GLOSSARY. 



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of a gramme : about 2 3 D ths of a 

 grain avoirdupois. 



Centilitre (Fr. cent, a hundred; 

 litre, a quart, or If English pints). 

 The hundredth part of a litre : 

 about jArth of an English pint. 



Cent'ime'tre (Fr. cent, a hundred ; 

 metre, a measure equal to 3 S 7 = Eng- 

 lish feet). The hundredth part of 

 a metre : equal to a little more 

 than ^jths of an English inch. 



Centipede (Lat. centum, a hundred ; 

 pes, a foot). Having a hundred 

 feet : applied to certain insect-like 

 animals which have a large number 

 of feet. 



Cen'trical (Lat. centrum, a centre). 

 Having coinciding centres ; centri- 

 cal interposition, in astronomy, is 

 the appearance presented in eclipses 

 when the centres of the discs co- 

 incide, the margin of the larger 

 disc being left free. 



Centrifugal (Lat. centrum, the centre; 

 fugio, I flee). Having a tendency 

 to fly off in a direction from: the 

 centre ; in botany, applied to plants 

 in which the expansion of flowers 

 commences at the top and proceeds 

 downwards. 



Centrip'etal (Lat. centrum, a centre ; 

 peto, I seek). Having a tendency 

 towards the centre ; in botany, 

 applied to plants in which the 

 flowers expand from below upwards. 



Cephalal'gia (Gr. /ce^oA??, keph'ale, 

 the head ; 0X705, alyos, pain). 

 Headache. 



Cephalic (Gr. /cecjteAT?, keph'ale, the 

 head). Belonging to the head. 



Cephallci (Gr. KsfyaXt], Tceph'ale, the 

 head). A term proposed to be 

 given to diseases seated in the head. 



Ceph'alopods (Gr. /ce^aAr/, Tceph'ale, 

 the head ; TTOVS, pous, a foot). A 

 class of molluscous invertebrate 

 animals, which have their organs 

 of motion arranged round the head, 

 as the cuttle-fish. 



Cephalotho'rax (Gr.Ke</>aA7?, keph'ale, 

 the head ; 0wpa|, thorax, a breast- 

 plate). The anterior part of the 

 external skeleton of arachnida, 

 consisting of the head and chest 

 united in one mass. 



Cerate (Lat. cera, wax). An oint- 

 ment consisting of wax and oil. 



Cer'atites (Gr. /cepas, keras, a horn). 

 A genus of fossil cephalopoda in 

 the triassic strata. 



Cer'ato- (Gr. icepas, keras, a horn). In 

 anatomy, a prefix in compound 

 words signifying connection with 

 the cornua or horns of the hyoid 

 bone. 



Cer'atose (Gr. Kepas, keras, a horn). 

 Horny ; applied to sponges, of which 

 the hard part is of a horny con- 

 sistence. 



Cercae (Gr. wep/cos, kerkos, a tail). 

 The feelers projecting from the hind 

 part of the body in some insects. 



Cer'eal (Lat. Ceres, the goddess of 

 corn). Belonging to, or producing 

 eatable grain. 



Cerebellar (Cerebellum). Belonging 

 to the cerebellum or little brain. 



Cerebellum (Lat. cer'ebrum,i\iQ brain; 

 ellum, signifying smallness). The 

 little brain ; a portion of the mass 

 within the skull, situated at the 

 lower and back part. 



Cer'ebral (Lat. cer'ebrum, the brain). 

 Belonging to the brain. 



Cer'ebric (Lat. cer'ebrum, the brain). 

 Belonging to or produced from the 

 brain. 



Cereb'riform (Lat. cer'ebrum, the 

 brain ; forma, shape). Shaped 

 like the brain. 



Cerebri'tis (Lat. cer'ebrum, the brain ; 

 itis, denoting inflammation). In- 

 flammation of the brain. 



Cer'ebroid (Lat. cer'ebrum, the brain ; 

 Gr. etSos, eidos, shape). Like or 

 analogous to a brain. 



Cer'ebro-spi'nal (Lat. cer'ebrum, the 

 brain ; spina, the spine). Belong- 

 ing to or consisting of the brain 

 and spinal cord. 



Cer'ebrum (Lat). The brain proper. 



Ceru'minous (Lat. cerumen, the wax 

 of the ear). Belonging to the wax 

 contained in the ear. 



Cerulean (Lat. ccelum, the sky). Sky- 

 coloured ; blue. 



Cervi'cal (Lat. cervix, the neck). Be- 

 longing to the neck. 



Ces'toid (Gr. /ceirros, kestos, a girdle ; 

 eidos, form). Like a girdle ; 



