COLICA 



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COLLODION 



C, West Indian. Synonym of C, Lead. C, 

 Zinc, a form of colic due to chronic zinc-poisoning. 



Colica (kol'-ik-ah) [L.]. Colic. C.pictonum (liter- 

 ally, colic of the people of Poitou), lead-colic. Paint- 

 ers' Colic. See Colic, Lead. C. pituitosa. Syno- 

 nym of Enteritis, Pseudo-membranous. C. scorto- 

 rum, a pain in the pelvis of youthful prostitutes, symp- 

 tomatic of the ovarian disease that results from their 

 unnatural sexual relations. It is due probably to a 

 pyosalpinx. 



Colicodynia (kol-ik-o-din' -e-ah). Pain in the large 

 intestine. 



Colicoplegia [kol-ik-o-ple f -je-ah) [nG)?uK6g, pertaining to 

 the colon ; i:\r)yr}, a stroke]. Paralysis of the intes- 

 tines. Also a synonym of Lead-colic. 



Colitis (ko-li'-tis) [aoAov, the large intestine ; trig, in- 

 flammation]. Inflammation of the colon. See also 

 Dysentery. C, Mucous. See Enteritis, Pseudo- 

 membranous. C, Pellicular. A synonym of Mem- 

 branous Enteritis. 



Collagen (kol' -aj-en) \ji6XKa, glue ; yevvaeiv, to pro- 

 duce]. A substance existing in various tissues of the 

 body, especially bone and cartilage ; it is converted 

 into gelatin by boiling. 



Collapse {kol-aps') \collabere, to fall together] . Extreme 

 depression and prostration from failure of nervous 

 force, as in cholera, shock, hemorrhage, etc. C. of 

 Lung, return of a portion or the whole of a lung to 

 its fetal or airless condition from some mechanical 

 hindrance to the entrance of air. It is characterized 

 by dyspnea, with more or less cyanosis, and is mainly 

 encountered in broncho-pneumonia. C, Parturient, 

 parturient apoplexy ; vitular or vitulary fever ; puer- 

 peral fever in cows. 



Collapsing (kol-aps' -ing) \collabere, to fall together]. 

 Suddenly breaking down. C. Pulse. See Cor- 

 rio'an's Pulse. 



Collapsus (kol-aps' -us~) [L.]. Collapse. C. corneae, 

 entire collapse of the cornea. 



Collar (kol'-ar) [ME. , coler\. Something worn about 

 the neck. C, Adjusting, in microscopes, a ring or 

 collar acting on a screw to increase or decrease the 

 distance between the systems of lenses of an objective. 

 C.-bone. See Clavicle. C.-cell, in biology, a 

 flagellate cell having the base of the flagellum sur- 

 rounded by a collar-like extension of the cell-wall. 

 C. -crown, in dentistry, an artificial crown, to be en- 

 grafted on a natural root, attached to which is a gold 

 collar which encircles the exposed portion of the root, 

 and is soldered to the lining or backing that holds the 

 dowel, or to the dowel by means of a disc between the 

 base of the artificial crown and the natural root. 



Collateral {kol-at'-er-al ) \_con, together ; lateralis, of 

 the side]. I. Accessory or secondary; not direct or 

 immediate. 2. One of the first branches of an axis 

 cylinder passing at right angles. 



Collecting Tubes of the Kidney. A name given to 

 the ducts discharging into the calices of the kidneys. 



Collector (kol-ek> -tor) [collectare, to collect]. A de- 

 vice by which any number of cells may be taken from 

 or added to an electric current. 



Collenchyma (kol-eng' -kim-ah) [k6a7ui, glue ; iyxv/ia, 

 an infusion]. In biology, applied to a modified plant- 

 parenchyma in which the cells are thickened at the 

 angles, and swell in water to a glue-like mass. 



Collenchyme {kol-eng' -klm) \_n6'AAa, glue ; ey^vfia, an 

 infusion]. In biology, a colorless gelatinous matrix 

 in which are embedded the collencytes of sponges. 



Collencyte (kol'-en-sll) [aoAAa, glue ; iv, in ; kvtoq, 

 cell]. In biology, the branched connective-tissue 

 cells embedded in the collenchyme of sponges. 



