GLOSSARY. 



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admits the food : a term originating 

 in the former confusion of ideas 

 between the heart and the stomach. 



Car'diac (Gr. /capSta, kar'dia, the 

 heart). Belonging to the heart ; or 

 to the upper orifice of the stomach. 



Car'diaci (Gr. napSia, kar'dia, the 

 heart). A term proposed to be 

 applied to the diseases of the heart. 



Cardial'gia (Gr. KapSta, kar'dia, the 

 heart; d\yos, algos, pain). Pain 

 in the stomach. 



Car'dinal (Lat. cardo, a hinge). In 

 astronomy, applied to the four 

 principal intersections of the hori- 

 zon with the meridian, or North, 

 South, East, and West ; in zoology, 

 belonging to or connected with the 

 hinge in bivalve molluscs. 



Cardi'tis (Gr. /copSto, kar'dia, the 

 heart ; itis, denoting inflammation). 

 Inflammation of the heart. 



Ca'ries(Lat., the state of worm-eaten 

 wood) . Ulceration of the substance 

 of bones. 



Ca'rious (Lat. caries). Affected with 

 caries. * 



Carmin'ative (Lat. carmen, a poem 

 or song). A medicine used to relieve 

 pain in the stomach and flatulence ; 

 so called because it acts as incanta- 

 tions (carmina) or charms were 

 supposed to act. 



Carna'ria (Lat. caro, flesh). An or- 

 der of mammalian animals which 

 live on flesh, as the lion, tiger, &c. 



Carninca'tion (Lat. caro, flesh ; facio, 

 I make). Conversion 'into a sub- 

 stance resembling flesh. 



Carniv'ora (Lat. caro, flesh; voro, I 

 devour). See Carnaria. 



Carnivorous (Lat. caro, flesh; voro, 

 I devour). Living on animal food. 



Carotid (Gr. Kapa, kara, the head ; 

 ovs, ous, tbe ear). A name given 

 to the arteries which proceed to the 

 head. 



Carpal (Carpus). Belonging to the 

 wrist. 



Carpel (Gr. Kap-n-os, Jcarpos, fruit). 

 A name given to the separate pis- 

 tils of which a compound fruit is 

 formed. 



Carpellary (Carpel). Belonging to 

 a carpel. 



Carp'ology (Gr. itapiros, Jcarpos, a 

 fruit ; \oyos, logos, discourse). The 

 description and classification of 

 fruits. 



Carp'ophore (Gr. Kapnos, Jcarpos, fruit ; 

 (pepca, phero, I carry). The axis or 

 stalk which supports the achtenia of 

 which a cremocarp is formed. 



Carpus (Gr. icap-nos, karpos, the 

 wrist;. The wrist. 



Car'polithes (Gr.KapTros, karpos, fruit; 

 \idos, lithos, a stone). In geology, 

 the general term for fossil fruits. 



Car'tilage (Lat. cartila'go). Gristle. 



Cartilag'inous (Lat. cartila'go, carti- 

 lage). Belonging to or consisting 

 of gristle ; applied also to certain 

 fishes, the skeleton of which is of a 

 gristly consistence. 



Car'uncle (Lat. caro, flesh). A small 

 fleshy excrescence. 



Caryatides (Gr. Kapvai, Car'uai, a 

 city of Lacouia). In architecture, 

 female figures used to support en- 

 tablatures ; so called from the 

 women of Caryoe (Kapvai), when 

 the city was taken by the Athe- 

 nians, being represented in this 

 posture to perpetuate the memory 

 of the event. 



Caryop'sis (Gr. itapvov, kar'uon, a 

 walnut; tyis, opsis, appearance). 

 A form of dry fruit, consisting of 

 one cell, not splitting, and con- 

 taining a seed which is adherent 

 to the pericarp. 



Ca'sein (Lat. ca'seum, cheese). A pe- 

 culiar compound substance, the 

 characteristic component of milk, 

 and the principal ingredient in 

 cheese. 



Cat'aclysm (Gr. Karaic\vfa, kataclu'zo, 

 I inundate). A deluge or inunda- 

 tion. 



Catalepsy (Gr. KOTO, kata, down ; 

 \T)$IS, lepsis, a seizing). A 

 sudden suppression of conscious- 

 ness, in which the body retains the 

 position in which it was when the 

 attack commenced. 



Catal'ysis (Gr. Kara, kata, down ; 

 A.uo>, luo, I loosen). A term applied 

 to certain chemical phenomena, in 

 which changes in the composition 

 of substances are effected by the 



