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di-al'-is-is^mo-di-al'-is-is). See Iridectomy and Core- 

 dialysis (Illus. Diet.). 



Corectopy. See Cor ectopia (Illus. Diet.). 



Corediastole (hor-e-di-as'-to-ie ). See Corediastasis 

 (lllus. Diet.). 



Coreometry (hor-e-om'-et-re) [«>/)//, pupil ; uhpov, a 

 measure]. The measurement of the pupil of the 

 eye. 



Coretodialysis [kor-ei-o-di-al'-is-is). See Coredialysis 

 (lllus. Di 



Coretomodialysis [kor-et-o-mo-di-al'-is-is). See Iri- 

 dectomy i I'lus. Diet.). 



Coriamyrtin. (See Illus. Diet.) C^H^O^. A car- 

 diac stimulant. Max. dose, ^j gr. (o.ooi gm.). 



Coriandrol {kor-e-an'-drol). C 10 H ls O. The chief con- 

 stituent of oil of coriander ; a liquid isomerid of bor- 

 neol. 



Coridin (kort-id-in). C 10 H 15 N. A liquid base obtained 

 from the distillation of bones. 



Cornaro's Diet. A diet for indigestion and the results 

 of riotous living, devised by Luigi Cornaro, a Venetian 

 gentleman of the seventeenth century. It consisted 

 of a daily allowance of bread, meat, and yolk of egg, 

 amounting to 12 ounces in all. With this he took 14 

 ounces of a light Italian wine each day. 



Corneoblepharon ( kor-ue-o-blef'-ar-on) \corneus, 

 horny ; fl'/.ioapov, the eyelid]. Adhesion of the surface 

 of the eyelid to the cornea. 



Corneoiritis (ior-ne-o-ir-i'-lis). Inflammation of both 

 cornea and iris. 



Corneosclera {kor-ne-o-skle'-rah) \cornetis, horny ; 

 ck'/7/i)6c, hard]. The cornea and sclera taken to- 

 gether. 



Cornet. (See Illus. Diet.) 2. A bony layer. C, Ber- 

 tin's, C, Sphenoidal, the anterior part of the body 

 of the sphenoid bone. 



Corniculate {kor-nik'-u-ldt) [cornu, a horn]. Fur- 

 nished with horns or horn-shaped appendages. 



Corniculum. (See Illus. Diet.) Cornicula of the 

 Hyoid Bone, C. interna ossis hyoidei, the small 

 cornua of the hyoid. Cornicula santoriniana. See 

 C. laryngis (Illus. Diet.). 



Cornin. (See Illus. Diet.) 2. A bitter crystalline 

 substance from the bark of Cornus jlorida. Syn., Cor- 

 nic acid. 



Cornstalk Disease of Cattle and Horses. A disease 

 caused by allowing cattle to feed on dry stalks left 

 standing in the field after the corn has been picked in 

 the fall. [Peters.] It has been attributed (1) to 

 corn-smut, (2) to scarcity of salt and water, (3) to 

 "dry murrain," a hard and dry condition of the 

 third stomach, supposed to be morbid, though really 

 normal ; 1 4 1 to the presence of potassium nitrate in the 

 fodder ; ( 5 ) to the presence of a bacterium. [Bil- 

 lings.] Syn., Bronchopneumonia boz'is. 



Cornu. (See Illus. Diet.) C. ancyroide, the post- 

 cornu. C. anterius (of spinal cord). See C. ven- 

 tralc. C. anterius cerebri. See Precornu (Illus. 

 Diet.). C. cerebri inferius, C. cerebri laterale, 

 the medicomu. C, Dental, a horn of the dental 

 pulp. These extensions form the body of the dental 

 pulp which corresponds with the positions of the cusps 

 of the teeth. C. descendens, C. inferius, C. later- 

 ale, C. magnum, C. medium, C. sphenoidale, the 

 medicornu, that prolongation of the lateral ventricle 

 which, curving outward around the back of the thala- 

 mus, descends beneath it and, extending forward and 

 inward, ends in the anterior extremity of the hippo- 

 campal gyrus. C. dorsale, the dorsal projection of 

 the mass of cinerea seen upon each half of the spinal 

 cord in transverse section. Syn., Posterior eornn, 

 Crus posticum. C. inferius cerebri. See Medicornu 



(Illus. Diet.). C. occipitale, C, Posterior 1 of the 

 lateral ventricle), the postcornu, a conical prolongation 

 of the lateral ventricle curving outward, backward, 

 and inward into the occipital lobe. Syn., C ancyroide; 

 Caz-itas digitata. C. posterius (of the spinal cord). 

