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chelone, a shell, a tortoise), an 

 Order of reptiles which comprise 

 the tortoises and turtles : chelon- 

 ian, a., hel-on'-i-an, pert, to anim- 

 als of the tortoise kind : chel- 

 onobatrachia, n. phi., kel-dn'o-ba- 

 trdk'i-d (Gr. batrdchos, a frog), 

 sometimes applied to the Anoura, 

 comprising frogs and toads. 

 Chenopodiacese, n. plu., k&n'd'p8d' 

 i-d'se-e, also Chenopods, n. plu., 

 Tcen'o-pddz (Gr. chen, a goose, 

 chenos, of a goose ; pous, a foot, 

 podes, feet), the Goosefoot family, 

 an Order of plants, so called in 

 allusion to many of the species 

 having leaves resembling the 

 webbed feet of the goose : Cheno- 

 podium, 11., kZn'd'pdd'i'Um, a 

 genus comprising several culinary 

 herbs : Chenopodium bonus 

 Henricus, bdn'iis hen-rik'-us (L. 

 bonus, good ; Henricus, Henry), 

 English mercury, the seeds of 

 which are used in the manu- 

 facture of shagreen : C. quinoa, 

 kwin'o-a (unascertained), a plant 

 which grows at a great eleva- 

 tion, whose seeds are used in 

 Peru as food by the name of 

 * petty rice, ' the leaves as 

 spinach, and which contains 

 much starch and oil : C. erosum, 

 e-roz'-um (L. erosum, to eat away, 

 to corrode), the Australian spin- 

 ach : C. tomentosum, tom'-en-tod 

 tim (L. tomentosum, covered with 

 a whitish, down-like wool from 

 tdmentum, a woolly pubescence), 

 the tea plant of Tristan d'Acun- 

 ha and Inaccessible Island : some 

 of the Chenopodiums emit a very 

 fetid odour. 



Chiasma, n., ki-az'ma (Gr. chias- 

 mos, a marking with the Gr. 

 letter , a cut crosswise), in 

 anat., the central body of nervous 

 matter formed by the junction 

 and the crossing of the inner 

 fibres of the optic nerves, which 

 go to opposite eyes, the outer 

 fibres proceeding direct to the 

 eye on the same side. 



chigoe, n., tshig'o (of Peruvian 

 origin ; Sp. chico, small), a pain- 

 ful sore beneath the epidermis of 

 the toes or part of the feet in 

 warm countries, caused by the 

 entrance of flea -like insects of 

 the same name the systematic 

 names being 'pulex penetrans,' 

 and 'pulex irritans': chigger, n., 

 tsliig'-ger, another spelling of 

 'chigoe.' 



Chilognatha, n. plu., J&l'bg-ndth''ft 

 (Gr. cheilos, the lip, the snout 

 of an animal ; gnathos, a jaw), 

 an Order of the Myriopoda : 

 Chilopoda, n. plu., kll-op'od'O, 

 (Gr. podes, feet), an Order of the 

 Myriopoda. 



Chimaphila, n., kim-af-il-a (Gr. 

 chelma, a storm, frost ; phileo, I 

 love), a genus of plants, Ord. 

 Ericaceae, plants which are green 

 in winter, and are ornamental 

 and medicinal : Chimaphila 

 umbellata, urnf-bel-ldtta (L. um- 

 belldtus, bearing umbels from 

 umbella, a sunshade), a North 

 American plant, the winter - 

 green, the only bitter tonic which 

 is also diuretic. 



Chimonantlms, n., Idmttin-dnth' 

 us (Gr. cheimon, winter ; anthos, 

 a flower), a genus of plants, Ord. 

 Calycanthacese, which flower in 

 the winter- time, and the flowers 

 have a delightful fragrance. 



China, Jcin-a, or China nova, 

 nov f -d (It. china, Sp. quina, 

 china; Swed. kinabark; L. novus, 

 new), the German name for Peruv- 

 ian or Jesuits' bark ; various 

 kinds of cinchona bark. 



chiragra, n., kir-dg'-ra (L. chir- 

 dgra, Gr. cheiragra, gout in the 

 hand from Gr. cheir, the hand ; 

 agra, a seizure), gout in the 

 hand. 



chiretta, n., kir-et'ta (a corruption 

 of the systematic name chir ay ta 

 from Tamil, shayraet), a 

 name for the whole plant, in- 

 cluding the flowers and roots, 

 of Agathotes chirayta, found in 



