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or cordial which animates the 

 spirits: cardiac polypus, p8l'* 

 ip-tis, a pre-mortem coagulation 

 of the blood within the heart : 

 cardialgia, n., Mrd'-i-dlj'i-d (Gr. 

 algos, pain), pain in the stomach; 

 heart-burn : carditis, n., Mrd- 

 It'is, inflammation of the tissues 

 of the heart. 



Carduus, n.,kdrd f 'U'%s(Ij. carduus, 

 a thistle), a genus of plants, Ord. 

 Composite, Sub-Ord. Cynaro- 

 cephalse, which includes the 

 various species of thistle : Card- 

 uus benedictus, IZn'e-dikt'-us (L. 

 ben&dfatus, commended, praised), 

 the blessed thistle, formerly used 

 as a stomachic. 



carex, n., Mr'-eks, carices, n. plu., 

 kdr'-is-ez (L. carex, reed-grass), a 

 genus of plants, Ord. Cyperacese : 

 Carex arenaria, dr'-en-dr'-i-d (L. 

 arendria, a sand-pit from arena, 

 sand), C. disticha, dist'>$k>& (L. 

 distichus, consisting of two rows), 

 C. hirta, hertf-d (L. hirtus, rough, 

 hairy), have been used under the 

 name German sarsaparilla ; some 

 of the carices, having creeping 

 stems, bind together the loose 

 moving sand ot the sea-shore. 



Caricese, n. plu., Icdr-is'-Z-e (origin 

 unknown said to be from Cdria 

 in Asia Minor, where cultivated), 

 a tribe of plants, Ord. Papayacese : 

 Carica, n., lcdr f >ilc-d, a genus of 

 plants: Carica papaya, pdp-d'-yd, 

 the Papaw tree, which yields an 

 acrid milky juice, and an edible 

 fruit. 



carices, n. plu., see 'carex.' 



caries, n., Tcdr'-i-ez (L. caries, 

 rottenness), ulceration or rotten- 

 ness of a bone, caries having 

 the same relation to bone which 

 ulceration has to soft parts, as 

 in a decaying tooth : carious, a. , 

 kdr f 'i'us, affected with caries. 



carina, n., kdr'ln r -d(L. cdrlna, the 

 bottom of a ship, the keel), the 

 two partially united lower petals 

 of a papilionaceous flower, as in 

 the lower petals of pea-flowers, 



which have a keel-like shape : 

 carinal, a., Mr-in'-dl, said of 

 the aestivation when the carina 

 includes the other part 01 the 

 flower: carinate, a., Mr -in' at, 

 keeled. 



cariopsis, see 'caryopsis.' 



Carludovica, n.,kdr f 'l6>d$v'ik'a (in 

 honour of Charles iv. of Spain 

 and his queen), a genus of plants, 

 Ord. Pandanacese : Carludovica 

 palmata, pdl-rndt'-d (L. palmdtus, 

 marked with the palm of the 

 hand), a plant from whose leaves 

 Panama hats are made, a valuable 

 industry. 



carminative, n. , Mr-min'-dt-w 

 (It. carmmare, to card wool, to 

 make gross humours fine and 

 thin by medicine from carmen, 

 a card for wool), remedies which 

 relieve flatulence and alleviate 

 colicky pains, as on the supposed 

 old medical theory of humours. 



Carnivora, n. plu., Mr-niv'or-d 

 (L. cdro, flesh, carnis, of flesh ; 

 voro, I devour), the flesh-eating 

 animals, an Order of the Mam- 

 malia: carnivorous, a., Mr -HIV'- 

 dr-us, feeding upon flesh. 



carnose, a., Mr-noz' (L. carnosus, 

 fleshy from cdro, flesh), fleshy ; 

 having a consistence resembling 

 flesh : carnosity, n., Mr-ntis'tt-i, 

 a small fleshy excrescence. 



carotid, n. or a., Mr -tit' id (car- 

 .otldes, plu., a modern L. or Gr. 

 formative from Gr. Tcaroo, I 

 stupefy, from the idea of the 

 ancients that by these arteries 

 an increased flow of blood pro- 

 duced sleep or stupor ; said also 

 to be a Latinised formation from 

 Gr. Icara, the head ; ous, the ear, 

 otos, of the ear, from the con- 

 nection of the arteries with the 

 face and ear; more likely, from 

 Gr. Tear os, deep sleep, because 

 compression of them was sup- 

 posed to produce sleep, hence 

 they were also called 'arterise 

 soporiferse'), one of the two large 

 arteries of the neck, subdivided 



