CLINOCEPHALIA 



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CLUBBED FINGERS 



Clinocephalia {kli-no-sef-a' -le-ah) \_kaIvj], bed ; KEfyakh, 

 head]. Abnormal flatness of the top of the head. 



Clinocephalous {kli-no-sef '-al-us) [jOdvri, bed : KE<j>a?tf, 

 head]. Having the top of the head abnormally 

 flat. 



Clinodactylous {kli-no-dak' -til-us) [kHveiv, to flex or 

 lie; ddnrvlog, finger]. Pertaining to an abnormal 

 flexure, deviation or curvature of the fingers or toes. 



Clinoid {kli'-noid) \_iikivrj, a bed ; eMoc, likeness]. Re- 

 sembling a bed ; applied to sundry bony structures of 

 the body, as the clinoid processes, plate, walls, etc. 



Clinostat {kli f -no-stal) [kaiveiv, to incline ; crardg, 

 placed]. An apparatus for regulating the exposure of 

 plants to the sunlight. 



Clip {klip). See Compressor. 



Clire, or Clyers {kli'-er, or kli f -erz) [E. dial.]. Tuber- 

 culous disease of cattle. See Kernels. 



Cliseometer {klis-e-om'-et-er) [_K?uaig, inclination ; 

 fiE-pov, a measure]. An instrument for measuring the 

 degree of inclination of the pelvic axis. 



Clistocarpous {klis-to-kar' '-pus) [nAsiordg, that can be 

 closed ; Kapwdg, fruit]. In biology, having a closed 

 capsule, as certain mosses. 



Clithrophobia {klith-ro-fo'-be-ah). Same as Cleithro- 

 phobia. 



Clitoralgia (klit-or-aV-je-ah) [KAEiropig, the clitoris; 

 akyog, pain]. Pain referred to the clitoris. 



Clitoridectomy {klit-or-id-ek' -to-me) \Kkzvropiq, clitoris ; 

 EKTOfir/, excision]. Excision of the clitoris. 



Clitoris {klif -or-is) [nAsiropig, clitoris] . The homologue 

 in the female of the penis, attached by two crura or 

 branches to the ischio-pubic rami, which meet in front 

 of the pubic joint to form the body, or corpus. The 

 so-called "gland" is such only in appearance and 

 name. C. Crises, paroxysms of sexual excitement in 

 women suffering from tabes. 



Clitorism {klif -or-izm) \KkEiropig, the clitoris]. I. En- 

 largement or hypertrophy of the clitoris. 2. Tribadism. 



Clitoritis {klit-or-f -tis) [KAEiropig, clitoris ; iTig, inflam- 

 mation]. Inflammation of the clitoris. 



Clitorotomy {klit-or-of -o-me). Incision of the clitoris. 



Clitorrhagia {klit-or-a' -je-ah) \jOiEiTopig, clitoris ; 

 prjyvvvai, to burst] . Hemorrhage from the clitoris. 



Clivus {kli'-vus) [L,., aslope]. Aslope. C. Ossis, or 

 C. of Blumenbach, the slanting surface of the body 

 of the sphenoid between the dorsum sellse and the 

 basi-occipital. 



Cloaca {klo-a' -kah) [cloaca, a sewer] . I . In early fetal 

 life, the common orifice of the intestine and the allan- 

 tois. 2. In surgery, the long canal of escape of pus 

 from a necrotic sequestrum. 3. In biology, the cham- 

 ber into which open the large intestine and urogenital 

 ducts of birds, amphibians and monotremata. 



Cloacal {klo-a' '-kal) [cloaca, a sewer]. Pertaining to or 

 serving as a cloaca. 



Clonic {klon'-ik) \11k6vog, commotion]. Applied to 

 convulsive and spasmodic conditions of muscles in 

 which alternate contractions and relaxations occur in- 

 voluntarily. 



Clonici {klon'-is-i) [L.]. Diseases marked by clonic 

 spasm. 



Clonism, Clonismus {klo'-nizm, klo-niz' -mus) \Kl6vog, 

 commotion]. A clonic spasm; clonospasm. 



Clonospasm {klon'-o-spazm) \_KA6vog, commotion ; 

 a-rraa/idg, a spasm]. A clonic spasm. 



