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CHYLE 



distribution of diseases or of endemic diseases of some 

 region. 

 Chorosynclonus (ko-ro-sin' '-klo-nus). See Chorea 



Christopathy ( krist-op/ -ath-e). See Christian Science 



Chroatol (kro'-at-ol). C I0 H I6 .2HI. A greenish yel- 

 low crystalline substance obtained by action of turpen- 

 tine on iodin ; used in powder or ointment in treat- 

 ment of skin diseases. Syn., Ttrpiniodohydrate. 



Chromascope. See Chromatoscope (Illus. Diet.). 



Chromatelopsia, Chromatelopsis (kro-mat-e-lop'-se- 

 ah, -sis) [j/xJMfl, color; are'/ifi. imperfect; orptg, 

 vision]. Color blindness. 



Chromatics (kro mat'-iks) [xpupa, color]. The branch 

 of physics treating of color. 



Chromatidrosis. See Chrcmidrosis (Illus. Diet.). 



Chromatodermatosis. See Chromodermalosis (Illus. 

 Diet.). 



Chromatolysis kro-mat-ol f -is-is) \jxpuua, color ; /vote, 

 a loosing]. Flemming's term for the breaking down 

 of the nucleus at the death of the cell. Syn., Karyol- 



Chromatometer (kro-mal-om'-et-ur) [xpaua, color; 

 -or, a measure]. I. See Chromatoptometer (Illus. 

 Diet.*. 2. An instrument for measuring the intensity 

 of colors. 



Chromatometry (kro-mat-om' '-el-re). I. See Chromat- 

 optomctry (Illus. Diet.). 2. The estimation of the 

 coloring power of a substance. 



Chromatoplasm (kro-mat ' -o-plaxm) [xP^ua, color; 

 ■x/arrua, anything formed]. The substance of the 

 chromatoplasts as distinguished from the other cell- 

 substances, karyoplasm, cytoplasm, metaplasm, para- 

 plasm, etc. 



Chromatoplast (kro-mat' -o-plast). See Chromato- 

 phore (3) (Illus. Diet). 



Chromatoskiameter (kro-mat-o-ski-am' -et-ur) [xpoma, 

 color; aria, a shadow; uirpov, a measure]. Holm- 

 gren's apparatus for testing color sense, consisting of a 

 lamp and a white screen, on which is cast the shadow 

 of a pencil placed in front of different colored glasses. 

 A scale indicates when the shadows are of equal bright- 

 ness. 



Chromhydrosis. See Chromidrosis (Illus. Diet.). 



Chromic. (See Illus. Diet.) C. Anhydrid, chromium 

 trioxid. 



Chromism ikro'-mizm). Excessive or abnormal colora- 

 tion. 

 IChromite (kro'-mtt). I. A combination of chromium 

 sesquioxid with the oxid of some other metal. 2. Any 

 organic pigment. 



Chromium. (See Illus. Diet) C. and Potassium 

 Sulfate. See Chr, me-alum, in Table of Pigments 

 (Illus. Diet.). C. Trioxid, chromic acid. 



Chromoaromatic (kro-wo-ar-o-mat'-ik). Applied to 

 microorganisms that are colored and aromatic. 



Chromoblast (kro' -mo-blast). See Cromatophore (Illus. 

 Diet. . 



Chromocyte (kro'-mo-sit) [jfptjua, color; kvtoc , a cell]. 

 Any colored cell. 



Chromodiagnosis (kro-mo-di-ag-no' -sis) [\puua, color; 



diagnosis']. Sicard's term (iooi) to designate the 



osis of hemorrhages of the neuraxis by yellow 



loration of the cephalorachidian fluid ( xanthochro- 



ea due. according to Turner, to the normal lutein 



the serum. 



romogenic (kro-mo-jen'-ik) [^pwua, color; yewav, 



to produce]. Applied to pigment-producing bacteria. 



Chromolume (kro'-mo-lum) [xp&ua, color; lumen, 

 light]. An apparatus for the production of colored 

 rays for therapeutic purposes. C. Electro-arc, a 



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special device for solarization by means of the arc 

 light. 



