and small yellow flowers that
includes the celandine. Preparation of celandine (Chelidonium majus)
used formerly as a diuretic.

Cheviot
Breed of sheep with short thick wool, originally raised in the Cheviot
Hills. Fabric of coarse twill weave, used for suits and overcoats,
originally made of Cheviot wool.

chicken pox
Caused by the varicella-zoster virus; indicated by skin eruptions,
slight fever, and malaise. Also called varicella.

chilblain
Inflammation and itchy irritation of the hands, feet, or ears, caused by
moist cold.

chloral hydrate
Colorless crystalline compound, CCl3CH(OH)2, used as a sedative and
hypnotic.

chlorosis
Iron-deficiency anemia, primarily of young women, indicated by
greenish-yellow skin color.

cholera infantum
Acute non-contagious intestinal disturbance of infants formerly common
in congested areas with high humidity and temperature.

cholera morbus
Acute gastroenteritis occurring in summer and autumn exhibiting severe
cramps, diarrhea, and vomiting. No longer in scientific use.

chorea
Nervous disorders marked by involuntary, jerky movements, especially of
the arms, legs, and face.

Chrysarobin
Bitter, yellow substance in Goa powder (from the wood of a Brazilian
tree Vataireopsis araroba), and yielding chrysophanic acid; formerly
called chrysphanic acid.

cinchona (Jesuit's bark, Peruvian bark)
Trees and shrubs of the genus Cinchona, native chiefly to the Andes and
cultivated for bark that yields the medicinal alkaloids quinine and
quinidine, which are used to treat malaria. Dried bark of these plants.

Cinnamyl
Hypothetical radical, (C6H5.C2H2)2C, of cinnamic compounds. Formerly,
cinnamule.

clonic
The nature of clonus--contraction and relaxation of muscle.

cocculus
Poisonous bean-shaped berry of a woody vine (Anamirta cocculus) of the
East Indies that yields picrotoxin.

cochineal
Red dye made of the dried and pulverized bodies of female cochineal
insects.

coddle
Cook in water below the boiling point: coddle eggs. Treat indulgently;
baby; pamper.

codling (codlin)
Greenish elongated English apple used for cooking. Small unripe apple.

Cohosh (baneberry, herb Christopher)
Plant of the genus Actaea having acrid poisonous berries; especially
blue cohosh, black cohosh.

colchicum
Various bulbous plants of the genus Colchicum, such as the autumn
crocus. The dried ripe seeds o