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tactile corpuscle. Syn., Axile body. C, Babes- 

 Ernst's. See Bodies, Babes- Ernst' 's. C, Bennett's, 

 large epithelial cells, filled with fatty detritus, found in 

 the contents of some ovarian cysts. A smaller variety 

 of Bennett's corpuscles is also known as Drysdale's 

 corpuscles. C, Bone, an osteoblast. C, Burck- 

 hardt's, peculiar angular or roundish bodies of a yel- 

 lowish color found in the secretion of trachoma. C.s, 

 Cancroid, the pearly bodies of squamous epithelioma. 

 C.s, Chorea. See under Chorea. C, Chromo- 

 phile. See Bodies, A'issTs. C, Chyle, lymph-cor- 

 puscles. C, Colostrum. See Colostrum C.s (Illus. 

 Diet.). C, Concentric. See C. t Hassall's. C.s of 

 Cornalia. See Microbe de la pebrine, in Table of 

 Bacteria (Illus. Diet.). C, Corneal, connective-tissue 

 corpuscles containing an oval nucleus and furnished 

 with numerous branching processes occurring within the 

 fibrous groundwork of the cornea. Syn., C.s, Toyn- 

 bee's; C.s, Virchow's. C, Cytoid, a leukocyte. C, 

 Davaine's. See Bacillus anthracis, in Table of 

 Bacteria (Illus. Diet.). C.s, Drysdale's Ovarian, 

 granular cells, nonnucleated and of varying sizes, 

 which were regarded by Drysdale as peculiar to ovarian 

 fluid. C.s, Genital, special nerve-endings in the ex- 

 ternal genitalia. C.s, Gierke's, roundish colloid 

 bodies, of a significance not yet determined, sometimes 

 found in the central nervous system ; they appear to be 

 identical with Hassall's corpuscles. C.s, Golgi's, 

 tendon-spindles ; small fusiform bodies, resembling 

 Pacini's corpuscles, existing in tendons, at the junction 

 of the tendinous fibers with the muscular fibers. They 

 have not been found in the ocular muscles C.s, Golgi- 

 Mazzoni's. See C.s, Alazzoni's. C.s, Grandry's. 

 See under Grandry (Illus. Diet.). C, Hassall's. 

 See under Hassall (Illus. Diet.). C.s, Hayem's. 

 See Achromacyte. C.s, Herbst's, small bodies re- 

 sembling pacinian corpuscles, found in the mucosa of 

 the tongue of some animals and birds. C.s, Jawor- 

 ski's, spiral bodies of mucus found in the gastric se- 

 cretion in cases of pronounced hyperchlorhydria. C.s, 

 Key and Retzius', encapsulated corpuscles found in 

 the bill of some aquatic birds and representing transi- 

 tion forms between Herbst's and Pacini's corpuscles. 

 C.s, Langerhans' Stellate. See Lander/tans' Cells 

 (Illus. Diet.). C.s, Leber's. See C, Gierke's. C.s, 

 Lostorfer's. See Lostorfer's C.s (Illus.- Diet.). C, 

 Lymph-, C, Lymphatic, C, Lymphoid. See under 

 Lymph (Illus. Diet.). C, Mazzoni's, a peripheral 

 ending of a sensory nerve closely resembling Krause's 

 end-bulb. C.s, Meissner's. See C.s, Tactile, of Wag- 

 ner (\\\w?>. Diet.). C.s, Merkel's. See Grandry's C.s 

 (Illus. Diet. ). C, Miescher's. See Micscher' s Sacs 

 (Illus. Diet.). C.s, Milk-, of v. Kolliker, cells contain- 

 ing fat-globules observed in the acini of the mammary 

 gland and breaking up into milk-globules on reaching 

 the lactiferous ducts. C.s, Montgomery's. See 

 Glands, Montgomery ' s ( Illus. Diet. ). C, Morgagni's. 

 See Globules, Morgagni' s. C.s, Muscle-, the muscle- 

 nuclei. See Nucleus, Muscle (Illus. Diet.). C.S, 

 Nunn's. See C, Bennett's. C.s, Palpation. See 

 C, Tactile (Illus. Diet.). C.s, Patterson's, the 

 molluscum bodies; oval, shiny bodies found in the 

 contents of the tubercles of molluscum contagiosum. 

 C, Pavement. See Cell, Endothelial (UXm, Diet.). 

 C.s, Phantom. See Blood-platelets (Illus. Diet.). 

 C, Polar, the ccntiosoiiic. C.s, Ponfick's Shadow-. 

 See Blood-platelets (Illus. Diet. ) , also Achromacyte. C. , 

 Rainey's. See under Rainey (Illus. Diet.). C.s, 

 Reissner's, the epithelial cells covering Reissner's 

 membrane. C.s, Rollett's Nerve-. See C.s, Gobi's , 

 C.s, Shadow. See Acromacytc. C.s, Spleen, C.s, 

 Splenic. See Malpighian Corpuscles (Illus. Diet.). 



