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COSTA. [L. _costa_, a coast, side, or rib.] A rib.

CRIBRI-FORM. [L. _cribrum_, a sieve, and _forma_, form.] A plate of the ethmoid bone, through which the olfactory nerve pa.s.ses to the nose.

CRICOID. [Gr. +krikos+, _krikos_, a ring, and +eidos+, _edos_, form.] A name given to a cartilage of the larynx, from its form.

CRYSTAL-LINE. [L. _crystallinus_, consisting of crystal.] _Crystalline lens._ One of the humors of the eye. It is convex, white, firm, and transparent.

CUBI-TUS, -I. [L. _cubitus_, the elbow.] One of the bones of the forearm, also called the _ulna_.

CUBOID. [Gr. +kubos+, _kubos_, a cube, and +eidos+, _edos_, form.]

Having nearly the form of a cube.

CU-NEI-FORM. [L. _cuneus_, a wedge.] The name of bones in the wrist and foot.

CUSPID. [L. _cuspis_, a point.] Having one point.

CU-TANE-OUS. [L. _cutis_, skin.] Belonging to the skin.

CUTI-CLE. [L. _cutis_.] The external layer of the skin.

CUTIS VERA. [L. _cutis_, and _vera_, true.] The internal layer of the skin; the true skin.

DELTOID. [Gr. +delta+, _delta_, the Greek letter +Delta+, and +eidos+, _edos_, form.] The name of a muscle, that resembles in form the Greek letter +Delta+.

DENS. [L.] A tooth.

DENTAL. [L. _dens_, tooth.] Pertaining to the teeth.

DE-PRESSOR. [L.] The name of a muscle that draws down the part to which it is attached.

DERMOID. [Gr. +derma+, _derma_, the skin, and +eidos+, _edos_, form.] Resembling skin.

DE-SCENDENS. [L. _de_ and _scando_, to climb.] Descending, falling.

DIA-PHRAGM. [Gr. +diaphragma+, _diaphragma_, a part.i.tion.] The midriff; a muscle separating the chest from the abdomen.

DI-AR-RHOEA. [Gr. +diarre+, _diarrheo_, to flow through.] A morbidly frequent evacuation of the intestines.

DI-ASTO-LE. [Gr. +diastell+, _diastello_, to put asunder.] The dilatation of the heart and arteries when the blood enters them.

DI-GESTION. [L. _digestio_.] The process of dissolving food in the stomach, and preparing it for circulation and nourishment.

DIG-I-TORUM. [L. _digitus_, a finger.] A term applied to certain muscles of the extremities.

DORSAL. [L. _dorsum_, the back.] Pertaining to the back.

DU-O-DENUM. [L. _duodenus_, of twelve fingers' breadth.] The first portion of the small intestine.

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