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which show a peculiar whorl-like and very regular 

 arrangement of the chromophilic material. C, Wal- 

 deyer's. See Plasma-cell (Illus. Diet.). C, Walk- 

 er's, the element of a Walker's batten - . C.-wall, the 

 membrane surrounding a cell. C, Wander. See 

 Wandering Oil (Illus. Diet.). C.s, Wedl's Vesic- 

 ular, large vesicular cells commonly found in the crys- 

 talline lens in cases of cataract, especially the senile and 

 diabetic varieties. C, Whip, a cell furnished with 

 flagellas. C, Zinc-carbon, a galvanic cell in which 

 zinc and carbon are the two elements employed. C, 

 Zinc-copper, a galvanic cell in which zinc and copper 

 are the elements emploved. 



Cella. (See Illus. Diet.) C, turcica. See Sella 

 tunica (Illus. Diet). C. of Wilder, the central 

 portion of the paracele (lateral ventricle) into which 

 opens the porta (foramen of Monro) and from which 

 the three cornua extend, in as many directions. Syn., 

 C. media. 



Cellulic (sel'-u-li&). Relating to cells; derived from 

 cell- walls by action of acids or alkalis. 



Cellulicidal (sel-u-lis'-id-al) [cellula, a little cell; 

 ciedere, to kill]. Destructive to cells. 



Cellulifugal (sel-u-lif'-u-gil) [cellula, a little cell ; 

 e, to flee], i. Pertaining to the transmission of 

 impulses from a nerve-cell. 2. The conducting path 

 of the nerve-process of a neuron. 



Cellulifugally {sel-u-lif ' -u-gal-e ). Tending away from 

 the cell- 



Cellulipetal {sel-u-lif?-e-tal) [cellula, a little cell; 

 petere, to seek]. 1. Relating to the transmission of 

 impulses toward a nerve-cell. 2. The conducting path 

 of the dendrites of a neuron. 



Callulipetally {sel-tt-lijr '-e-tal-e). Tending toward the 

 cell. 



Cellulitis. (See Illus. Diet. ) Syn., Ethmyphytis. C, 

 Ischiorectal, inflammation of the cellular tissue lying 

 below the anal levator muscle or anal fascia. C, 

 Pneumococcous, that due to the invasion of pneumo- 

 cocci. 



Celluloadipose (sel-u-lo-ad'-e-poz). Relating to loose 

 connective tissue containing fat cells. 



Cellulocutaneous (sel-u-lo-ku-ta'-ne-us) [celluli, a 

 little cell ; cutis, skin]. Relating to cellular tissue 

 and the skin. 



Cellulofibrinous (sel-u-lo-Ji'-brin-m). Both cellular 

 and fibrinous. 



Cellulosa ysel-u-lt/sah) [L.]. A cellular coat. C. 

 chorioideae, the external layer of the choroid coat of 

 the eye. 



Cellulosity {sel-u-los'-e-te). The condition of being 

 cellular. 



Celomate. Ccelomate (se^-lo-ma'). Furnished with a 

 celonia ; having a body-cavity distinct from the digestive 

 canal. 



Celosis, Ccelosis. (See Illus. Diet.) C, Endocytic, 

 the formation of a cavity within a cell. C, Paracytic, 

 the formation of a cavity between cells. 



Celosomus (se-lo-so / -mus) [/J/?.n, a hernia ; ouua, the 

 body]. A monster with fissure or absence of the 

 sternum and hernia of the thoracic or abdominal organ. 



Cementation (se-men-ta'-shun) [cementum, cement]. 

 I. A process of causing a chemic change in a substance 

 by surrounding it with the powder of other substances 

 and exposing the whole to red heat in a closed vessel 

 for a length of time. 2. In biology, the concrescence 

 of hyph.Te. 



Cementinification {se-men-tin-e-fik-a' -shun). The for- 

 mation of cementum about the dental root. 



Cementum {.se-ment'-um). A layer of bone developed 

 by ossification of the dental follicle over the root of the 

 tooth. It differs from ordinary bone by the greater 



number of Sharpey's fibers in it. Its development 

 begins on the milk-teeth during the fifth month. 

 [Mi not.] 



