COLCHICORESIN 



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COLL^iTINA 



ously in treatment of gout. Dose, g : <y— gV gr. (o.ooi- 

 o. 002 gm. ) . 



Colchicoresin i y kol-cJiik-o-res / -in). C 5) H 60 N 2 O 15 . A 

 brown substance obtained by Hertel from Colchicum 

 autumnale, L. 



Colchiflor {koP-chi-flor). A remedy for gout prepared 

 from a tincture made from the fresh flowers of Colchi- 

 cum autumnale, L., and powdered kola. It is said 

 to be free from the drastic properties contained in 

 preparations from the bulb and seeds of colchicum. 



Colchisal [kol'-chis-al). Colchicin salicylate. A yel- 

 low amorphous powder soluble in alcohol, ether, and 

 water. It is used in gout and arthritis. Dose, 0.00075 



g" 1 - (rl^gr-)- 

 Cold. (See Illus. Diet.) C, Rose, hay-fever. C, 



St. Kilda's, C, Strangers', in the Hebrides a form 



of influenza ascribed by the natives to the arrival of a 



ship and the presence of outsiders. 



Coley's Fluid or Mixture. A combination of the 

 toxins of Streptococcus erysipelatis and Bacillus prodigi- 

 osus ; it has been used as a remedy for cancer, in the 

 early stage. 



Colibacillosis {ko-le-bas-il-</ -sis). The morbid condi- 

 tion due to infection with Bacterium coli. 



Colibacteriuria {ko-le-bak-te-re-u'-re-ah). The pres- 

 ence in the urine of Bacteriwn coli. 



Colic. (See Illus. Diet.) C, Catarrhal. See Colitis, 

 Mucous. C, Copper, that due to chronic poisoning 

 with copper ; it is said to be of frequent occurrence in 

 workers in copper. C, Crapulent, C, Crapulous, 

 that due to excess in eating and drinking. C, Cystic, 

 paroxysmal pain in the urinary bladder. C, Deuter- 

 opathic. See C, Symptomatic. C, Flatulent, that 

 due to distention with wind or gas. Syn., C, Wind '; 

 Injlatio; Physocolica ; Physospasmus. C, Hemor- 

 rhoidal, intense pain near the anus and sacrum preced- 

 ing a discharge from the hemorrhoidal vessels. C, 

 Hepatic, biliary colic. C, Herniary, the pain at- 

 tending hernia. C, Hill. See Hill Diarrhea 

 (Illus. Diet.). C, Hypochondriacal, that depen- 

 dent on a disordered condition of the nervous system. 

 C, Hypogastric, paroxysmal pain in the hypogas- 

 tric region. C, Inflammatory, the intense pain 

 attending colitis. C, Malarial, the bilious colic 

 of malarial regions. See C, Endemic (Illus. Diet. ). 

 C, Metallic, that due to poisoning with metals. 

 Syn., Morbus metallicus. C, Metastatic, that due 

 to metastasis of gout or to suppression of the menses 

 or the hemorrhoidal flow. C, Mucous. (See 

 Illus. Diet.) 2. A functional disturbance marked by 

 spasm of the muscularis of the large gut and hyper- 

 secretion of the mucous glands without intestinal 

 inflammation. C., Nephritic, biliary colic. C, 

 Neuralgic, enteralgia. C, Ovarian, spasmodic pain 

 in the ovary ; colic due to reflected ovarian disturbance. 

 C, Painters'. See C, Lead (Illus. Diet.). C, 

 Pancreatic, spasmodic pain about the pancreas. C, 

 Plumbers', lead colic. C. of Prostitutes. See 

 Colica scortorum (Illus. Diet.). C, Renal, (hat due 

 to a renal calculus or its passage along the ureter. C, 

 Rheumatic. 1. Rheumatism of the abdomen. 2. 

 1 bat which is produced by exposure of the abdomen 

 l<> cold externally. C, Saburral, that resulting from 

 overeating. C, Senegal, lead colic. C, Spas- 

 modic. See Cramp Colic (Illus. Diet.). C, Sper- 

 matic, intense pain in the spermatic cord. C, Ster- 

 coraceous, C, Stercoral, that due to obturating fecal 

 matter. C, Sympathetic, reflex pain due to irrita- 

 tion in other organs. C Symptomatic, that occur- 

 ring as a symptom of other diseases. C, Tubal, 



spasmodic, painful contraction of the fallopian tube. 

 C., Vermicular. I. Pain in the vermiform appendix 



due to catarrhal inflammation resulting from stoppage 

 of its outlet. 2. That due to intestinal worms. Syn., 

 C, Verminous; C, Worm. 



