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little horn), having a horn-like 



cornicula laryngis, Icorn-ik'-ul-a, 

 lar-mf-is (L. corniculum, a little 

 horn-^from cornu, a horn ; Gr. 

 larunx, the upper part of the 

 windpipe, larunggos, of the wind- 

 pipe), the little horns of the 

 larynx ; two small cartilaginous 

 nodules of a somewhat conical 

 shape &t the summits of the 

 arytenoid cartilages. 



cornu, n., ~korri-u (L. eornu, a 

 horn), a horn : cornua, n. plu., 

 k8rn''U'd, horns : cornus, see 

 under 'cornacese :' cornute, a., 

 korn'-ut, horn - shaped : cornu 

 Ammonis, dm-mon-is (of Am- 

 mori), the horn of Ammon, a long 

 white eminence on the brain, 

 indented or notched so as to 

 present some resemblance to the 

 paw of an animal ; called also 

 ' pes hippocampi. ' 



corolla, n., kor-ftl'ld (L. corolla, 

 a small wreath or crown), in bot. , 

 the second whorl of leaves in a 

 flower, commonly the most bril- 

 liantly coloured, the separate 

 pieces of which are called ' petals' : 

 corollifloral, a., kdr-M'.li-flor'.&l 

 (L. flos, a flower, floris, of a 

 flower), applied to those plants 

 that have the united petals placed 

 under the ovary, and the stamens 

 either borne by the petals, or 

 inserted independently into the 

 torus : corolliflorse, n. plu. , kdr- 

 ol'-li-flor'-e, all plants that have 

 the calyx and corolla present, 

 the corolla gamopetalous, hypog- 

 ynous, usually bearing the 

 stamens: corolline, a., kfrr'Ql'Un, 

 of or belonging to a corolla. 



corona, n., k6r-6n f -d (L. corona, 

 Gr. korone, a garland, a wreath), 

 in bot., a corolline appendage 

 between the corolla and stamens; 

 cup -like or in rays, as the crown 

 of the Daffodil ; in anat., the 

 upper surface of the molar 

 teeth. 



corona glandis, ktir-on'-d gldnd'-ls 



(L. corona, a crown ; glans, an 

 acorn, a gland, glandis, of an 

 acorn), the crown of the gland ; 

 the elevated margin or bean of 

 the glan penis. 



coronal, a., kor-on'-al (L. corona, a 

 crown, a wreath), in anat., pert, to 

 the crown of the head : coronary, 

 a., koY-on-cr-l, encircling like a 

 crown : coronate, a., ktir'-tin-dt, 

 having little crown -like emin- 

 ences : coronet, n., kdr'on-Zt, a 

 little or inferior crown : corona 

 radiata, rdd'i-at'a (L. radidtus, 

 furnished with rays from radius, 

 a staff, a ray), an assemblage of 

 radiating fibres in each hemisphere 

 of the cerebrum that may be com- 

 pared to a fan: coronula, n. plu., 

 K&r-on'ul-d, little crowns ; small 

 calyx-like bodies ; borders sur- 

 rounding the seeds of certain 

 flowers. 



CoroniUa, n., k^on-il'-la (L. 

 corona, a crown, referring to the 

 arrangement of the flowers), an. 

 "interesting genus of plants, Ord. 

 Leguminosse, Sub-ord. Papilion- 

 aceae : Coronilla varia, vdr'-i-a 

 (L. varius, changing, varying), a 

 species which acts as a narcotic 

 poison: C. emerus, em'$r-us (Gr. 

 emeros, not wild, cultivated), the 

 leaves of this and preceding are 

 sometimes used to adulterate 

 senna. 



coronoid, a., kdr'-Sn-oyd (Gr. cor- 

 one, a crow, the beak of a crow ; 

 eidos, resemblance), in anat., 

 applied to a process of the large 

 bone of the fore-arm, so named 

 from its being shaped like the 

 beak of a crow : coronoid fossa, 



ffts'sd (L. fossa, a ditch), a 

 depression on the head of the 

 ulna. 



corpus, n., kftrp'tis (L.), a body: 

 corpora, n. plu., kdrp'-dr-a (L.), 

 bodies : corpus albicans, alb'ik- 

 dnz (L. sing.), corpora albicantia, 

 alb'-ik-an'-shi-a (L. albicans, being 

 white from albus, white), two 

 round white eminences, situated 



