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THE VETERINARY SCIENCE 
c. 
Catheter.- -A tube for extracting the urine from the bladder. 
Caustic. — That which burns the fle^>h. 
Calomel.— See Part VL 
Canine. — Pertaining to dogs. 
Carbon. — A black-colored chemical; lampblack; graphite. 
Carbonate. — A compound with carbon; corbonate of lime, soda, etc 
Carbonic acid. — A compound of carbon and oxygen. Breaih of ani- 
mals contain small quantities. 
Casein. — A constituent of milk. 
Castrate. — To remove the testicles. 
Cervix. — The neck. 
Cervical. — Pertaining to the neck. 
Chronic. — Protracted, slow. 
Chalk. — Carbonate of lime. 
Chlorine. — Forms chlorides with lime, soda, etc. 
Chyle, chyme. — Applied to the food in the process of digestion. 
Common salt. — Sodium chloride. 
Concussion. — A violent shock or undue pressure, as concussion of 
the brain. 
Congelation. — Becoming solid. 
Corrosive Sublimate. — The bichloride of mercury. 
Coagulate. — To thicken. Coagulation or thickening of the blood. 
Collapse. — A complete breakdown, as a nervous collapse. 
Combustion. — Burning. 
Congestion. — The gathering of blood to a certain part. 
Constipation. — Applied to a condition of the bowels when the manure 
is not forced from them naturally. 
Contagious. — "Catching." 
Contamination. — Decay. 
Contusion. — A bruise. 
Convalescence. — The period of recovery. 
Costive. — See constipation. 
Crisis. — The point at which a change in the progress of the disease 
takes place. 
Cud. — The food being chewed after first being swallowed and again 
brought to the mouth. 
Cyst. — ^A bag, pouch or sack. 
D. 
Decomposition. — Putrification or decay. 
Dentition. — The getting of teeth. 
Diagnosis. — Arriving at a conclusion as to what disease is present. 
Disinfectant. — A medicine which has the effect of destroying para- 
sites and germs of disease in the air and about the stables and 
outhouses. 
Dislocation. — The changing from the natural position. Dislocation of 
the petella. 
Distillation. — Changing a fluid to the form of vapor and then con- 
densing again. 
Domestic. — Animals commonly used by man. 
Dorsal. — Pertaining to the back. 
Drastic. — very powerful dose of medicine. 
Dung. — Mannre. 
