CATABOLIN 



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CATARACTOPIESIS 



which causes the development of approximate cells to 

 be harmonious with the primary structure. 



Catabolin, Catabolite (kat-ab'-o-lin, -lite) [nata, 

 down; ;3a?.AEiv, to throw]. Any product of catab- 

 olism. 



Cataclasis. (See Illus. Diet.) 2. See Catacleisis 

 (Illus. Diet.). 



Cataclysm {kat' '-ak-lizni) \Ka-cuC/Mafi6q, a deluge]. I. 

 An effusion. 2. A sudden shock. 



Catacoustics [kat-ah-koos'-tiks) [Kara, after ; anoveiv, 

 to hear]. The science of reflected sound. 



Catadicrotic {kat-ah-di-krot' '-ik). Having one or more 

 secondary expansions, as a pulse. 



Catadioptric {kat-ah-di-op'-trik) [nard, over against; 

 (ho~T/)p, a watchman]. Applied to optical instru- 

 ments which have the power of reflecting and refract- 

 ing light at the same time. 



Catadrome {k.it-ad'-ro-»te) [aaTarpexeiv, to run at or 

 over]. I. The onset of a disease. 2. The decline 

 of a disease. 



Catalase [hat'-al-dz). See Milk-catalase. 



Cataleptic. (See Illus. Diet.) 2. A person affected 

 with catalepsy. 



Cataleptize {kat-ah-lep> '-tiz) . To reduce to a state of 

 catalepsy. 



Cataleptoid (kat-ah-lep> '-(oid) [catalepsy ; euhc, like- 

 ness]. Like catalepsy. C. State, a condition due to 

 neuromuscular excitability a.id differing from true cata- 

 lepsy in that the limbs must be held in fixed attitudes 

 for a few seconds before they maintain themselves and 

 friction causes them to become limp. 



Cataleptolethargic [kat-ah-lep-to-leth-ar'-jik). Hav- 

 ing the nature of catalepsy and lethargy. 



Catalyst {kat'-al-ist). A substance having the power 

 to produce catalysis. 



Catalytic. (See Illus. Diet.) 3. A retrogressive 

 change. 



Catalyzer {kat-a-li'-zur). Any substance that accele- 

 rates chemical or physical processes which would occur 

 without them. [Ostwald.] 



Cataphonica (kat-ak-fon' '-ik-ah) [/card, after ; <$>6>vr], 

 sound]. Reflection of sound. 



Cataphonics [kat-a h-fon' -1 ks) [/cord, after ; <po>v?j, 

 sound]. That branch of physics treating of reflected 

 sounds. 



Cataphoresis. (See Illus. Diet.) C, Anemic, the 

 application of cataphoresis upon a part from which the 

 blood-supply has previously been cut off by an 

 Esmarch bandage or a rubber ring. [Jacoby.] C, 

 Static, a method of introducing into the body gaseous 

 medicaments that have been inclosed within a bell-jar 

 or tube into which enters a brush electrode connected 

 with the positive pole of an influence machine. 



Cataphoria {hat-ah-fo'-re-ah). See Kataphoria. 



Cataphoric. (See Illus. Diet.) 2. Relating to leth- 

 argy or to a]K)plexy. 



Cataplasis. (See Illus. Diet.) 2. The application of 

 a plaster or coating. 



Cataract. (See Illus. Diet.) C, Adherent, opacity 

 of the lens, due to disturbed nutrition, in which it is 

 attached by exudates to the adjacent parts as in cy- 

 clitis. C, Anterior Central, C, Anterior Polar. 

 See C, Polar (Illus. Diet.). C, Arborescent. See 

 C, Pigmented. C, Aridosiliquose, an overripe 

 cataract with a dry, wrinkled capsule. C, Axial. 

 See C, Nuclear. C., Calcareous, one marked by a 

 deposit of calcium carbonate and a little calcium phos- 

 phate. C, Capsulolenticular, one involving both 

 the capsule and the BUDttaOCe of the lens. C, 

 Caseous, an overripe cataract in which the lens mat- 

 ter has undergone cheesy degeneration. C, Central. 

