CCELOSTOMIA 



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Ccelostomia (se-lo-slo' '-me-ah). See Celostomia. 



Ccelumbrella (sel-um-brel' -ah) [noi'Aoc , hollow ; um- 

 brella, the disc of acalephs]. In biology, the con- 

 cave surface of the gelatinous umbrella of Medusa. 



Ccenenchyma (se-neng' -kim-ah) \_kolv6q, common ; 

 ky^e'iv, to infuse]. In biology, the calcined tissue 

 common to the several polyps of a compound Acti- 

 nozoon. 



Ccenesthesis (sen-es-the'-sis). See Cenesthesis. 



Ccenobium (se-no'-be-um) \_koiv6$, common ; /3/oc, life]. 

 In biology, a composite zoophyte or any colony of 

 independent cells held together by a common invest- 

 ment. 



Ccenoblast (se' '-no-blast) [/cotvoc, common ; /3?„acT<5c, a 

 germ]. In biology, the primitive germinal layer, 

 giving rise to the endoderm and mesoderm. 



Ccencecium (se-ne / -se-um) \_KOLv6q , common ; erkoc a 

 dwelling]. In biology, the common dermal system 

 of a polyzoan colony. The polypidom of Johnson. 



Ccenosarc (se' '-no-sark) [kolv6^, common; ca/jf, flesh]. 

 In biology, Allman's term for the "common living 

 basis by which several polyps in a composite zoo- 

 phyte are connected with one another." 



Ccenosteum (se-nos' -le-uni) \koiv6c, common ; bareop, 

 bone]. In biology, the calcareous ectoderm of hy- 

 drocorallines. 



Coenotype (se' -no-tip) [ kolv6c, common ; tvtzoc, type]. 

 The fundamental type-form of a group. 



Ccenurus (se-nur'-us) [/cowoc, common; ovpa, tail]. 

 The larva of Taenia ccenurus, Kiichenmeister, pro- 

 ducing the disease of sheep called staggers. See also 

 Alternations of Generation. C. cerebralis, a many- 

 headed hydatid found mainly in the brain and spinal 

 canal of the ox and sheep (mostly in young animals). 

 Occasionally it has been discovered in the muscles of 

 man. It is now known to be the larva of the tape- 

 worm, Tania ccenurus. See Parasites (Animal), 

 Table of. 



Cceroulignone (se-ru-lig' '-non) \_caruleus, blue ; lig- 

 num, wood], C, 6 H 16 6 . Cedriret; a derivative of 

 hexa-oxidi-phenyi. It separates as a violet powder 

 when crude wood-spirit is purified on a large scale 

 by means of potassium chromate. It is insoluble in the 

 ordinary solvents, and is precipitated in fine, steel-blue 

 needles, from its phenol solution, by alcohol or ether. 



Coffee (kof'-e). See Caffea. C.-bean, Kentucky, 

 the popular name for Gymnocladus canadensis. C- 

 ground Vomit, the material ejected by emesis in 

 carcinoma and ulceration of the stomach and other 

 gastric conditions. It consists of blood and other 

 contents of the stomach changed by the action of the 

 gastric juice. C. -tree, Kentucky. See Chicot. 



Coffeinism (kof'-e-in-izm) \caffea, coffee]. Excessive 

 habitual use of coffee, or the state of ill-health that 

 results from it. 



Coffer Dam, Barnum's. See Rubber Dam. 



Coffeurin (kofe-u'-rin) \cajffea, coffee; ovpov, urine]. 

 A principle said to sometimes be present in urine after 

 the free use of coffee as a beverage or medicine. The 

 urine then has the odor of coffee, and its color is red, 

 brownish, or deep-brown. 



Coffin (kof'-in) \k6$ivqc, a basket]. I. A case in- 

 tended to hold the dead body. 2. In farriery, the 

 hollow portion of a horse's hoof. C. -birth, post- 

 mortem expulsion of the fetus. C.-bone, the last or 

 distal phalanx of a hone's foot. 



Cofnnism (kof'-in-izm) [after Dr. Coffin, who advo- 

 cated it]. A variety of quackery or professed system 

 of medical practice. It resembles so-called Thom- 

 sonianism. 



