COPODYSCINESIA 328 COPYOPIA 



TABLE OF CONVOLUTIONS OR GYRI OF THE CEREBRUM.— Continued. 



Copodyscinesia (kop-o-dis-in-e' '-ze-ah\ \k6koc, toil, 

 fatigue ; dv<; , hard ; nivrjoir, motion] . Difficult or 

 faulty motion due to constant repetition of the same 

 act. Lewis's term for the so-called Fatigue-diseases. 



Copopsia (ko-pop'-se-ah). See Copiopia. 



Copos (kop'-os) [k6tzoc, fatigue]. I. Lassitude; exhaus- 

 tion after illness. 2. Cramp in the calves of the legs. 



Copper (kop'-er) [ME., coper, copper]. Cuprum. A 

 reddish-brown metal not used in medicine in its metallic 

 form, but represented by several salts. The latter are 

 gastro-intestinal irritants, producing nausea and emesis. 

 See Elements, Table of. C. acetate, Cu (C 2 H 3 2 ) 2 , 

 verdigris, used in pulmonary diseases, and as a lotion in 

 skin-diseases. Dose gr. y^j-J. C. aceto-arsenite, 

 Paris Green, used as a pigment and an insecticide. 

 C. ammoniate, unof. , ammonium carbonate 3, cop- 

 per sulphate 4 parts. Useful in chorea, hysteria, etc. 

 Dose gr. ]/e-'}. C. arsenite, a salt valuable in intes- 

 tinal diseases. Dose gr. T fo. C. nitrate (B. P.), 

 Cu (N0 3 )3H 2 0, is used for the same purposes as the 

 sulphate. C. sulphate, CuS0 4> 5H 2 0, soluble in 

 water, valuable as an emetic. Dose, as an emetic, 

 gr. ij-v, as a tonic, gr. }i-}4- C. Amalgam, a 

 metallic filling- material composed of chemically pure 

 copper and redistilled mercury. C.-colic. See Colic. 

 C. -glass. Same as Egyptian Blue. C.-green. Same 

 as Malachite-green. C. Indigo. Same as Oil Blue. 

 C. Lazulite. Same as Azurite. C.-nose. Synonym 

 of Acne rosacea. C, Potassio-tartrate Sol., 

 Fehling's solution, unof., copper sulphate gr. 70, 

 distilled water TT\, 400 ; also dissolve Rochelle salt, 

 gr. 488, in water Ttv 1600 ; when required, mix and 

 add water to make TTV 2720. Used as a test for glucose. 



Copperas (kop'-er-as) \_cupri rosa, rose of copper (?) ]. 

 A common name for ferrous sulphate. See Ferrum. 

 C- black. See Pigments, Conspectus of. 



Coppice-bark (kop'-is-bark). See Oak-bark. 



Copra (kop'-rah) [Hind.]. The dried and crushed 

 kernel of the cocoa-nut, from which cocoa-oil is ex- 

 pressed. 



Copragogue (kop'-rag-og) [ndnpoc, dung ; ayuydr , 

 leading]. A remedy to carry off feces; a purgative. 



Copremesis (kop-rem' '-es-is) [Kdnpoc;, dung ; ejieai^, 

 vomiting]. The vomiting of fecal matter. 



Copremia (kop-re'-me-ah) [ ndirpor, dung; ahm, 

 blood]. A form of general blood-poisoning arising 



from absorption of unduly retained feces. This con 

 dition is occasionally met with in chronic constipation 

 The symptoms are anemia, sallow complexion, ano 

 rexia, frontal headache, vertigo, nausea, flatulence 

 thirst, lithemia, fetid breath, lassitude, hypochondri 

 asis, and irritability of temper. 



Copremic (kop-rem' '-ik) [Koirpoc, dung ; efteaig, vom 

 king]. Relating to or affected with copremia. 



Coproctic (kop-rok'-tik) \_Kotrpoq, feces]. Relating 

 to feces ; fecal. 



Coproecholalia (kop-ro-ek-o-la' -le-ah) [/«$7rpof, filth 

 ^w, an echo ; Aa/aa, a babbling]. The mechanica 

 and purposeless utterance of obscene words by th< 

 insane. 



Coprolalia ( kop-ro-la' '-le-ah ) [n6npo<;, filth ; 



speech]. The use of filthy and offensive language a 

 a manifestation of disease. See Habit-spasm. 



Coprolith (kop'-ro-lith) [ndirpoc, dung ; AtOor, stone] 

 A hard mass of fecal matter in the bowels. 



Coprophagous (kop-roff' '-ag-us) [ndrcpoc, dung; <j> 

 eat]. In biology, applied to dung-feeding beetles. 



Coprophagy (kop-roff ' -a-je) [noTrpoq, dung; 



to eat] . The eating of ordure ; a symptom some 

 times seen in insane and hysterical patients. 



Coprophilous (kop-roff' -it-US') \_n6npoc, dung ; 

 loving]. In biology, fond of feeding or growing upoi 

 dung. 



Coprorrhea (kop-ror-e'-ah) [adirpoc, dung; pi 

 flow]. Synonym of Diarrhea. 



Coprostasia (kop-ro-sta'-se-ah). See Coprostasis. 



Coprostasis (kop-ros' -tas-is) [Koitpoq, dung ; trr 

 standing] . The accumulation of fecal matter ; arre- 

 of the onward movement of fecal matters. 



Coptin (kop' -tin) \k6ttthv, to cut]. A colorles; 

 loid of Goldthread. See Coptis 



Coptis (kop'-tis) [k6v:tsiv, to cut]. Goldthread 

 root of C. trifolia, a simple bitter tonic resemblinf 

 quassia. It contains coptin, an alkaloid closely allii 

 to berberin. Dose gr. x-xxx. 



Copula (kop'-u-lah) [L., "a band " ]. 1. I 

 ula alba cerebri, an anterior commissure of the ceiv 

 brum. 2. A thin lamina joining the rostrum with th< 

 terma. 



Copulation (kop-u-la'-shuti) [copularc, to couple] 

 act of sexual intercourse. 



Copyopia (kop-e-o' -pe-ah) . See Copiopia. 



