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GLOSSARY. 



presence of another body, which it- 

 self remains unaltered. 



Catalytic (Gr. KOTO, kata, down ; 

 \v(a, luo, I loosen). Relating to 

 catalysis. 



Cat'aplasm (Gr. KOTO, kata, down, or 

 on ; TrAoo-o-co, plasso, I mould). A 

 poultice. 



Cat'aract (Gr. Karapfayvvm, Icatar- 

 rhegnu'mi, I break down). A water- 

 fall ; in medicine, a disease of the 

 eyes, consisting in opacity of the 

 crystalline lens. 



Catar'rh. (Gr. KOTO, kata, down ; e&>, 

 rkeo, I flow). A disorder attended 

 with increased secretion from the 

 nose and fauces ; a cold. 



Catar'rhal (Gr. KOTO, kata, down ; 

 ew, rheo, I flow). Belonging to 

 catarrh. 



Catastal'tic (Gr. KOTO, down : <rre\- 

 \(a, stello, I send). Acting from 

 above downwards, or from the 

 centre to the circumference : ap- 

 plied to nervous action. 



Catas'trophe (Gr. KOTO, down or over ; 

 (rTp*((>aj,strepho, I turn). In geology, 

 a supposed change in the globe from 

 some sudden violent physical action. 



Catenarian (Lat. catena, a chain). 

 Relating to or resembling a chain. 



Cate'nopores (Lat. catena, a chain ; 

 porus, a pore). Chainpore coral : a 

 form of fossil coral. 



Cathar'tic (Gr. Koflotpw, katkai'rb, I 

 clean or purge). Purgative. 



Cath'ode (Gr. KOTO, kata, down ; 

 6dos, hodos, a way). The surface 

 at which electricity passes out of 

 a body. 



Cat'ion (Gr. KOTO, kata, down ; tW, 

 ion, going). A name given by Dr. 

 Faraday to those substances which 

 appear at the cathode. 



Catop'trics (Gr. KOTO-XT pop, katoptron, 

 a mirror). That part of optics 

 which explains the phenomena of 

 reflected light. 



Caucasian (Cau'casus}. A term pro- 

 perly denoting the peoples dwelling 

 about the Caucasus, but applied 

 also as the name of a class to most 

 of the European and several Asi- 

 atic nations. 



Cauda equi'na (Lat. a horse's tail). 



The brush-like collection of nerves 

 which terminates the spinal mar- 

 row. 



Caudal (Lat. cauda, a tail). Belong- 

 ing to the tail. 



Caudate (Lat. cauda, a tail). Having 

 a tail. 



Caul'icle (Lat. caulis, a stalk ; cle, 

 denoting smallness). In botany, a 

 term sometimes applied to the neck 

 of the embryonic plant. 



Caul'inary (Lat. caulis, a stem). In 

 botany, applied to the leaves of 

 mosses when produced on the 

 stem. 



Caul'ine (Lat. caulis, a stem). Be 

 longing to a stem ; applied to the 

 leaves growing from the main axis 

 of a plant. 



Caustic (Gr. Kaua, kai'u, I burn). 

 Burning ; in surgery, destroying 

 animal textures by powerful che- 

 mical action. 



Cau'terise (Gr. KOIW, kai'd, 1 burn). 

 To destroy animal tissues by heat, 

 as with a hot iron. 



Cau'tery (Gr. Kotw, kai'o, I burn). 

 The destroying animal tissues by 

 the application of heat ; an iron in- 

 strument for the purpose. 



Cav'ernous (Lat. caver'na, a cavern). 

 Full of caverns ; or like a cavern. 



Celes'tial (Lat. ccelum, heaven). 

 Belonging to the sky or visible 

 heaven. 



Cell (Lat. cella, a store-house or 

 chamber}. In physiology, a mi- 

 nute bag or vesicle. 



Cellular (Lat. cel'lula, a little cell). 

 Consisting of or containing cells ; 

 applied to the connecting tissue of 

 the different parts of the body, 

 which form cells or interstices. 



Cellulose (Lat. cel'lula, a cell). A 

 compound of carbon, hydrogen, and 

 oxygen, forming the fundamental 

 material of the structure of plants. 



Centigrade (Lat. centum, a hundred ; 

 gradus, a degree). Consisting of a 

 hundred degrees ; the scale on 

 which thermometers are constructed 

 in France. 



Centigramme (Fr. cent, a hundred ; 

 gramme, a weight so called). A 

 French weight, the hundredth part 



