COPALCHIN 



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CORECTOMEDIALYSIS 



Copalchin {ko-pal'-shin). A bitter principle from co- 



palche bark. 

 Copper. ^See IUus. Diet.) C. Acetate, Basic, Cu- 

 O . Gu(C 2 H 3 2 ) 2 + 6H 2 0, a fine light-blue powder, 

 soluble in alcohol and water. C. Acetophosphate, 

 employed in chlorosis and amenorrhea. C.-alum. 

 See C, Aluminated. C, Aluminated, a combina- 

 tion of sulfates of copper and aluminium and potassium 

 nitrate, occurring as a green powder; a mild caustic 

 used in ophthalmia. Syn., Eye-stone; Copper-alum ; 

 Lapis divinus. C. Ammoniochlorid, C. and Am- 

 monium Chlorid, CuCl 2 2NH 4 Cl -j- 2H 2 0, large 

 green crystals soluble in water. C. Ammoniosul- 

 fate, C. and Ammonium Sulfate, a dark-blue crys- 

 talline powder soluble in water,' obtained by dissolving 

 cupric sulfate in ammonia water and precipitating with 

 alcohol. It is antispasmodic and astringent. Dose, 

 _J^-2 gr. (0.03-0.13 gm. ) 3 or 4 times daily with tinc- 

 ture of opium after meals. Max. dose, 5 gr. (0.3 gm.) 

 single; 10 gr. (0.6 gm.) per day. Application for 

 gleet, etc., 0.2% to 1% solution or ointment. C. 

 Arsenate, a blue powder obtained from ammonium 

 arsenate with copper sulfate. It is used as an altera- 

 tive in syphilis. Dose, g^-j g r - (0.002-0.008 gm. ). 

 C. Blue, azurite. See Pigments (Illus. Diet.). C. 

 Bromid, CuBr 2 , grayish-black crystalline powder, sol- 

 uble in water. C. Carbonate, Blue. See Bremen 

 Blue, under Pigments (Illus. Diet.). C. Chlorid, 

 CuCl 2 + 2H 2 0, green crystals; alterant and disinfect- 

 ant. Syn., Cupric chlorid, C. Monoxid. See C. 

 Oxid, Black. C. Nucleinate, a compound of nucleol 

 and copper oxid containing 6fc of copper; it is used 

 in chronic conjunctivitis. Syn., Cuprol. C. Oleate, 

 Cu(C 18 H 33 0. 2 ) 2 , a mixture of 10% copper oxid dis- 

 solved in oleic acid, forming a greenish-blue, granular 

 powder, soluble in ether. It is applied to indolent 

 ulcers; ointment, 10% to 20% in lanolin. C. Oxid, 

 Black, CuO, a brownish-black amorphous powder ob- 

 tained from copper nitrate or copper carbonate by igni- 

 tion. It is used as a teniafuge. Dose, 1^—1% g r - 

 (0.05-O. II gm. ) 3 or 4 times daily in pills for two 

 weeks, abstaining from acid food. Externally it is 

 used as an ointment with lard to remove chronic in- 

 durated glands. It is also employed in organic analy- 

 sis. Syn., Cupri oxidum nigrum. C. Oxid, Red, 

 Gu-O, dark brown crystalline powder. Syn., C. Sub- 

 oxid. C. Phosphate, CulIP0 4 , a bluish-green pow- 

 der. It is used in tuberculosis. Dose, %—% g r - 

 (0.008-0.032 gm.) several times daily. C. Salicylate, 

 Cu(C 7 H 5 3 ) 2 4- 4ll 2 0, microscopic bluish-green 

 needles soluble in water. C. Subacetate. See 

 C. Acetate, Basic. C. Sulfocarbolate, CuC 6 II- 

 (S0 4 ) 2 -j- 6H 2 G, green crystals soluble in water and 

 alcohol. Syn., Cupric sulfocarbolate ; Cupriaseplol. 



Copperas. (See Illus. Diet.) C, Blue, copper sul- 

 fate. C. , Green, copperas; ferrous sulfate. C, 

 White, zinc sulfate. 



Coppernose {kop'-ur-nbz). See Rosacea (Illus. Diet.). 



Copraol li'p'-ra-ol) [copra, the dried kernel of the 

 cocoanut]. A solid fat, derived from the cocoanut, 

 and used as a substitute for cocoa-butter in making 

 suppositories. It melts at 30. 3 C. 



Coproplanesis (kop-ro-plan-e'-sis) [ndnpoc, feces ; ~'/<i- 

 n/a/r, wandering]. Escape of feces through a fistula 

 or other abnormal opening. 



