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chylaceous (kila'shus) a. [Gk. chylos, 

 juice.] Of a chyle-like nature ; pert, 

 chyle (phys.). 



chyle (kil) n. [Gk. chylos, juice.] 

 Lymph containing globules of 

 emulsified fat found in the lacteals 

 during digestion (phys.). 



chylifaction (kl'lifak'shun) n. [Gk. 

 chylos, juice ; L. facere, to make], 

 also chylification. The formation of 

 chyle (Phys.). 



chyliferous (kllif'erus) a. [Gk. chylos, 

 juice ; L. ferre, to carry.] Chyle- 

 conducting ; appl. tubes or vessels 

 (phys.). 



chyliflc (klllf'ik) a. [Gk. chylos, juice ; 

 L. facere, to make.] Chyle-pro- 

 ducing ; appl. the true stomach of 

 insects (zool.). 



chylocaulous (klldcol'us) a. [Gk. 

 chylos, juice ; L. caulis, a stem.] 

 With fleshy stems (bot.). 



chylocyst (kl'losist) n. [Gk. chylos, 

 juice ; kystis, a bladder.] The 

 chyle receptacle (anat.). 



chylophyllous (kl'lofil'us) a. [Gk. 

 chylos, juice ; phyllon, a leaf.] 

 With fleshy leaves ; appl. certain 

 desert plants (bot.). 



chylopoiesis (kl'lopoie'sis) n. [Gk. 

 chylos, juice ; poiein, to produce.] 

 The production of chyle (phys.). 



chyme (kim) n. [Gk. chymos, juice.] 

 The partially digested food after 

 leaving the stomach (phys.). 



chymification (ki'miflka'shun) n. 

 [Gk. chymos, juice ; L. facere, to 

 make.] The process of converting 

 food into chyme (phys.). 



cicatricial tissue, newly - formed 

 fibrillar connective tissue which 

 closes and draws together wounds 

 (anat.). 



cicatrlcle (sik'atrik'l), cicatricula 

 (sik'atrik'ula) n. [L. cicatrix, a 

 wound.] The blastoderm in bird 

 and reptile eggs (emb.) ; a small 

 scar in the place of previous attach- 

 ment of an organ (zoo/.} ; the ^mark 

 left after the healing up of a wound 

 in plants (bot.). 



cicatrix (sik'atriks, slka'triks) n. [L. 

 cicatrix, a wound.] Cicatricle, 

 which see. 



ciclnnal (slsm'al) a. [Gk. kikinnos, 

 a curled lock.] Appl. uniparous 

 cymose branching in which the 



daughter axes are developed right 

 and left alternately (bot.). 



cilia (sil'ia) n. plu. [L. cilium, an 

 eyelid.] Hairlike vibratile out- 

 growths of the ectoderm or pro- 

 cesses found in many cells (biol.) ; 

 barbicels of a feather (zool.) ; 

 marginal hairlike processes (bot.} ; 

 eyelashes (anaf.). 



ciliary (sil'lari) a. [L. cilium, an 

 eyelid.] Pert, cilia ; appl. certain 

 structures in the eyeball (anaf., 

 zoo/.}. 



ciliate (sil'iat) a. [L. cilium, an eye- 

 lid.] Provided with cilia (biol.}. 



ciliated epithelium, an epithelium 

 found lining various passages, 

 usually with columnar cells, the 

 free edge of each of which has a 

 bunch of fine tapering vibratile 

 hairlike outgrowths (zool., phys.~). 



ciliograde (sil'iograd) a. [L. cilium, 

 an eyelid ; gradus, a step.] Pro- 

 gressing by ciliary movement (zool.). 



ciliospore (sil'iospor) n. [L. cilium, 

 an eyelid ; Gk. sporos, a seed.] A 

 protozoan swarm-spore with a coat 

 of cilia (zool.). 



cilium (sil'mm) n. [L. cilium, an 

 eyelid.] Sing, of cilia, which see. 



cinchonin (sm'konin) n. [Named after 

 a Countess Chinchon.] A white 

 alkaloid found in various types of 

 Rubiaceae (bot.). 



cincinnus (sinsin'us) n. [Gk. kikinnos, 

 a curled lock.] A scorpioid cyme 

 (bot.). 



cinclides (sing'klldez) n. plu. [Gk. 

 kingklis, a latticed gate.] Perfora- 

 tions in the body wall of certain 

 Anthozoa for the extrusion of acontia 

 (zool.). 



cinclis (sing'klis) n. [Gk. kingklis, a 

 latticed gate.] Sing, of cinclides, 

 which see. 



cingulate (sing'gulat) a. [L. cin- 

 gulum, a girdle.] Having a girdle 

 or cingulum (biol.). 



cingulum (smg'gulum) n. [L. tin* 

 gulum, a girdle.] Any structure 

 which is like a girdle ; a ridge 

 round the base of the crown of a 

 tooth ; a tract of fibres connecting 

 the callosal and hippocampal con- 

 volutions of the brain ; the outer 

 ciliary zone on the disc of rotifers 

 (anat., zool.). 



