Mother's Remedies eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 1,684 pages of information about Mother's Remedies.

Mother's Remedies eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 1,684 pages of information about Mother's Remedies.

Condiment (kon’di-ment).  A seasoner.

Condyle (kon’dil).  The rounded eminence at the joint (articular) end of
                   a bone.

Confluent (kon-flu’ent).  Becoming merged together.

Congenital (kon-jen’it-al).  Existing at or before birth.

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Congestion (kon-gest’jun).  Excessive or abnormal accumulation of blood in
                           a part.

Conjunctiva (kon-junk-ti’vah).  The delicate membrane that lines the
                               eyelids and covers the eyeball.

Constipation (kon-stip-a’shun).  Infrequent or difficult evacuation of
                                feces (bowel material).

Constriction (kon-strik’shun).  A constricted part or place.  Tight feeling.

Contagious (kon-ta’jus).  Propagated by contagion or by immediate contact
                         or effluvia.

Contusion (kon-tu-zhun).  A bruise.

Contamination (kon-tam-in-a’shun.) Infection of the person or of matter by
                                   contact.

Convalescence (kon-val-es’ens).  Getting well after an illness.

Convoluted (kon’va-lut-cd).  Rolled together or coiled.

Convulsion (kon-vul’shun).  A violent involuntary contraction or series of
                           contractions of the voluntary muscles.

Cordial (kord’yel).  Stimulating the heart; invigorating.

Cornea (kor’neah).  The transparent anterior portion of the eyeball.

Corpse (korps).  The dead body of a human being.

Corrective (kor-ek’tiv).  Modifying or changing favorably.

Corroborants (kor-ob’er-ants).  Aiding in proving.

Corrosive (kor-ro’siv).  Eating away.  A substance that destroys organic
                        tissue either by direct chemical means or by
                        causing inflammation and suppuration.

Counter Irritation (kown’ter-ir-rit-a’shun).  A superficial irritation.

Cosmetics (koz-met’ik).  Beautifying substances.

Costiveness (kos’tiv-nes).  Constipated bowels.

Cranium (kra’neum).  The skull or brain-pan.

Crassamentum (kras-sam-en’tum).  A clot, as of blood.

Crepitus (krep’it-us).  The grating of broken bones.

Crisis (kri’sis).  Turning point of a disease for better or worse.

Cutaneous (ku-ta’ne-us).  Pertaining to the skin.

Cuticle (ku’tik-l).  The epidermis, outer or scarf skin.

Cyst (sist).  A cavity containing fluid and surrounded by a capsule
             (covering).

Debility (de-bil-i-ti).  Lack or loss of strength.

Decoction (de-kok’shun).  A medicine, etc., made by boiling.

Decomposition (de-kom-po-zish’-un).  Putrefying.  The separation of the
                                    component parts of the body.

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