Copula. (See Illus. Diet.) 3. Miiller's name for the 

 intermediary body of Ehrlich. 



Cor. (See Illus. Diet.) C. hirsutum, C. hispidum, 

 C. tomentosum. See C. villosum (Illus. Diet.), 

 C. membranaceum, the auricular part of the heart. 

 C. mobile, a heart which changes its position with the 

 change of posture of the individual. 



Coracoacromial (ko-rak-o-ak-rot '-tne-al). Relating to 



the coracoid process and the acromion. 

 Coracoclavicular (ko-rak-o-klav-ik'-u-lar) . Relating 

 to the coracoid process and the clavicle. Syn., Omo- 

 clavicular. 

 Coracohumeral (ko-rak-o-hu' '-mer-al). Relating to 



the coracoid process and the humerus. 

 Coracohyoid {ko-rak-o-hi'-oid). I. Relating to the 

 coracoid process and the hyoid bone. 2. The omohy- 

 oid muscle. 

 Coracoscapular (ke-rak-o-shap'-u-lar). Relating to 

 the coracoid process of the scapula and to some other 

 portion of the scapula. 

 Corchorus (kor'-kor-us) [nopriv, to clean]. A genus 

 of plants of the order Tiliacece. C. capsularis, L., 

 and C. olitorius, L., slender- stemmed annuals, ex- 

 tensively cultivated in India; yield jute. C. fascic- 

 ularis, Lam., buphalia or bhaphali ; the fruit is em- 

 ployed in India as a diuretic and tonic in bronchitis 

 and gonorrhea. 

 Cord. (See Illus. Diet.) 2. A tendon; a slender 

 string-like structure. C, Axis. See Primitive Streak 

 (Illus. Diet.). C.| Bioplasson, a reticulum formed by 

 branching cells. C, Cholic, Transverse, Glenard's 

 term for that portion of the transverse colon which 

 becomes hard and rigid as the result of a stoppage 

 of fecal matter by the kinking of the colon near 

 its attachment by the pylorocholic ligament. Cf. 

 Coloplosis. [Hemmeter.] C, Condylocoronoid, a 

 line drawn from the extremity of the condyle to the 

 coronoid. C, Dorsal, the notochord. C, Ferrein's, 

 the true vocal cords. C, Frontal, the distance in a 

 straight line from the bregma to the frontal point. C, 

 Genital, Thiersch's name for an embryonic structure 

 formed from the two wolffian ducts and the mullerian 

 ducts. C, Goniosymphyseal, the distance from 

 the gonion to the gnathion. C. of Hippocrates, the 

 tendo Achillis. C. Lumbosacral, a nerve-trunk 

 formed from the divisions of the fourth and fifth lum- 

 bar nerves. C, Muscular, a cord-like prominence 

 of a muscle due to morbid excitability of its fibers. 

 C, Sonorous, the semicircular canals of the internal 

 ear. C, Spermatic, C, Testicular. See Spermatic 

 Cord (Illus. Diet.). C, Tympanic. See Chorda 

 tympani (Illus. Diet.). C, Vertebral. See Proio- 

 vertebra: (Illus. Diet.). C, Vocal, False. See C, 

 False (Illus. Diet.). C, Vocal, True, C, Vocal, 

 Inferior. See Vocal Bands (Illus. Diet.). C.s, 

 Wilde's, the transverse fibers of the callosum. C.s, 

 Willis'. I. See Willis, Chords of { Illus. Diet.). 2. 

 See C, Wilde's. 

 Cordate {kor'-dat) [cor, the heart]. Heart shaped. 

 Cordein {kor f -de-in). A white crystalline substance 

 used as an analgesic and antiseptic. Syn., Mctliyltri- 

 bromosalol. 

 Cordia {kor'-dc-ah) [E. and V. Cordus, German physi- 

 cians (1486-1535 and I5I5-1544)]- A genus of 

 shrubs and trees of the order Boraginea. C. au- 

 bletii, D. C., indigenous to Guiana; the leaves are 

 used as an application to tumors ami skin diseases. 

 C. myxa, L., a species indigenous to the East Indie.-, 

 but cultivated in Arabia and Egypt The fruit is used 

 in coughs, the powdered hark in ringworm, the root as 

 a purgative. 

 Cordiform (kor'-dc-form) [cor, the heart; forma, 

 form]. Cordate; shaped like a heart. 



Cordite {hor'dit ). A smokeless gunpowder consisting 



of guncotton dissolved in acetone and nitroglycerin. 

 Cordol [kor'-dol). See Said Tnbromid. 

 Cordyl (koi J -dil\. See Arctyltribromsalol. 

 Core. (See IUus. Diet. ) C, Atomic. See Coefectrtn. 

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