Cenadelphus, Ccenadelphus (sen-a-del'-fus) [mmwSc, 

 common; ath'/.ooc, a brother]. A double monster 

 with the halves equally developed or having one or 

 more vital organs in common. 



Cenencephalocele [sen-en-sef-al'-o-sel) [kivoc, empty; 

 ji'/oc. brain; Ki;'/.r h tumor]. A protrusion of pure 

 brain substance through a cranial fissure. 



Cenesthesia, Cenaesthesia (sen-es-tAe f -ze-ah) [kcwjc, 

 destitute ; aiattr/Gta, perception]. Hysteric loss of 

 consciousness of identity. 



Cenesthetic, Ccenesthetic {sen-es-thef-ik* [koivoc, com- 

 mon ; aiadijoic, feeling]. Relating to cenesthesis. 



Cenogenesis, Cenogeny (Haeckel). See Ainogene- 

 sis (Illus. Diet). 



Cenophobia. See Kenophobia (Illus. Diet.). 



Cenotic. (See Illus. Diet.) 2. A drastic drug or 

 agent. 3. Ccenotic [/awvdnyc, community]. Applied 

 to fungi having many fruiting filaments arising from the 

 same point on the rhizopod and connected above. 



Center. (See Illus. Diet) C, Abdominal. See 

 C, Epigastric. C, Acoustic. 1. See C, Auditory 

 (Illus. Diet). 2. The centers of origin of the acous- 

 tic nerve. C. Anovesical, one in the spinal cord 

 near the point of origin of the third and fourth sacral 

 nerves. Incontinence of urine and feces is due to 

 paralysis of this center. C, Arm, the cortical center 

 controlling the movement of the arm, supposed to be 

 in the cortex occupying the middle third of the anterior 

 and posterior central gyri as well as the base of the 

 superior and middle frontal gyri. C.s of Arrest. See 

 C.s of Moderation. C, Arrest (of the heart). See 

 C, Cardioinhibitory (Illus. Diet). C, Articulate 

 Language, the speech-coordinating center, which is 

 supposed to include Broca's gyrus, the anterior gyri of 

 the insula, the intervening cortical area, the supramar- 

 ginal gyrus, the first temporal gyrus, and the angular 

 gyrus. C, Association, the center controlling 

 associated movements. C, Bernard's. See C, 

 Diabetic (Illus. Diet). C, Budge's. 1. The cilio- 

 spinal center in the cervical spinal cord. 2. See Cen- 

 trum anospinale (Illus. Diet). C, Cardiac. 1. One 

 in the lower cervical and upper dorsal portions of the 

 spinal cord which controls the movements of the 

 heart. 2. That portion of the oblongata embracing 

 the cardioaccelerating and cardioinhibitory centers. 

 C, Cardioaccelerator, that of the spinal cord which 

 through the cardiac nerves and plexus sends impulses 

 to the heart, causing it to beat more rapidly. These 

 impulses are not constantly emitted, as are the inhib- 

 itory impulses which travel by the pneumogastric. 

 [Raymond.] C, Cerebral Inspiratory, one said to 

 exist in the thalamus, which by direct stimulation 

 causes deeper and more rapid inspirations. C, Cere- 

 brospinal, the cerebrospinal axis. C, Color, a cen- 

 ter for perception of colors, said to be situated in the 

 occipital cortex anterior to the apical region. C, Co- 

 ordinating, the cerebellum, the ganglions at the base of 

 the brain, and in some degree the cinerea of the spinal 

 cord, are regarded as controlling coordination. C, 

 Cortical, the parts of the cerebral cortex concerned 

 in motor, sensory, and psychic functions. C, Defe- 

 cation. See C, Anospinal (Illus Diet.). C, Deg- 

 lutition. See C. Swallowing (Illus. Diet).' C, 

 Deputy, a secondary ganglion-cell in the spinal cord ; 

 also a nucleus of one of the cranial nerves. C, 

 Dilation. See C, Ciliospinal (Illus. Diet). C, 

 Dominating Sweat, one in the medulla, stimulation 

 of which in the cat was found by Adamkiewicz to 

 produce copious perspiration in the extremities. C, 