Chromomere (kro* 'mo-mer) [xP*->. ua J color; ftepoc, a 

 part]. One of the minute granules composing the 

 chromosomes. Syn., Id. 



Chromometer (kro-mom'-et-i/r). See Chromatome- 

 ter (2). 



Chromometry (kro-mom' 'el-re). See Chromatometry (2). 



Chromoparic, Chromoparous (kro mop'-ar-ik, -us) 

 [l/>d;ua, color; parate, to furnish]. Excreting a 

 colored transformation-product which is diffused out 

 upon and into the surrounding medium. It is said of 

 certain bacteria. 



Chromophobic (kro-mo-fo'-bik) [\puua, color; ooioc, 

 fear]. Not stainable ; not readily absorbing color. Cf. 

 Chromophilous. 



Chromophoric, Chromophorous (kro-mof'-or-ik, kro- 

 mof'-or-us). Applied to chromogenic bacteria in 

 which the pigment is stored in the cell-protoplasm of 

 the organism. 



Chromophose (kro' -mo-foz) [xpufia, color; Owe, light]. 

 A subjective sensation of color. See Phose. 



Chromophyl (kro'-mo-fl) [jpwun, color; oi/./or, a 

 leaf]. A comprehensive term for the coloring-matter 

 of plant cells, including chlorophyl, xanthophyl, ery- 

 throphyl, cyanophyl, pheophyl, the various phyco- 

 chromes, etc. See Pigments, Table of. It may exist 

 in solution, in crystalline or amorphous form. See 

 Phytochrome ( Illus. Diet. ) . 



Chromoplasm (kro'-mo-plazm) [,Y/>wi/a, color; x/aofia, 

 anything formed]. The network of a nucleus, so 

 called because it stains readily. 



Chromoproteid (kro-mo-pro* -te-id) [^pwufl, color; 

 proteitf]. Any proteid capable of being broken up into 

 albumin and a coloring-matter. 



Chromoscope. See Chromatoscope (Illus. Diet.). 



Chromosochromic (kro-mo-so-kro / -mik). Containing 

 chromium both as a trivalent and a bivalent radicle. 



Chromosome. (See Illus. Diet) Syn., Karyomita. 

 C, Bivalent, one representing two chromosomes 

 joined end to end. Cf., C.s, Pseudoreduction of. C, 

 ' Plurivalent, one having the value of two or more 

 chromosomes. Cf., C.s, Pseudoreduction of. C.s, 

 Pseudoreduction of, apparent reduction of the num- 

 ber of chromosomes through increase of bivalent or 

 plurivalent chromosomes. C.s, Reduction of, the 

 halving of the number of chromosomes in the germ- 

 nuclei during maturation. 



Chromosot (kro'-mo-sot). A disinfectant said to con- 

 sist mainly of sodium sulfate and sodium sulfite. 



Chroniospermism (kro-mo-spurm'-izm) [xp^ua, color; 

 o-epua, seed]. A condition in which the semen is 

 colored. Cf. , Cyanospermia. 



Chrotopsia, Chrupsia (kro-lop / -se-ah, kruf/se-ah). 

 See Chromatopsia (Illus. Diet.). 



Chrysammate (kris'-am-dt). A salt of chrysammic 

 acid. 



Chrysarobin. (See Illus. Diet.) C. Oxid, a brown- 

 ish-black powder obtained from chrysarobin in boiling 

 water by the action of sodium peroxid. It is recom- 

 mended in treatment of eczema and rosacea in 5 fo to 

 10 r } ointment. 



Chrysolein (kris-o'-le-in). Sodium fluorid. 



Chrysoretin. Chrysorrhetin (kris-o-ret'-in). A yellow 

 pigment found in senna and identical with chrysophan. 



Chrysotoxin (kris-o-foks / -in). See Sphacelotoxin. 



Chuchuarin [Chuchuara, Indian name]. C M H I5 N,0... 

 An alkaloid obtained by Moreau from the seeds and 

 wood of Semecarpus anacardium, L., an anacardiaceous 

 aphrodisiac plant of the East Indies. The alkaloid is 

 extremely poisonous, acting somewhat like strychnin. 



Chyle. (See Illus. Diet.) C, Granular, or Molecular 



