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Northern India, very bitter, and 

 is an esteemed and slightly laxat- 

 ive tonic : Chironia, n., kir-on'- 

 I'd, a genus of plants, Ord. 

 Gentianacese. 



chiropodist, n., Hr-op'od-ist, (Gr. 

 keiro, I clip or pare ; podes, the 

 feet), one who extracts corns and 

 removes bunions ; a corn and 

 wart doctor. 



chitine, n., kU'Jn (Gr. chiton, a 

 coat of mail), the peculiar chem- 

 ical substance, nearly allied to 

 horn, which forms the covering 

 of many of the Crustacea, insecta, 

 etc.: chitinous, a., kit'-in-us, con- 

 sisting or having the nature of 

 chitine. 



ChlsenaceaB, n. plu., kle-nd'sZ-e 

 (Gr. chlaina, a gown or cloak), a 

 small Order of trees or shrubs 

 found in Madagascar. 



chlamys, n., klam'-is (Gr. chlamus, 

 L. chlamys, a coat, an upper 

 garment, chlamydis, of a coat), 

 in bot., a covering, the floral 

 envelope : chlainydeous, a., 

 klam-id'e-us, pert. to. 



ChloranthacesB, n. plu., klor'- 

 anth-a's&e (Gr. chloros, green ; 

 anthos, a flower), the Chloranthus 

 family, an Order of plants 

 esteemed in tropical countries for 

 medicinal properties: Chloranth- 

 us, n., klor>anth''US, a genus of 

 curious plants : Chloranthus 

 officinalis, of-fts'-in-aMs (L. offic- 

 Ina, a workshop), a species which 

 is aromatic and fragrant : chlor- 

 anthia, n., ktir'&nth'f-d, also 

 chloranthy, n., klor-anth'-i, a 

 vegetable luxuriance consisting 

 of a bunch of leaves into which 

 the floral organs of a flower have 

 been converted. 



chlorine, n., Iclor'm (Gr. chloros, 

 grass-green), a greenish - yellow 

 gas, possessing great power as a 

 bleacher : chloride, n., klor'-id. 



chloroform, n., klor'-o-form (so 

 called because it consists of one 

 atom of formyle and three atoms 

 of chlorine), a clear, transparent, 



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watery-looking liquid, produced 

 in the crude state by distilling 

 rectified spirit from off chlorinated 

 lime, usually called chloride of 

 lime, remarkable for its property 

 of producing insensibility to pain 

 when inhaled ; also called the 

 * perchloride of formyle. ' 



chlorofucine, n., kldrto-fus'in^f. 

 chloros, grass-green ; Gr. phukos, 

 L. fucus, the plant alkanet, the 

 red colour from the same), a clear, 

 yellow-green colouring matter. 



chlorophyll, n., Mor-o-fU (Gr. 

 chloros, grass-green ; phullon, a 

 leaf), the green colouring matter 

 of plants, 



chloros, n., klorto's (Gr. chloros, 

 grass-green), in composition, 

 chloro-: chlorosis, n., Idor-oz'-is, 

 a loss of colour ; a diseased state 

 in which the skin assumes a 

 sallow tint, its most prominent 

 phenomenon being a spansemic 

 condition of the blood, with 

 diminution of the red corpus- 

 cles : chlorotic, a., klor-ofiik, 

 pert, to or affected with chlorosis. 



Chlorosporeae, n. plu., klor'-o -sport 

 e-e (Gr. chloros, grass-green ; 

 spora, a spore), a Sub -order of 

 the Algae, plants growing in the 

 sea, fresh water, or damp situa- 

 tions, and usually of a grass-green 

 colour. 



Chloroxylon, n., klor-oks'-il-on 

 (Gr. chloros, grass -green ; xulon, 

 wood), a genus of fine timber 

 trees, Ord. Cedrelacese, so named 

 from the deep yellow colour of 

 the wood: Chloroxylon Swietenia, 

 swet-en f 'i-d (after Swieten, a 

 Dutch botanist), a species which 

 produces satin-wood, and a kind 

 of oil. 



cholagogue, n., Tcol'-a-go'g (Gr. 

 chole, bile ; agogos, a leader), 

 a medicine which acts on the 

 liver, and 'increases the flow of 

 bile. 



choledochus, a., Jctil-Zd'ok'tis (Gr. 

 chole, bile ; dechomai, I receive), 

 denoting the common bile duct, 



