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CHLORINE. [Gr. +chloros+, _chloros_, green.] _Chlorine gas_, so named from its color.

CHORDA, -. [L.] A cord. An a.s.semblage of fibres.

CHOROID. [Gr. +chorion+, _chorion_.] A term applied to several parts of the body that resemble the skin.

CHYLE. [Gr. +chulos+, _chulos_, juice.] A nutritive fluid, of a whitish appearance, which is extracted from food by the action of the digestive organs.

CHYL-I-FI-CATION. [_chyle_ and L. _facio_, to make.] The process by which chyle is formed.

CHYME. [Gr. +chumos+, _chumos_, juice.] A kind of grayish pulp formed from the food in the stomach.

CHYM-I-FI-CATION. [_chyme_ and L. _facio_, to make.] The process by which chyme is formed.

CILIA-RY. [L. _cilia_, eyelashes.] Belonging to the eyelids.

CIN-E-RITIOUS. [L. _cinis_, ashes.] Having the color of ashes.

CLAVI-CLE. [L. _clavicula_, from _clavis_, a key.] The collar-bone; so called from its resemblance in shape to an ancient key.

CLEIDO. A term applied to some muscles that are attached to the clavicle.

CO-AGU-LUM. [L.] A coagulated ma.s.s, a clot of blood.

COCCYX. [Gr.] An a.s.semblage of bones joined to the sacrum.

COCHLE-A. [Gr. +kochl+, _kochlo_, to twist; or L. _cochlea_, a screw.] A cavity of the ear resembling in form a snail sh.e.l.l.

COLON. [Gr.] A portion of the large intestine.

CO-LUMNA, -.[L.] A column or pillar.

COM-MUNIS. [L.] A name applied to certain muscles.

COM-PLEXUS. [L. _complector_, to embrace.] The name of a muscle that embraces many attachments.

COM-PRESSOR. [L. _con_, together, and _premo_, _pressus_, to press.]

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

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

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

COPPER. A metal of a pale, red color, tinged with yellow.

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

CORI-ON. [Gr. +chorion+, _chorion_, skin.] The true skin.

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