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GLOSSARY. 



An instrument for showing the po- 

 sition of the earth with respect to 

 the fixed stars. 



Costal (Lat. costa, a rib). Belonging 

 to the ribs. 



Cotan'gent (Lat. con, with ; tango, I 

 touch). The tangent of the com- 

 plement of an arc of a circle. 



Coti'dal (Lat. con, with ; tide). Having 

 tides at the same time. 



Cotyle'don(Gr. KOTv\rjSwv, TcotuUdon, 

 a cup-like hollow). In botany, the 

 seed lobe which first appears 

 above ground ; in anatomy, ap- 

 plied to the portions of which the 

 placentae of some animals are 

 formed. 



Cot'yloid (Gr. /coriArj, kot'ule, a cup or 

 socket; fiSos, eidos, shape). Re- 

 sembling the socket of a joint. 



Coup (Fr.). A blow or stroke. 



Coup d'oeil (Fr., stroke of the eye). 

 A general view. 



Coup de soleil (Fr., stroke of the sun). 

 A disease produced by exposure of 

 the head to the rays of the sun. 



Coxal'gia (Lat. coxa, the hip ; Gr. 

 d\yos, algos, pain). Pain in the hip. 



Cra'nial (Lat. cra'nium, the skull). 

 Of or belonging to the skull. 



Craniol'ogy (Gr. Kpavtov, kra'nion, the 

 skull; \oyos, logos, a description). 

 A description of the skull. 



Crasis (Gr. KtpavwfjLi, kerannu'mi, I 

 mix). A mixture : applied to the 

 just mixture of the fluids of the 

 body : in grammar, the union of 

 two short vowels into a long one or 

 a diphthong. 



Crassament'um (Lat. crassus, thick). 

 The thick part or clot of blood. 



Crater (Gr. Kparyp, krater, a large 

 cup). The mouth of a volcano. 



Crayon (Fr. Craie, chalk). A coloured 

 stone or earth used in drawing ; a 

 kind of pencil made of the same. 



Cre'asote (Gr. /rpeos, kreas, flesh ; 

 (rw(a>, sozo, I preserve). An oily 

 liquid consisting of carbon, oxygen, 

 and hydrogen, obtained from tar, 

 and named from its property of 

 preserving animal substances. 



Cre'atin (Gr. Kpeas, Jcreas, flesh). A 

 substance obtained from flesh, be- 

 lieved to be its essential element. 



Creat'inin (Gr. Kpcoy, kreas, flesh). 

 A modified form of creatin. 



Crem'ocarp (Gr. /cpe^aco, kremao, I 

 suspend ; Kapiros, karpos, fruit). 

 A fruit consisting of two achgenia 

 united by their faces, and covered 

 by the tube of the calyx. 



Cre'nate (Lat. crena, a notch). 

 Notched ; in botany, applied to 

 leaves having superficial rounded 

 divisions at their edges. 



Crep'itant (Lat. crep'ito, I crackle). 

 Crackling or snapping. 



Crepitate (Lat. crep'ito, I crackle). 

 To crackle. 



Crep'itus (Lat.). A crackling sound. 



Crepus'cular (L&i.crepus'culum, twi- 

 light). Of or relating to twilight. 



Crepuscula'ria (Lat. crepus'culum, 

 twilight). A family of lepido- 

 pterous or scaly-winged insects, 

 which mostly fly by twilight, as 

 the sphinxes or hawk-moths. 



Creta'ceous (Lat. creta, chalk). Of or 

 relating to chalk. 



Cret'inism. The state of a Cretin : a 

 diseased state characterised by im- 

 becility of mind and body, common 

 in Switzerland and some other 

 mountainous countries. 



Crib'riform (Lat. cribrum, a sieve ; 

 forma, shape). Like a sieve. 



Cri'coid (Gr. KPIKOS, krikos, a ring ; 

 fi'Soy, eidos, shape). Like a ring. 



Cri'noid (Gr. Kpivos, krinos, a lily ; 

 elSos, eidos, shape). Like a lily : 

 applied to certain fossil echinoder- 

 matous invertebrates supported on 

 jointed stalks. 



Cri'sis (Gr. Kpww, krino, I judge or 

 determine). That state of a disease 

 or other affair, in which it has 

 arrived at its height, and must soon 

 change; in medicine, generally 

 applied to the change itself. 



Cris'ta (Lat. a crest). In anatomy, 

 a term applied to several processes 

 of bones. 



Critical (Gr. Kpivu, krino, I judge or 

 determine). Relating to judging ; 

 in medicine, marking or producing 

 a change in a disease. 



Crocodilia (Crocodile}. The class of 

 reptiles of which the crocodile is the 

 type. 