Colles' Fascia. The deep layer of the perineal 



fascia. It is attached to the base of the triangular 

 ligament, to the anterior lips of the rami of the pubes 

 and ischia laterally, and anteriorly it is continuous 

 with the fascia of the scrotum. C. Fracture. 

 Fracture, and Diseases, Table of. C. Law. 

 Law. C. Ligament. See Ligament. C. Opera- 

 tion. See Operations, Table of. 



Collet (kol'-et) [Fr. ; collum, the neck]. A neck or 

 collar. A term applied by some writers on dental 

 anatomy to the neck of a tooth. 



Colleterium (kol-et-e' '-re-um) [KoAArjrog, glued to- 

 gether]. In biology, a gland in certain insects that 

 secretes a viscid substance for gluing the ova together. 



Colletic (kol-et'-ik) [KoAArjrtKog ; k6a?m, glue]. G 

 promoting surgical union in wounds. 



Colletocystophore (ko-let-o- sis' -to-for) [_Ko/.'Ar)r//c, one 

 who glues; avorig, bladder; cpepeiv, to bear]. In 

 biology, marginal bodies found in lucernarian hydro- 

 zoans. 



Colliculus (kol-ik' -u-lus) [dim. of collis, hill: //., 

 Colliculi']. Any eminence of the cerebral paritte?. 

 The colliculi are the caudatum, hippocamp, calcar, 

 collateral eminence, occipital eminence, and amyg- 

 daline eminence. 



Collidin (kol'-id-in) [k6a?m, glue], C 8 H n N. A name 

 given to Nencki's ptomaine-base, isomeric but not 

 identical with aldehyd-collidin. The ptomain 

 obtained from pancreas and gelatin allowed to putrefy 

 together in water. Its constitution is still unknown. 

 The free base is oily, and possesses a peculiar, agree- 

 able odor. Nencki believed it an aromatic base. Its 

 physiologic action appears to be doubtful, but an 

 isomer of it discovered in ox-blood fibrin and in 

 putrefied jelly-fish has a poisonous effect resembling 

 that of curara. Frogs poisoned by the isomer emit 

 an orange-flower odor. Nencki's collidin is isomeric 

 with collidin obtained from coal-tar. 



Collier's Lung. Synonym of Anthracosis. 



Collilongus [kol-e-long'-gus) [collum, neck ; / 

 long]. The muscle called longus colli. See Muscles 



Collimator {kol' -im-a-tor) [collimare, to aim at]. The 

 receiving telescope of a spectroscope. 



Collin's Black, C 6 H 5 N. A name for Anilin Black, 

 employed in staining microscopic sections. 



Collinsonia {kol-in-so' '-ne-ah) [after Peter Collinson, an 

 English gentleman]. A genus of labiate herbs. C. 

 canadensis (stone-root, heal-all), is a coarse plant 

 with a disagreeable smell ; it has useful tonic, diuretic, 

 and diaphoretic properties. Dose gr. xv-lx in decoc- 

 tion ; of the fluid extract tt\x-3J; of the tincture 

 (i in io) gss-ij. 



Collinsonin (kol-in-so' -nin) \_Collinsonia~\. A precipitate 

 from the tincture of the root of Collinsonia canac 

 It is tonic, diaphoretic, resolvent, and diuretic. EB 

 2 to 4 grains. Unof. 



Colliquation {kol-ik-wa' -shun) [con, together ; liq 

 to melt]. The liquefaction or breaking down 

 tissue or organ. 



Colliquative {kol-ik' -wa-tiv) [con, together; / 

 to melt]. Exhausting; enfeebling; copiously pro 

 fuse or excessive; marked by excessive fluid 

 charge. C. Diarrhea, a profuse watery dianlu a. C. 

 Necrosis, a high degree of inflammatory | 

 the tissues, with active movement of tin' leu< 

 toward the central focus and rapid breaking dowBW 

 the tissues, forming an abscess-cavity. C. Sweat, a 

 profuse, clammy sweat. 



Collocystis (kol-'o-sis'-tis) [k6a?m, glue ; m 

 A gelatin capsule to facilitate the swallowing 

 drug. 



Collodion (kol-o'-de-on) [koaacjStjc, glue-like]. 

 Pyroxylin . 



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