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.