Colica. (See Illus. Diet.) C. aeruginis, copper colic. 

 C. damnoniensis, C. damnoniorum, C.figulorum, 

 C.hispaniensis, lead colic. C. intertropica, lead colic 

 formerly supposed to be an endemic disease of the 

 tropics. C. japonica. See Colic, Crapulent. C. 

 mucosa (Nothnagel). Synonym of Mucous Colitis. 

 C. pituitosa. See Colitis, Mucous. C. pulsatilis. 

 See Colic, Jnjlammatory. C. rhachialgia, lead colic. 



Colicolitis {ko-le-kol-i'-tis). See Dysentery (Illus. Diet.). 



Colicystitis {ko-le-sist-i'-tis) \ji6'hov, colon ; kiotic, blad- 

 der]. Cystitis dependent upon the pathogenic activity 

 of the colon bacillus. 



Colicystopyelitis (ko-le-sist-o-pi-e-li'-tis). Combined 

 cystitis and pyelitis due to Bacillus coli communis. 



Coliform (hoP-e-form) \c olum, a sieve; forma, form]. 

 Ethmoid. 



Colipuncture (ho-lc-punh'-chur). See Colocentcsis 

 (Illus. Diet.). 



Colitis. (See Illus. Diet. ) C. contagiosa, dysentery. 

 C, Croupous, C, Desquamative, C, Diphtheric, 

 C, Follicular, C, Membranous, C, Mucomem- 

 branous, C, Plastic. See C. Mucous. C, Idio- 

 pathic Ulcerative, a specific affection due to microor- 

 ganisms, beginning in and throughout its course invaria- 

 bly limited to the colon. [Gemmel.] C, Mucous, 

 a clinical combination of symptoms characterized 

 by periodic abdominal pains associated generally 

 with abnormalities of the secretory and absorptive 

 functions, and with the discharge of peculiarly 

 formed mucous masses, sometimes resembling ex- 

 act casts of the intestine, first described by Mason 

 Good (1825). Syn., Diarrhea tubularis; Tubular 

 looseness; Infarctus (Kaempf); Follicular-colonic dys- 

 pepsia; Follicular- duodenal dyspepsia (Todd); Pelli- 

 cular enteritis (Simpson); Pseudomembranous enteritis 

 (Cruveilhier, Laboulbene); Painful affection of the 

 intestinal canal (Powell); Mucous disease (White- 

 head) ; Hypochondriasis pituitosa ( Fracassini ) ; Fibrin- 

 ous diarrhea (Grantham); Mucous disease of the colon 

 (Clark); Chronic catarrhal mucous diarrhea: Coliqut 

 glaireuse (Fr. ); Chronic exudative enteritis (Hutchin- 

 son); Diarrhoea febi-ilis (Van Swieten); Paraplc.via 

 rheumatica ; Chlorosis pituitosis; Diarrhea pituitosa 

 (Sauvages); Arthritis chlorotica (Musgrave); Colica 

 pituitosa (Sennertus); Scelotyrbe pituitosa ( Peiywinger : 

 Mucositas intestinalis colloides ; Concretioties gelatini- 

 formes 'intestinales (Laboulbene 1 ); Tubular exudation 

 casts of the intestines (Hutchinson); Gelatinous diar- 

 rhea; Glut 1 nous diarrhea; Enttrite glaireuse 

 nat); Glairy enteritis: Intestinal croup; Herpitide 

 exfoliatrice (Gigot-Suard); Colica mucosa (Noth- 

 nagel); Co/ite seche (Potain); Dysentery of the trans- 

 verse colon (I.asegue); Chronic pseudomembranous 

 gastroenteritis; Chronic pellicular inflammation of the 

 intestinal mucous membrane; Mucous disease of the 

 colon; Chronic mucocolitis (Habershon). C, Sec- 

 ondary Ulcerative, that occurring in the course of 

 specific diseases, as a more extensive manifestation ot 

 the disease of which it forms a part, not as a spi 

 disease originating in or confined to the colon. [Gem- 

 mel.] C, Ulcerative. Synonym of Dysentery. C, 

 Ulceromembranous. See ('. . Mucous. 



Collabent {kol'-ab-ent) [collabi. to collapse]. Collaps- 

 ing. 



Collacin, Collastin (kol'-as-in, -tm). A substance 

 found abundantly by Unna in colloid degeneration of 

 the skin. 



Collaetina {kol-e'-tin-ab). A proprietary adhesive plas- 

 ter said to consist of lanolin and caoutchouc. 



