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cenanthy, n. , sen-dnth'-t (Gr. l&nos t 

 void, empty ; anthos, a flower), 

 the absence of stamens and pistils 

 in flowers. 



centrifugal, a., s^nt-rif-ug-dl (L. 

 centrum, the centre ; fugio, I 

 flee), tending to go away from the 

 centre ; in bot., applied to the 

 inflorescence in which the flower- 

 ing commences first at the centre : 

 centripetal, a., sent- rip' %t-al (L. 

 peto, I seek), tending to the 

 centre ; in bot. , applied to that 

 inflorescence in which the flower- 

 ing commences first at the cir- 

 cumference or base, 

 centrum ovale cerebri, sent'rum 

 &v-al'-e ser'eb-ri (L. centrum, the 

 centre ; ovale, oval from ovum, 

 an egg ; cerebri, of the brain), 

 the oval centre of the brain, 

 called respectively, minus, mint 

 us, little, and majus, mddf-us, 

 great, being an oval central mass 

 of white cerebral matter of the 

 hemisphere of the brain. 

 Cephaelis, n., sef-ct-eUs (Gr. 

 Jcephale, the head, the flowers 

 being disposed in heads), a genus 

 of plants, Ord. Rubiacese, which 

 furnish important articles to the 

 Materia Medica ; Cephaelis 

 ipecacuanha, tp^-MJc-u-dn^d (a 

 native Brazilian word), the plant 

 whose roots yield the ipecacuanha, 

 extensively employed in medic- 

 ine. 



cephalagra, n., se/'dttdg-rd (Gr. 

 Jcephale, the head; agra, seizure), 

 acute pain in the head, either 

 from gout or rheumatism : ceph- 

 alalgia, n., sef'.al-alft-a (Gr. 

 algos, pain), headache; continuous 

 pain in the head. 



cephalic, a., sef'dl'*ik(&?. Jcephale, 

 the head), pert, to the head ; 

 pert, to a disease or affection of 

 the head : cephalo, sef-dl-o, 

 denoting attachment to or con- 

 nection with the head : cephalo- 

 branchiate, a., brdngJc^i-dt (Gr. 

 brangchia, a gill), carrying gills 

 upon the head ; applied to a 



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section of the Annelida : cephal- 

 oid, a., sef'-dl-m/d (Gr. eidos, 

 resemblance), in bot. t capitate or 

 head-shaped. 



cephalophora, n. plu., s&f'-ti,l-8f. 

 dr-d (Gr. Jcephale, the head ; 

 plwreo, I bear, I carry), a name 

 for those Mollusca which have a 

 distinct head ; more usual term 

 is 'encephala.' 



Cephalopoda, n. plu., eef-dl'bpt 

 od-d (Gr. kephale, the head ; 

 podes, feet), a class of the Mol- 

 lusca in which there is a series of 

 arms around the head, as in the 

 cuttle-fishes : cephalopodous, a., 

 sef'dl'Op'od'US, pert, to those 

 animals which have the feet or 

 arms arranged around the head, 

 or the head between the body 

 and the feet, as in cuttle-fishes. 

 Cephalotaxus, n., sef'-dl-d'tdM-us 

 (Gr. Jcephale, the head ; L. taxus, 

 a yew), a genus of plants, Ord. 

 Coniferse, Sub-ord. Taxinese, 

 handsome coniferous shrubs and 

 trees, which have the habit of 

 the yew. 



Cephalotese, n. plu., se/'-dl-dt'S-e 

 (Gr. Jcephalotos, having a head or 

 top), an Order of plants accord- 

 ing to some, and by others in- 

 cluded under the Ord. Saxifrag- 

 acese : Cephalotus, n. ,sef{dl-dt'us, 

 an anomalous apetalous genus of 

 the Ord. Saxifragacese, of which 

 there is only one species : Cephal- 

 otus follicularis, fol-^ul-a^is 

 (L. folliculus, a little bag inflated 

 with air, a little bag from/o//is, 

 an air-ball), a native of S.W. 

 Australia, having leaves arranged 

 as a rosette at the top of the 

 rhizome, one kind having the true 

 ascidia or pitchers. 

 cephalo - thorax, n . , sef'dl 6- 

 tlwr'dks (Gr. JcepJiale, the head ; 

 thorax, the chest), the anterior 

 division of the body, composed of 

 the coalesced head and chest, in 

 many Crustacea and Arachnida. 

 cephalotomy, n., sef-dl-dt'Sm^ 

 (Gr. kephale, the head; tome t a 



