Cerumen (se-ru’men).  Ear-wax.

Chalybeate (kal-ib’e-at).  Containing or charged with iron.

Chancre (shang’ker).  The primary lesion (or sore) of syphilis.

Cholagogues (ko’ia-gog).  A medicine causing an increased flow of bile.

Choleraic (kol-er-a’ik).  Of the nature of cholera.

Chorea (ko-re’ah).  St. Vitus’ dance.

Chordee (kor-dee’).  Painful deflection of the penis in gonorrhea.

Chronic (kron’ik).  Long continued; not acute.

Chyle (kile).  The milky juice taken up by the lacteals from the food in
              the intestines after digestion.

Chyme (kim).  The thick grayish liquid mass into which the food is
             converted by stomach (gastric) digestion.

Circulation (sir-ku-la’shun).  Passing in a circle, as the circulation of
                              the blood.

Cicatrix (sik-a’trix).  A scar; the mark left by a sore or a wound.

Clavicle (klav’ik-l).  Collar-bone.

Climacteric (kli-mak-ter’ik).  A period of the lifetime at which the
                              system was believed to undergo marked
                              changes.  Now generally applied to the
                              “change of life.”

Clinical (klin’ic-al).  Pertaining to bedside treatment or to a clinic.

Clonic (klon’ik).  Applied to spasms where the parts are rigid and relaxed
                  in succession.

Clyster (kli’ster).  An injection into the rectum; an enema.

Coagulation (ko-ag-u-la-shun).  The process of changing into a clot.

Coagulum (ko-ag’u-lum).  A clot or curd.

Coagulate (ko-ag’u-Iat).  To cause a clot.

Coalesce (ko-al-es’).  The union of two or more parts or things.

Collapse (kol-laps’).  A state of extreme prostration and depression with
                      failure of circulation.

Colon (ko’lon).  That part of the large intestine which extends from the
                caecum to the rectum.

Colostrum (ko-los’trum).  The first fluid secreted by the “breast” (mammary
                         gland) after confinement.

Colliquative (kol-liq’wah-tuv).  Characterized bv an excessive fluid
                                discharge.

Collyrium (kol-lir’e-um).  An eye-wash.

Coma (ko’mah).  Profound stupor occurring during a disease or after a
               severe injury.

Comatose (ko’mat-os).  Pertaining to or affected with coma.

Combustion (kom-bust’yun).  Burning; rapid oxidation with emission of heat.

Concussion (kon-kush’un).  A violent jar or shock, or a condition resulting
                          from it.

Concretion (kon-kre’shun).  A calculus or inorganic mass in a natural
                           cavity or in the tissues of an organism.