diathesis — Predisposition to certain diseases. 



Dietetics — Regulation of diet. 



Diuretics — Medicines which increase the flow of urine. 



Duct — Canal. 



Dynamic — Relating to the vital forces. 



Emollients — Substances used to reduce inflammations. 

 Emphysema — Distention by gas or wind of certain portions of the 



body. 

 Emunctories — Organs which carry off waste matters. 

 Encephalon — The brain. 

 Enema — Injection. 



Enzootic — Endemic diseases among animals. 

 Epizootic — Epidemic among animals. 

 Equilibrium — Balance. 

 Equine — Relating to the horse. 

 Etiology — The doctrine of the causes of disorders. 

 Excrementitious — Useless. 



Excretory — Relating to vessels which throw off useless matter. 

 Extravasation — Escape of a fluid of the body from its vessel into 



surrounding parts. 