 See Cornu dorsale. C. posterius cerebri. See 

 Postcornu (Illus. Diet.). Cornua sphenoidalia. 

 See Bones, Sphenoidal Turbinated (lllus. Diet.). 

 Cornua sphenoidalia accessoria, inconstant pro- 

 cesses occurring upon the anterior aspect of the body of 

 the sphenoid. Cornua of the Uterus. I. The lat- 

 eral fundibuliform prolongations of the uterine cavity 

 into which the fallopian tubes open. 2. The oviducts. 

 C. ventrale, the ventral projection of the mass of 

 cinerea seen upon each half of the spinal cord in trans- 

 verse section. Syn., Crus anterius. 



Cornucopia (hor-nu-ko'-pe-ah). See Recess, Lateral 

 (Illus. Diet.). 



Cornus. (See Illus. Diet. ) 2. A genus of shrubs and 

 trees of the order Cornacece. 



Cornutin. (See Illus. Diet. ) Dose, T J j gr. (0.005 gm. ). 

 C. Citrate, dose j'q— r'o gr. (0.003-0.006 gm. ) in sper- 

 matorrhea. 



Corona. 1 See Illus. Diet. ) 2. The corona radiata. 

 C. dentis, the crown of a tooth. Coronae tubulo- 

 rum. See Crypts of Lie berkuhn (Illus. Diet.). C. 

 ulnae. See Olecranon (Illus. Diet.). 



Coronale 1 kcr-o-nai'-e') [L.]. The frontal bone. 



Coronilla varia. (See Illus. Diet.) A succedaneum 

 for digitalis in cardiac disease. An aqueous extract 

 and a powder of the fresh plant are given in doses of 



*Vz gr- 



Coronillien (kor-o-nil'-e-en) [coronilla, a little crown]. 

 An amorphous resin obtained from coronillin by heat- 

 ing with dilute hydrochloric acid. It is a yellow pow- 

 der soluble in alcohol, acetone, and chloroform, and 

 insoluble in water. 



Coronillin. (See Illus. Diet.) Dose, 0.06-0.13 gm. 



(^gr-)- 



Coronion. See Koronion (Illus. Diet.). 



Coroparelcysis (kor-o-par-el' -si-sis) [Koptj, the pupil; 

 ■xapi/.Kvcric, a drawing aside]. Operative displacement 

 of the pupil to remedy partial opacity of the cornea by 

 bringing it opposite a transparent part. 



Coroscopy {kor-os'-ko-pe) [noprj, a pupil ; GKorrCtv, to 

 view]. See Rhinoscopy (Illus. Diet.). 



Corpulin {kor'-pu-lin). A remedy for obesity, said to 

 consist of bladder wrack (Pucus z-esicnlosis), tamarinds, 

 and cascara sagrada. 



Corpus. (See Illus. Diet. ) Corpora amylacea. See 

 Bodies, Amylaceous. Corpora aranacea, a granular 

 substance occurring at times in the masses of papillo- 

 mas. Syn., Sand-bodies. C. caudatum, a ganglion 

 or free ring of gray matter circling around the lenticu- 

 laris of the brain. It is massive in the frontal portion, 

 but becomes attenuated caudad ; the anterior portion 

 is called the head, the posterior the tail. C. cine- 

 reum. See Lamina cinerea and Terma 1 Illus. Diet.). 

 C. fibrosum, a tough semiopaque body occurring in 

 the ovary, due to some fibrous change in the corpus 

 luteum. Corpora mobilia articulorum. See Ar- 

 throlith. C. okense. See Mesonephros (Illus. Diet. ). 

 C. psalloides, C. psaloides. the lyre or psalterium. 

 See Lyra of the Fornix (Illus. Diet.). C. rhom- 

 boidale. See Dentolha (Illus. Diet. V Corpora 

 sesamoidea. See Corpora arantii (Illus. Diet.). 

 C. triticum. See Cartilago triticea \ Illus. Diet.). 



Corpuscle. 1 See Illus. Diet.) 2. The particles given off 

 by radium and other radioactive substances. Cf. Ion 

 (Illus. Diet.) and Electrcn. C. Amylaceous, C, 

 Amyloid. See Bodies, Amylaceous. C, Axile, C, 

 Axis, Kolliker's name for the central portion of a 