Cogged Breath-sound. Cog wheel respiration or 

 breathing. See Cog-wheel Sound. 



Cogwheel Breathing or Respiration. See Cogwheel 

 Sound and Breath-sounds. C. Sound, a pathologic 

 sound sometimes heard in auscultation of the 

 due to interruptions in the accession of air to a pan ; 

 this gives the sound an intermitting character. 

 Breath - Sounds. 



Cohabitation (ko-hab-it-a' '-shun) \_con, together; 

 habitare, to dwell]. The living together of a man 

 and woman, with or without legal marriage. Sexual 

 connection. 



Cohen's Method. A method of inducing premature 

 labor. It consists in injecting fluid into the uterine 

 cavity between the uterine wall and the ovum 

 Treatment, Methods of. 



Cohesion (ko-he f -zhun) \cohcerere , to stick together]. 

 The force whereby molecules of matter adhere to 

 each other. The "attraction of aggregation." 



Cohn's Fluid. A fluid culture-medium. It is com- 

 posed of potassium phosphate, o. I gm. ; magnesium 

 sulphate, o. I gm.; tricalcic phosphate, 0.01 gm ; 

 tilled water, 20 gm. ; ammonium tartrate, 0.2 gm. 



Cohnheim's Areas. See Area. C. Fields. See 

 helm's Areas. C. Frog. See Salt-frog. C. Method, 

 a method of staining tissues. See Stains, Table of. 

 C. Theory, a theory as to the origin of tumoi 

 satisfactory hypothesis, namely, to the effect that all 

 true tumors are due to faulty embryonal development. 

 The embryonal cells do not undergo the norma! 

 changes, are displaced, or are superfluous. When 

 the favorable conditions are presented later in life 

 they take on growth, with the formation of tumors of 

 various kinds. 



Cohnstein' s Operation. See Operations, Table of. 



Cohobation (ko-ho-ba' -shun) \cohobare, to redistil]. 

 1. Redistillation. 2. Recurrence of disease. 



Cohosh (ko'-hosh) [Am. Ind.]. A name given to 

 several medicinal plants. C, Black. See Cimu 

 C, Blue. See Caulophyllum. 



Coil (koil) \_colligere, to gather together]. Rings f 

 by winding, as a wire. C. -gland. See Sweaty 

 C, Induction, rolls of wire in which an electric cur 

 rent is induced by the alternate opening and closii 

 a circuit. C, Leiter's. See Leiters Tubes. C, 

 Ruhmkorff, an induction-coil, or spark-coil. 



Coiling (koil'-ing) \colligere, to bind together]. Form- 

 ing into spirals or rings. C. of the Cord. See 



Coi'ndication (ko-in-de-ka' -shun) [con, with ; in 

 to indicate]. A concurrent indication ; a collateral 

 and confirmatory indication. Cf. Contraindication. 



Coin-test (koin'-test). See BaccellFs Sign, ami Bell 

 Sound. 



Coir (klr) [Tamil, kayartt, a rope]. See 

 fiber. 



Coiter's Corrugator. The corrugator supercilii. ! 

 Muscles, Table of. 



Coition (ko-ish'-un) [coire, to come together], 

 as Coitus. 



Coitus (ko'-it-us) [ coire, to come together]. The a 

 of sexual connection. Copulation. C. Disease, tht 

 venereal disease of the horse. C. reservatus. con 

 gressus interruptus ; incomplete copulation 

 complete performance of the sexual act ; onanism. 



Coix (ko'-iks) \_k6i$, an Egyptian variety of palm} 

 genus of coarse monecious grasses. C. lacrini. 1 

 old-world species of grass, having very lar^e ami !i 

 seeds, called Job's tears, from which beads arc IBM 

 which are worn as amulets, and are thought (<' •* 

 the process of dentition when bitten upon by - 

 teething children. The seeds are used loin' 

 lung-troubles and for dropsy. I not". 



Coke (kok) [origin uncertain]. The solid prod:: 

 the carbonization of coal. 



