o press.]
A term applied to some muscles, that compress the parts to which they
are attached.

CON'DYLE. [Gr. +kondulos+, _kondulos_, a knuckle, a protuberance.] A
prominence on the end of a bone.

CON-JUNC-TI'VA. [L. _con_, together, and _jungo_, to join.] The
membrane that covers the anterior part of the globe of the eye.

COP'PER. A metal of a pale, red color, tinged with yellow.

COR-A'COID. [Gr. +korax+, _korax_, a crow, and +eidos+, _eidos_,
form.] A process of the scapula shaped like the beak of a crow.

CO'RI-ON. [Gr. +chorion+, _chorion_, skin.] The true skin.

CORN'E-A. [L. _cornu_, a horn.] The transparent membrane in the fore
part of the eye.

COS'TA. [L. _costa_, a coast, side, or rib.] A rib.

CRIB'RI-FORM. [L. _cribrum_, a sieve, and _forma_, form.] A plate of
the ethmoid bone, through which the olfactory nerve passes to the
nose.

CRI'COID. [Gr. +krikos+, _krikos_, a ring, and +eidos+, _eidos_,
form.] A name given to a cartilage of the larynx, from its form.

CRYS'TAL-LINE. [L. _crystallinus_, consisting of crystal.] _Crystalline
lens._ One of the humors of the eye. It is convex, white, firm, and
transparent.

CU'BI-TUS, -I. [L. _cubitus_, the elbow.] One of the bones of the
forearm, also called the _ulna_.

CU'BOID. [Gr. +kubos+, _kubos_, a cube, and +eidos+, _eidos_, form.]
Having nearly the form of a cube.

CU-NE'I-FORM. [L. _cuneus_, a wedge.] The name of bones in the wrist
and foot.

CUS'PID. [L. _cuspis_, a point.] Having one point.

CU-TA'NE-OUS. [L. _cutis_, skin.] Belonging to the skin.

CU'TI-CLE. [L. _cutis_.] The external layer of the skin.

CU'TIS VE'RA. [L. _cutis_, and _vera_, true.] The internal layer of
the skin; the true skin.

DEL'TOID. [Gr. +delta+, _delta_, the Greek letter +Delta+, and
+eidos+, _eidos_, form.] The name of a muscle, that resembles in form
the Greek letter +Delta+.

DENS. [L.] A tooth.

DENT'AL. [L. _dens_, tooth.] Pertaining to the teeth.

DE-PRESS'OR. [L.] The name of a muscle that draws down the part to
which it is attached.

DERM'OID. [Gr. +derma+, _derma_, the skin, and +eidos+, _eidos_,
form.] Resembling skin.

DE-SCEND'ENS. [L. _de_ and _scando_, to climb.] Descending, falling.

DI'A-PHRAGM. [Gr. +diaphragma+, _diaphragma_, a partition.] The
midriff; a muscle separating the chest from the abdomen.

DI-AR-RHOE'A. [Gr. +diarreo+, _diarrheo_, to flow through.] A morbidly
frequent evacuation of the intestines.

DI-AS'TO-LE. [Gr