 See C, Nuclear. C, Chalky. See C, Aridosili- 



quose. C, Cheesy. See C, Caseous. C, Choles- 

 terin, a form of capsulolenticular cataract containing 

 what are supposed to be crystals of cholesterin em- 

 bedded in the lens. C, Complicated, one attended 

 by some other intraocular lesion. C, Concussion, a 

 soft cataract due to an explosion or some other concus- 

 sion. C, Crystalline. See C, Lenticular. C, 

 Cystic. See C, Morgagnian (Illus. Diet.). C, 

 Fibrinous, a false cataract consisting of an effusion of 

 plastic lymph on the capsule and into the field of 

 vision. C, Fibroid, a false cataract consisting of an 

 opacity in the axis of the visual rays though not in the 

 lens. C, Glycosuric. See C, Diabetic (Illus. 

 Diet.). C, Grumous, a spurious cataract from hem- 

 orrhage into the cornea or into the vitreous. C, 

 Gypseous, an overripe cataract presenting a white 

 appearance from having undergone degeneration. C, 

 Hard, a hard grayish opacity of the whole lens. C, 

 Hyaloid, a spurious cataract attributed to opacity of 

 the anterior part of the vitreous. C, Hypermature, 

 an overripe cataract. C, Incipient, forked linear 

 opacities in the equatorial region of the lens seen in 

 middle-aged persons and sometimes remaining un- 

 changed for years. Syn., Arcus senilis lenlis ; Ger- 

 ontoxon lentis. C, Inflammatory, one due to intra- 

 ocular inflammation. C, Interstitial. See C, 

 Lenticular. C, Laminar, C, Laminated. See 

 C, Lamellar (Illus. Diet.). C, Lenticular, one 

 occurring in the lens proper. C, Lymph, C, 

 Lymphatic. See C, Morgagnian (Illus. Diet.). 

 C, Membranous, a fibrinous deposit from the iris 

 upon the capsule which becomes opaque. C, Milky, 

 a soft cataract with very white opacity. C, Mixed, 

 one which ultimately affects the whole lens, but begins 

 as a cortical opacity in sharply demarcated streaks or 

 triangular patches. C, Myeline, one containing a 

 semitransparent, yellowish, friable substance. C, 

 Nuclear, one of moderate extent beginning in the nu- 

 cleus. C, Overripe, one which has undergone 

 degenerative changes. C, Perinuclear. See C, 

 Lamellar (Illus. Diet.). C, Pigmented, C, Pig- 

 mentous, a spurious cataract due to an injury by 

 which the pigment from the posterior surface of the 

 iris has been detached, resulting in a tree-like appear- 

 ance. C, Primary, C, Primitive, one independent 

 of any other lesion of the eye. C, Pseudomem- 

 branous, a condition marked by white spots on the 

 lens due to iritis. C, Punctated, a form of cortical 

 cataract marked by a great number of small dots. C, 

 Pupillary, congenital synizesis. C, Regressive, 

 one that tends to disappear. C, Shaking. See C, 

 Tremulous. C, Siliculose-, C, Siliquose. See 

 C, Aridosiliquose. C, Solid. See C, Hard. C, 

 Spontaneous, one not dependent upon some other 

 lesion or disease. C, Stellate, an immature cataract 

 so called because of the radiate character of the 

 opacity. C, Stony, one that has undergone degen- 

 eration and become of stony hardness. C., Tremu- 

 lous, C, Vacillating, one associated with laceration 

 of the zonule of Zinn, causing trembling of the iris 

 and of the cataract on movement of the eyeball. C, 

 True, lenticular cataract. 



Cataracta. (See Illus. Diet.) C. accreta, an adher- 

 ent cataract. C. acquisita, C. adventitia, one not 

 1 -ongenital. C. adnata, a congenital cataract. C. 

 argentea. See Cataract, Cholesterin. C. brunes- 

 cens. See Cataract, Black (Illus. Diet.). C. den- 

 dritica, a pigmented cataract C. lentis, a lenticular 

 cataract. C. lentis centralis, a nuclear cataract. C. 

 natans, C. natatilis. See Cataract, 'I'remulous. 



Cataractopiesis (kat-a-rak-topi-c'-sis). See Couching 

 (Illus. Diet.). 





