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GLOSSARY. 



Campan'ulate (Lat. compana, a bell). 

 Shaped like a bell. 



Campylit'ropous (Gr. /ca/nruAos, Jcam'- 

 pulos, curved ; rpeirw, trepo, I 

 turn). In botany, applied to an 

 ovule bent down on itself till the 

 apex touches the base. 



Canalic'ulus (Lat. canalis, a channel ; 

 ulus, denoting smallness). A little 

 channel. 



Cancellated (Lat. cancelli, cross-bar, 

 or lattice- work). Resembling lat- 

 tice-work : applied to the least com- 

 pact structure of bones. 



Cancel'li (Lat. lattice- work). In ana- 

 tomy, the network which forms the 

 less compact part of bones. 



Canic'ular (Lat. canic'ulus, a small 

 dog). Belonging to the dog-star. 



Cani'ne (Lat. cani-s, a dog) . Belong- 

 ing or having relation to a dog. 



Cannel-coal. A compact brittle 

 variety of coal, breaking with a 

 conchoidal fracture, and not soiling 

 the fingers. 



Can'nnla (Gr. KO.VVOL, Jcanna, a reed or 

 cane ; ula, implying smallness). A 

 small pipe. 



Can'tharis (Gr. Kavdapos, Jcan'tharos, a 

 kind of beetle). The Spanish fly, 

 an insect of the beetle tribe : used 

 for producing blisters. 



Canthns. The angle or corner of the 

 eye. 



Caoutchouc, or India-rubber. The 

 produce of several trees in tropical 

 countries, which produce a juice 

 that hardens on exposure to 

 air. 



Capacity (Lat. capio, I receive). The 

 power of containing ; in chemistry, 

 applied to the proportion in which 

 bodies take in and contain caloric ; 

 the space included within the cubic 

 boundaries of a body. 



Capillary (Lat. capil'lus. a hair). Re- 

 sembling or having relation to fiue 

 hairs, or to the minute blood- 

 vessels. 



Cap'itate (Lat. caput, a head). End- 

 ing in a knob, like the head of a 

 pin. 



Capit'ulum (Lat. caput, a head). A 

 little head ; in botany, a flower- 

 head, composed of a number of 



florets arranged without stems on 

 the summit of a single peduncle. 



Ca'priform (Lat. caper, a goat ; forma, 

 shape). . Resembling a goat. 



Cap'sular (Lat. cap'sula, a capsule). 

 Belonging or having relation to a 

 capsule. 



Capsule (Lat. cap'sula, a little chest). 

 In chemistry, a clay saucer for 

 roasting ; in botany, a form of dry 

 fruit containing many seeds ; in 

 anatomy, a membranous bag in- 

 closing an organ. 



Car'amel. Burnt sugar. 



Car'apace (Gr. Kapa&os, Jcar'abos, a 

 stag-beetle or crab). The bony 

 shield-like structure which pro- 

 tects the upper part of the turtle 

 and tortoise ; also the shell cover- 

 ing the crab, formed by the union 

 of the head with the thorax. 



Carb'ide (Carbon}. A compound of 

 carbon with hydrogen or a metal. 



Carbona'ceous (Lat. carbo, a coal). 

 Belonging to or containing carbon 

 or charcoal. 



Car'bonate (Lat. carbo, a coal). A 

 salt formed by the union of carbonic 

 acid with a base. 



Carbonic (Lat. carbo, a coal). Be- 

 longing to, or containing carbon 

 or charcoal. 



Carboniferous (Lat. carbo, coal ; 

 fero, I bear). Producing or yield- 

 ing coal. 



Carbonisa'tion (Lat. carbo, coal). The 

 process of burning a substance 

 until nothing but the carbon or 

 charcoal is left. 



Car'bonise (Lat. carbo, coal). To turn 

 into coal. 



Car'buncle (Lat. carbo, a coal). A 

 painful form of excrescence or growth 

 on the skin. 



Car'buret (Carbon). A compound 

 of carbon with hydrogen or a 

 metal. 



Carcino'ma (Gr. KapKivos, Jcar'Jcinos, 

 a crab). A form of cancer. 



Carcinomatous (Gr. KapKivw/ta, 

 karJcinoma, a cancer). Consisting 

 of or belonging to the form of 

 cancer called carcinoma. 



Car'dia (Gr. KapSta, Tcar'dia, the heart). 

 The opening in the stomach which 



