UCTS. See CHYLE.

CHYME. Food after being subjected to the action of the gastric fluids.

CICATRIX. The scar or place where parts which have been cut or divided,
are united.

CILIA. Small hairs.

CIRCUMCISION. An operation for removing superfluous foreskin.

CIRCUMVALLATE. Arranged in oblique lines, as the prominences on the back
of the tongue.

CLAP. Gonorrhea. A venereal disease of the urethra.

CLAVICLE. See COLLAR-BONE.

CLINICAL MEDICINE. Investigation of disease at the bedside.

COAGULATE. To thicken or harden, as heat hardens the white of an egg.

COITION. Sexual intercourse. The act of generation.

COLLAR-BONE (CLAVICLE). A bone at the front and top of chest, attached
by one end to the breast-bone and by the other to the shoulder-blade.

COLON. Part of the large intestines. Illus. page 40.

COMA. A condition of profound sleep from which it is difficult to arouse
the patient.

COMEDONES. Pimples on the face. See page 412, and Fig. 8. Plate II.

COMPRESS. A soft cloth folded to several thicknesses, so that with a
bandage pressure can be applied, or by wetting in hot water, a part can
be subjected to the influences of heat and moisture.

CONCEPTION. Impregnation of the ovum; the beginning of a new being.

CONGENITAL. Applied to a disease born with one; from birth.

CONGESTION. An abnormal amount of blood in a part or organ.

CONJUNCTIVA. The membrane which covers the external surface of the
eyeball.

CONJUNCTIVITIS. Inflammation of the eye.

CONTAGION. The transmission of disease from one to another by contact,
as hydrophobia, syphilis; or otherwise, as measles, scarlet fever, etc.

CONTAGIOUS. Capable of being transmitted from one person to another.

CONTINENCE. Abstinence from sexual intercourse or excitement.

CONVALESCENCE. The recovery of health after sickness.

CONVOLUTED. Curved or rolled together.

COPULATION. Sexual intercourse.

CORIUM. A layer of the akin.

CORNEA. A transparent covering of the front of the eye.

CORPUSCLES OF THE BLOOD. Defined and illustrated on page 53.

COUNTER-IRRITANTS. Defined on page 331.

COWPER'S GLANDS OF THE MALE. Glands situated in front of the prostate
gland. Illus. page 207.

COXALGIA. Hip-joint disease. See page 451.

CRANIUM. The skull. The bones of the head.

CRAYONS. Sticks or cylinders made of Cocoa butter and medicated.

CROSS-EYE. One or both eyes drawn towards the nose. Squint.

CRUSTACEOUS. Belonging to the class of anim