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 CARBONIC ACID. A pungent, suffocating gas, the

product of respiration.

CARDIAC OPENING. The upper opening of the stomach, so-called because nearest the heart. CARTILAGINOUS. Of the nature of cartilage or gristle. CATARRHAL. Of the nature of catarrh, which is an

inflammation of the mucus membrane. CATEGORY. A list or class. CATHARTIC. A purgative medicine. CAUTERIZE. To burn or sear with substances or

instruments. CECUM. The blind pouch at the head of the large

intestine.

CELIBATE. One who is unmarried. CHOLAGOGUE. A medicine that promotes the flow of

bile.

CHYLE. The milky fluid of intestinal digestion. CIRCULATORY. Pertaining to the circulation of the

blood.

CIRRHOSED. Pertaining to cirrhosis. CIRRHOSIS. Thickening of the connective tissue of an

organ.

CLINICAL. Pertaining to a sick-bed or clinic. CLOT. A mass of thickened blood. COAGULATED. Thickened (as of fluids), curded. CODEIN. One of the alkaloids derived from opium. COLIC. Spasmodic pain in the abdomen. COLLATERAL. Accompanying, aiding. COLON. The superior part of the large intestine. COLON TUBE. A long rubber tube for insertion

through anus and sigmoid flexure into the colon.