Clonus {klo'-nus) \jik6vog, commotion]. Involuntary, 

 reflex, irregular contractions of muscles when put sud- 

 denly upon the stretch. According to the part stimu- 

 lated, the phenomenon is spoken of as ankle, foot, 

 rectus, or wrist C. , etc. See Reflexes, Table of. It is 

 a valuable diagnostic sign in certain lesions of the 

 spinal cord. Cathodal closure clonus, and Catho- 



dal opening clonus, etc. See Contraction. See 

 Ankle C. , Wrist C. , etc. 



Clopemania {klo-pe-ma' -ne-a/i) [kaotttj, robbery ; fiavia, 

 mania]. See Kleptomania. 



Cloquet, Angle of. See Angle. C, Canal of. S>:e 

 Canals, and Hyaloid Artery. C, Fascia of, the sep- 

 tum crurale, q. v. C, Ganglion of. See Ganglia, 

 Table of. C, Hernia of. See Hernia, and Diseases, 

 Table of . C, Needle Test of. See Death, Signs oj 

 C, Operation of. See Operations, Table of. C, 

 Pseudoganglion of. See Pseudoganglion. 



Closing Tetanus {klo'-zing tef-an-us). See Galvano- 

 tonus. 



Clostridial {klos-trid' -e-al) [nAuori/p, a spindle]. Re- 

 ferring to spindle-shaped bacilli and especially to the 

 agent of the butyric acid fermentation. 



Clostridium {klos-trid' -e-um) [kIuottjp, a spindle: pi., 

 Clostridia"] . A genus of bacteria, differing from bacilli 

 in the fact that their spores are formed in character- 

 istically enlarged rods. See Bacillus butyricus, under 

 Bacteria. 



Closure {klo'-zur) \_clausura, a closing]. The act of 

 completing or closing an electric circuit. According 

 as a closure is anodal or cathodal, its effects may so 

 differ as to give it a marked significance in diag- 

 nosis. 



Clot {klot) [ME., clot, a round mass]. A coagulum, 

 especially that of blood ; a crassamentum. See Throm- 

 bus, Embolism. White clots are formed of the pure 

 fibrin of white corpuscles and of blood-plaques. If the 

 white clot has become slightly stained with red blood- 

 cells, it becomes yellowish {chicken-fat clot) ; if it be 

 red and soft, it is a currant-jelly clot. Stratified clots 

 contain layers of more than one variety. C, Distal, 

 a clot formed in a vessel beyond the seat of ligature. 

 C. -districts, the small divisions into which a clot is 

 broken by the dissemination through it of the fibro- 

 blastic plasma-corpuscles. C, Proximal, the clot 

 formed in a vessel above the seat of ligature. 



Clotbur {klof- or klot' -bur). The leaves of Xanthium 

 strumarium, much used as a domestic remedy for bites 

 of poisonous insects and venomous serpents. Also an 

 active styptic. Dose of the fluid extract 3 j-ij . Unof. 

 See also Spiny Clotbur. 



Clottage of the Ureters. An operation proposed in 

 case of hematuria from a kidney hopelessly crushed 

 or with advanced carcinoma. The procedure coi 

 in blocking or corking up the ureter with a clot. 



Cloudberry {klowd'-ber-e). The leaves of Rubut ch 

 mamorus, used in Russia as a diuretic. Di 

 a cupful of boiling water. Unof. 



Cloudy Swelling. Parenchymatous degeneration ; ; 

 swelling up of the elements of a tissue by imbibition 

 or accretion, a form of hypertrophy with a tenden 

 degeneration. 



Clove {klov). See Caryophyllus. C. -hitch Knot..! 

 form of double-knot in which two successive 

 made close to one another on the same piece ol 

 or bandage, a half-twist being given to the jum : 

 each loop at the time of making it. See Knot. 



Clover's Gas and Ether Inhaler. See Anesthi 



Clownism {klown' -izm) [ME., cloune\ Charcot 

 term for that stage of hystero-epilepsy in which 

 is an emotional display and a remarkable series oi con 

 tortions or cataleptic poses. 



Club {klub) [ME., club, a club]. In biologj 



ending of an antenna. C.-foot. See Talipes. C- 

 hand, a deformity of the hand similar to that of clu!> 

 foot. 



Clubbed Fingers {klubd fmg'-gcrz). Knobbed dtWM 

 mity of the finger-ends, with curvature of the 

 seen in some cases of pulmonary and cardial di 



