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Causticum (kaws' -tik-um). See Caustic. 



Cauter (kaw'-ter) [navri/p, a burner]. A searing-iron or 

 cautery-iron ; any caustic application. 



Cauterant (kaw'-ter-ant)[KavT7)p, a burner]. I. Caustic ; 

 escharotic. 2. Any caustic substance ; a caustic. 



Cauterism (kaw'-ter-izm). See Cauterization. 



Cauterization (kazu-ter-iz-a' -shun) [navrT/pia^eiv, to 

 cauterize]. The surgical application of a cautery; 

 the effect of such application. 



Cauterize (kaw' -ter-lz) [navTTjpia^eiv, to cauterize]. 

 To sear or burn with a cautery or a caustic 



Cautery (kaw'-ter-e) [navTTjpiov ; aakiv, to burn]. 

 Primarily, the term was applied to caustics, but more 

 frequently now to the platinum-wire heated by an 

 electric current, or the hot iron, for counter-irritation, 

 removal of tissue, etc. C, Actual, the white-hot 

 iron. C. Button, iron heated in hot water. C, 

 Corrigan's. See Button. C, Dento-Electric, 

 consists of a looped wire, held by set-screws, in con- 

 tact with metal conductors that pass through a hard- 

 rubber handle. The battery wires are coupled to two 

 terminals. This appliance is held in the hand like a 

 pencil in writing, and the current is closed by pressing 

 a spring with the forefinger, when the resistance 

 of the loop of wire causes it to become heated. It 

 is employed for obtunding sensitive dentine. C, Gal- 

 vanic, a platinum wire heated by electricity. C, Gas, 

 cauterization by a stream of burning gas directed upon 

 the part. C, Paquelin's, or C, Thermo-, a hol- 

 low platinum point kept at £. uniform temperature by 

 a current of benzene vapor. C, Potential, or C, 

 Virtual, the application of caustic substances. 



Cava (ka'-vah) [L. : //., Caves], A vena cava. 



Caval (ka'-val) [cava, a hollow]. Relating to a vena 

 cava. 



Cavalry Bone (kav 1 '-al-re don). A bony deposit in 

 the adductor muscles of the thigh. 



Cavernoma (kav-ern-o' -ma) [caverna, a cavern; b/ia, 

 a tumor]. A cavernous tumor ; a cavernous angioma. 



Cavernous (kav' -ern-us) \_caverna, a cave]. Having 

 cave-like spaces or hollow places. C. Bodies, the 

 corpora cavernosa of the penis. C. Breathing, the 

 reverberating or hollow sound of bronchial breathing 

 in dilated or abnormal bronchi. C. Groove, the 

 carotid groove. C. Plexus. See Plexus. C. Rale. 

 See C. Breathing. C. Sinus, situated at the side of 

 the body of the sphenoid. C. Tissue, erectile tissue. 

 C.Tumor. See. Angioma. C. Whisper, whispering 

 resonance in auscultation, modified by transmission 

 through a cavity. C. Voice. See Pectoriloquy. 



Cavernula Tentacularis. In biology, a subumbral 

 tentacle-funnel, surrounding the base of each tentacle 

 in many Cubomedusez and Peromedusa. 



Cavernulae Subumbrales. In biology, niches of the 

 subumbral cavity in Afeduscz. 



Caviar, or Caviare (kav-e-ar') [Fr.]. The salted hard 

 roe of the sturgeon and other large fish. 



Cavicorn (kav' '-ik-orn) [cavus, hollow ; cornu, horn]. 

 In biology, having hollow horns ; or a hollow-horned 

 ruminant. 



Cavitary (kav'-it-a-rc) [cavitarius, hollow] . Hollow ; 

 applied to any nematode worm ; any intestinal worm 

 that has a body-cavity ; a worm that is not anenterous. 



Cavitas (kav'-it-as) [L.J. A hollow. C. cochleata. 

 See Duct, Spinal. C. pulpae, the pulp-cavity of a 

 tooth. See Dental Cavity. 



