CPage 115
- English Word Cephalothorax Definition The anterior portion of any one of the Arachnida and higher Crustacea, consisting of the united head and thorax.
- English Word Cephalotome Definition An instrument for cutting into the fetal head, to facilitate delivery.
- English Word Cephalotomy Definition Dissection or opening of the head.
- English Word Cephalotomy Definition Craniotomy; -- usually applied to bisection of the fetal head with a saw.
- English Word Cephalotribe Definition An obstetrical instrument for performing cephalotripsy.
- English Word Cephalotripsy Definition The act or operation of crushing the head of a fetus in the womb in order to effect delivery.
- English Word Cephalotrocha Definition A kind of annelid larva with a circle of cilia around the head.
- English Word Cephalous Definition Having a head; -- applied chiefly to the Cephalata, a division of mollusks.
- English Word Cepheus Definition A northern constellation near the pole. Its head, which is in the Milky Way, is marked by a triangle formed by three stars of the fourth magnitude. See Cassiopeia.
- English Word Ceraceous Definition Having the texture and color of new wax; like wax; waxy.
- English Word Cerago Definition Beebread.
- English Word Ceramic Definition Of or pertaining to pottery; relating to the art of making earthenware; as, ceramic products; ceramic ornaments for ceilings.
- English Word Ceramics Definition The art of making things of baked clay; as pottery, tiles, etc.
- English Word Ceramics Definition Work formed of clay in whole or in part, and baked; as, vases, urns, etc.
- English Word Cerargyrite Definition Native silver chloride, a mineral of a white to pale yellow or gray color, darkening on exposure to the light. It may be cut by a knife, like lead or horn (hence called horn silver).
- English Word Cerasin Definition A white amorphous substance, the insoluble part of cherry gum; -- called also meta-arabinic acid.
- English Word Cerasin Definition A gummy mucilaginous substance; -- called also bassorin, tragacanthin, etc.
- English Word Cerasinous Definition Pertaining to, or containing, cerasin.
- English Word Cerasinous Definition Of a cherry color.
- English Word Cerastes Definition A genus of poisonous African serpents, with a horny scale over each eye; the horned viper.
- English Word Cerate Definition An unctuous preparation for external application, of a consistence intermediate between that of an ointment and a plaster, so that it can be spread upon cloth without the use of heat, but does not melt when applied to the skin.
- English Word Cerated Definition Covered with wax.
- English Word Ceratine Definition Sophistical.
- English Word Ceratobranchia Definition A group of nudibranchiate Mollusca having on the back papilliform or branched organs serving as gills.
- English Word Ceratobranchial Definition Pertaining to the bone, or cartilage, below the epibranchial in a branchial arch.
- English Word Ceratobranchial Definition A ceratobranchial bone, or cartilage.
- English Word Ceratodus Definition A genus of ganoid fishes, of the order Dipnoi, first known as Mesozoic fossil fishes; but recently two living species have been discovered in Australian rivers. They have lungs so well developed that they can leave the water and breathe in air. In Australia they are called salmon and baramunda. See Dipnoi, and Archipterygium.
- English Word Ceratohyal Definition Pertaining to the bone, or cartilage, below the epihyal in the hyoid arch.
- English Word Ceratohyal Definition A ceratohyal bone, or cartilage, which, in man, forms one of the small horns of the hyoid.
- English Word Ceratosaurus Definition A carnivorous American Jurassic dinosaur allied to the European Megalosaurus. The animal was nearly twenty feet in length, and the skull bears a bony horn core on the united nasal bones. See Illustration in Appendix.