BUTYROUS 



B. parkii, the shea tree, bambuc or but- 

 iree, a species of the African tropics, furnishes 

 bambuc butter (</. r-.j from its fatty seeds. 



. rous ' '...''-/ -..' . See Butyraceous. 

 atyryl buf-ir-il). C 6 H 7 . A hypothetic radicle of 

 butyric acid, 

 axinidin (buk-sin f -id-in). An alkaloid obtained with 



a from the bark of Buxus sempennrens. 

 schorcho. The Russian name for the poisonous 



r Galeodes araneoides. 

 nedestin [bin-e-des'-tiii) \_3ivtj, malt; hfcoroc, 

 blel. A globulin obtained from malt. 



' -lit) [ 3i !•//, malt]. I. A proteid, insoluble 

 water, found in malt. 2. A proprietary liquid ex- 

 :t of malt made in England. B., Amara, a com- 



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bination of bynin (2) with the phosphates of iron, 



quinin, and strychnin. 

 Bynocascada (bin-o-kas-kad / -ah). A proprietarv 



preparation consisting of liquid malt, cascara sagrada, 



and frangula. Dose, as an aperient, y% fluid ounce ; 



as a laxative, I fluid dram. 

 Bynol (bin'-ol). A combination of malt extract and 



cod-liver oil. 

 Byrolin (bir'-ol-in). A combination of boric acid, 



glycerin, and lanolin, used in skin diseases. 

 Byssal (bis'-al). Relating to byssus. 

 Byssoid (bis'-oid). Consisting of a filamentous fringe 



of which the strands are of unequal length. 

 Byssophthisis (bis-o-liV-is). See Byssinosis (Illus. 



Diet. j. 



(ka-bal'\ [Ar., kabala, tradition]. A pretended 

 of medicine, carried out by the agency of super- 

 d powers ; the cabalistic art. 



itic Theory. That all the events of life and all 

 henomena of nature proceed from influences which 

 devils, or the stars exercised on the "archetype" 

 it is, on the essential spirit or substance. [Park.] 

 le {kab'-al-en\ [«; 3a'/'/i,<:, a horse]. Relating 

 used for horses ; applied to a variety of aloes. 



Pallet. A shovel-shaped instrument consist- 



>f two plates of perforated silver, jointed and 



able on each other; it is used to seize the extrem- 



: the nasal probe in Mejean's operation for lacri- 



jraal fistula. 



:icabay. The name for lepra in the Antilles. 



• caerometer {kak-a-er-om'-e-tur) [mikoc, bad; ai/p, 



, measure]. An apparatus for determining 

 'he impurity of the air. 



xia [pi., cachexia, cachexias]. (See Illus. Diet.) 



Z.. Alcoholic, the disordered condition of health due 



use of alcohol. C, Alkaline, that due to alka- 



of the blood. C. aquosa. (See Illus. Diet.) 



V torm of cachexia observed in cattle and sheep, 



ed to be caused by a species of Distoma. C, 



Arsenical, chronic arsenical poisoning. C, Can- 



us, C. canceratica, C, Carcinomatous, a con- 



n marked by weakness, emaciation, and a muddy 



j >r brownish complexion, due to carcinomatous disease. 



diathesis. C, Cardiac, a condition 



mbling chlorosis with blueness of the mucosa, 



rved in subjects of chronic heart-disease. C. cel- 



sae hydatigena. See Measles (2) (Illus. Diet.). 



Chlorotic, chlorosis. C, Drunkard's. See C, 



C. exophthalmica. exophthalmic goiter. 



- mtumescentia, that accompanied by swelling of 



ie part. C, Lead, the disordered condition due 



plumbism. C. Lymphaticosplenic. See 



noma (Illus. Diet.). C, Malarial, C, 



Malarious, C, Marsh. See under Malarial (Illus. 



j IJ ict. i. C. mercurialis, a cachectic condition caused 



< >y continued use of mercury. Syn., Mercurial diathe- 



C. Miners'. See Uncinariasis. C, Osteal, 



profound cachexia seen in children and accompanied 



>y painful swelling of one of the long bones, with 



• 'ematinuria or extravasation of blood into a tissue, and 



Iten by rachitic phenomena. C. ovium hydropica. 

 « Rot\\i) (Ill us . Diet.). C, Paludal. See Ma- 





larial Cachexia (Illus. Diet.). C, Periosteal. See 

 C, Osteal. C, Saturnine. See C, Lead. C, 

 Splenic, C. splenica et lymphatica, C. splenico- 

 lymphatica, C. splenetica. See Lymphadenoma 

 (Illus. Diet.). C, Strumous, that due to scrofula or 

 causing its development. C, Suprarenal, Addison's 

 disease. C, Tuberculous, the disordered condition 

 preceding the development of tuberculosis. C. uteri, 

 C. uterina, leukorrhea. C. venerea, syphilis. C. 

 venosa. See Venosity (Illus. Diet.). C. vermin- 

 osa, C, Verminous, that due to intestinal worms. 

 C. virginum, chlorosis. 



Cachibou. See under Bursera gummifera, L. 



Cacillana Bark (kas-il-an'-ah). See Coccillana (Illus. 

 Diet. . 



Cacochymic. (See Illus. Diet.) 2. One affected with 

 cacochymia. 



Cacodiacol [kak-o-di'-ak-ol). Guaiacol cacodylate. 



Cacodylate (kafc-od'-il-dt). A salt of cacodylic acid. 



Cacoethes. (See Illus. Diet.) 2. A malignant 

 ulcer. 



Cacoethic {kak-o-eth' -ik) \kclk6c, bad; kdoc, habit]. 

 Malignant. 



Cacopharyngia {kak-o-far-in'-je-ah) [k<ik6c, bad ; <j>ap- 

 -. the pharynx]. Gangrene of the pharynx. 



Cacoplasia (kak-o-pla'-se-ah) [kokoc, bad; Tr'/.aaceiv, 

 to form]. The formation of diseased structures. 



Cacopneumonia {kak-o-mi-mo'-ne-ah) [k(ik6c, bad; 

 pneumonia]. Gangrene of the lung. 



Cacopraxis (kah-o-praks' -is). See Cacopragia (Illus. 

 Diet. . 



Cacosplanchnia {kak-o-splangk , -ne-ah) [«Htff, bad; 

 c-'/ii] yia, the viscera]. A diseased condition of the 

 digestive tract and consequent emaciation. 



Cacothesis [kak-oth'-es-is) [kokoc, bad ; Oiaic, a plac- 

 ing]. A faulty position of a part or of the entire 

 organism. 



Cacotrichia (kak-o-trik , -e-ah) [kokoc, bad; fipii, hair]. 

 A diseased condition of the hair. 



Cactin I kak'-tin\. 1. An acrid resinous glucosid obtained 

 from Cereus grandi/lorus. 2. A red coloring-matter 

 obtained from the fruit of Cereus variabilis, Pfeiff., and 

 other species. 



Cacur [kak'-ur'). A small gourd, the fmit of Cucumis 

 tnyriocarpus, which is used in an unripe state as an 

 emetic by the Kaffirs. Twenty grains of the fresh, 

 pulp produces in man nausea and slight purgation. 