Cavity (kav'-it-c) [cavitas, from cavus, hollow]. Any 

 hollow, normal or pathologic. Among the normal 

 cavities are the abdominal, arachnoid, axial, buccal, 

 cranial, frontal, nasal, pelvic, pleural, thoracic, ven- 

 tricular, etc. ; among the abnormal are pulmonary and 

 dental cavities. C. -plate, a term applied in mechan- 



ical dentistry to a metallic base for artificial teeth, so 

 constructed as to have one or more vacant spaces be- 

 tween it and the gums, which, when applied, and the air 

 exhausted, contributes very greatly to the firmness of 

 its adhesion. C, Preperitoneal, a name given by 

 Retzius to the loose and yielding subperitoneal tissue 

 in front of the bladder, under the supposition that it 

 could be inflated. It is not a true cavity, but merely 

 a succession of areolar spaces. C, Sigmoid. See 

 Sigmoid . 



Cavo-valgus (ka'-vo-val'-gus) [cavus, hollow ; valgus, 

 bow-legged]. Cavus combined with valgus. See Club- 

 foot. 



Cavum (ka'-vum) [L.]. Any hollow or cavity, normal 

 or pathologic. C. dentis. See Dental Cavity. 



Cavus (ka'-vus) [L.]. I. A hollow; a cavity. 2. 

 Talipes arcuatus ; hollow-foot. 



Cayenne Pepper (ki'-en pep'-er). See Capsicum. 



Cazenave's Lupus. See Diseases, Table of. C. 

 Solution. An animal parasiticide used in derma- 

 tology. It consists of iodid of sulphur, iodid of 

 potassium, of each \y 2 drams, water 32 ounces. 



Cazeneuve's Test. See Tests, Table of. 



Ceanothus (se-an-o' -thus) [nedvuOoq, a kind of thistle]. 

 A genus of rhamnaceous shrubs, chiefly N. American. 

 C. americanus, New Jersey tea, red root, is used in 

 domestic medicine as an astringent and alterative ; its 

 leaves are substituted for tea. Unof. 



Ceasma (se-az'-mah) [neaafia, a chip: //. , CeasmataX. 

 A splinter ; a fissured state. 



Ceasmic (se-az'-mik) [neaow, a chip]. Fissured; re- 

 maining in the primitive fissured state of the embryo. 

 See Teratism. 



Cebadilla (thev-ad-el'-yah) [Sp., "little barley"]. 

 The seed of Asagreva officinalis, or Schainocaulon offici- 

 nale ; official in the B. P., and important as the prin- 

 cipal source of the alkaloid veratrin. It is highly 

 poisonous. 



Cebocephalia (se-bo-sef-a 1 '-le-ah) [ktj^oc, a kind of mon- 

 key ; Ketyali], the head]. The condition. of being, 

 cebocephalic. 



Cebocephalic (se-bo-sefal' '-ik) [nTj[io$, a kind of mon- 

 key; Ketyahi] , the head]. Of the nature or appearance 

 of a cebocephalus. 



Cebocephalus (se-bo-sef-al-us) [ktj^oq, a monkey ; 

 netya'kT], head]. A variety of single autositic monsters 

 of the species cyclocephalus, in which there is entire 

 absence of the nose, with, however, two orbital cavities 

 and two eyes, although the interocular region is nar- 

 row and perfectly flat. 



Cecal (se'-kal) [ccecum, blind]. Relating to or of the 

 nature of the cecum; csecal. 



Cecitas (se' '-sit-as) [L.]. Blindness. 



Cecitis (se-si'-tis) [ceccum, the cecum ; trtr , inflamma- 

 tion]. Inflammation of the cecum ; typhlitis, q.v. 



Cecity (ses'-it-e) [cczcus, blind]. Blindness. 



Cecograph (se'-ko-graf) [ccccus, blind ; ypd<j>eiv, to 

 write]. A writing-machine for the use of the blind. 



Cecum (se'-kum) [cczcus, blind]. The large blind 

 pouch or cul-de-sac in which the large intestine 

 begins. 



Cecutiency (se-ku'-sheh-se) [caculire, to become blind]. 

 Tendency to, or the commencement of, blindness. 



Cedar (se'-dar) [cedrus, cedar]. One of the genus of 

 coniferous trees, Cedrus. C. -apple, an excresi 

 or gall produced upon the red cedar, Junipcrus virgin' 

 iana, by the fungus called Gymnosporangium man-o- 

 pus. Cedar-galls are popularly esteemed as an anthel- 

 mintic. Dose gr. viij-xviij, in powder. Unof. C- 

 Gum,the fragrant resin of Callitris arborea, a conifer- 

 ous South African tree. It is used in making plasters. 

 Unof. C.-wood Oil. See Cailcedra. 