C.s, Tactile. (See Illus. Diet.) 2. See Grandry's 

 Corpuscles (Illus. Diet.). C.s, Taste. See Taste- 

 buds (Illus. Diet.). C, Tendon-, a tendon-cell. C, 

 Terminal. See Krause's Corpuscles (Illus. Diet.). 

 C.s, Third. See Achromacyte. C.s, Touch. See C.s, 

 Tactile (Illus. Diet.). C.s, Toynbee's, the corneal 

 corpuscles. C.s, Transparent, of Norris. See 

 Norris' Invisible (Illus. Diet. ). C.s, Traube's. See 

 Achromacyte. C.s, Typhic, the epithelial cells of 

 Peyer's patches which in typhoid fever have become 

 granulated through degeneration. C.s, Vater's, C.s, 

 Vater-Pacini's. See C, Pacinian (Illus. Diet.). 

 C.s, Virchow's. See C, Corneal. C, Zimmer- 

 mann's, achromacytes. 



Corpusculum. (See Illus. Diet.) C. articulare 

 mobile. See Arthrolith. Corpuscula ossea, Ca. 

 radiata, Ca. chalicophora. See Bone Lacuna 

 (Illus. Diet.). C. triticeum. See Cartilago triticea 

 (Illus. Diet.). Corpuscula Wrisbergii, the cunei- 

 form cartilages. 



Corradiation {kor-ra-de-a'-shun). The act of radiating 

 together, as focused rays. 



Cortex. (See Illus. Diet. ) 2. The external gray layer 

 of the brain, the substantia corticalis, or cortical sub- 

 stance. 3. The peripheral portion of an organ sit- 

 uated just beneath the capsule. C. corticis, the outer 

 sheath of the kidney. C. Degeneration. Synonym 

 of General Paralysis of the Insane. See under 

 Paralysis (Illus. Diet.). 



Corticate {kor'-te-kdt). Furnished with a bark or cortex. 



Corticifugal (kor-te-sif'-u-gal) \cortex ; fugere, to flee]. 

 Conducting away from the cortex. 



Corticipetal (kor-le-sip / -et-al) \cortex ; petere, to seek]. 

 Conducting toward the cortex. 



Corticoafferent {kor-te-ko-af ' -ur-ent). See Corticipetal. 



Corticoefferent (kor-te-ko-ef , -u7--ent). See Corticifugal. 



Corticofugal. See Corticifugal. 



Corticopetal. See Corticipetal. 



Corticospinal {kor-tik-o-spi' -naT). Pertaining to the 

 cortex and the spinal cord. 



Corundum {ko-run'-duni) [Hind % Kurand\ A na- 

 tive crystalline aluminium oxid, Al 2 3 . Mixed with 

 melted shellac, it is formed into wheels for use in the 

 dental laboratory and for grinding in general. 



Coruscation {kor-us-ka'-shun) \_coruscare, to glitter]. A 

 glittering or flashing of light, also the subjective sensa- 

 tion of light-flashes. 



Corycavin {hor-ik* -av-iri) \Corydalis; cava, hollow, 

 the former name of the species]. An alkaloid ob- 

 tained from Corydalis tuberosa ; it crystallizes in small 

 needles and fuses at 218 C 



Corydalin. (See Illus. Diet.) 2. An alkaloid, ('.,.,- 

 H 2 -N0 4 (Freund), from Corydalis tuberosa ; it occurs 

 as a white crystalline powder, soluble in alcohol and 

 ether, and melts at 135 C. ; used as a heart tonic. 

 Dose, 1-5 gr. (0.C66-0.0333 gm.). 



Corydalis. (See Illus. Diet.) 2. A genus of plants 

 of the order Papaveracea. C. tuberosa, D. C, 

 holewort, hollow wort, an herb indigenous to Europe ; 

 the rhizome is anthelmintic and emmenagog. It con 

 tains corydalin, corytuberin, bulbocapnin, corycavin, 

 corybulbin, and corydin. 



Corydalnobilin [kor-id-al nob'-il-in). C, 2 H a5 N0 5 . An 

 alkaloid extracted from Corydalis nobilis, 1'crs. 



Corydin {kor'-id-in). An amorphous alkaloid from 

 ( 'orydalis tuberosa. 



Coryl (kor'-it). The name given to an anesthetic 

 composed of ethyl chloric! and methyl chlorid in such 

 proportions that the boiling-point of the mixture shall 

 be about 32 F. 



Coryleur (kor-it-ur' '). The instrument with the aid of 

 which coryl is employed. 



