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Chylaceous
() Possessed of the properties of chyle; consisting of chyle.
Chylaqueous
() Consisting of chyle much diluted with water; -- said of a liquid which forms the circulating fluid of some inferior animals.
Chyle
() A milky fluid containing the fatty matter of the food in a state of emulsion, or fine mechanical division; formed from chyme by the action of the intestinal juices. It is absorbed by the lacteals, and conveyed into the blood by the thoracic duct.
Chylifaction
() The act or process by which chyle is formed from food in animal bodies; chylification, -- a digestive process.
Chylifactive
() Producing, or converting into, chyle; having the power to form chyle.
Chyliferous
() Transmitting or conveying chyle; as, chyliferous vessels.
Chylific
() Chylifactive.
Chylification
() The formation of chyle. See Chylifaction.
Chylificatory
() Chylifactive.
Chylify
() To make chyle of; to be converted into chyle.
Chylopoetic
() Concerned in the formation of chyle; as, the chylopoetic organs.
Chylous
() Consisting of, or similar to, chyle.
Chyluria
() A morbid condition in which the urine contains chyle or fatty matter, giving it a milky appearance.
Chyme
() The pulpy mass of semi-digested food in the small intestines just after its passage from the stomach. It is separated in the intestines into chyle and excrement. See Chyle.
Chymic
() Alt. of Chymistry
Chymist
() Alt. of Chymistry
Chymistry
() See Chemic, Chemist, Chemistry.
Chymiferous
() Bearing or containing chyme.
Chymification
() The conversion of food into chyme by the digestive action of gastric juice.
Chymify
() To form into chyme.
Chymous
() Of or pertaining to chyme.
Chyometer
() An instrument for measuring liquids. It consists of a piston moving in a tube in which is contained the liquid, the quantity expelled being indicated by the graduation upon the piston rod.
Cibarious
() Pertaining to food; edible.
Cibation
() The act of taking food.
Cibation
() The process or operation of feeding the contents of the crucible with fresh material.
Cibol
() A perennial alliaceous plant (Allium fistulosum), sometimes called Welsh onion. Its fistular leaves areused in cookery.
Ciboria
() of Ciborium
Ciborium
() A canopy usually standing free and supported on four columns, covering the high altar, or, very rarely, a secondary altar.
Ciborium
() The coffer or case in which the host is kept; the pyx.
Cicadas
() of Cicada
Cicadae
() of Cicada
Cicada
() Any species of the genus Cicada. They are large hemipterous insects, with nearly transparent wings. The male makes a shrill sound by peculiar organs in the under side of the abdomen, consisting of a pair of stretched membranes, acted upon by powerful muscles. A noted American species (C. septendecim) is called the seventeen year locust. Another common species is the dogday cicada.
Cicala
() A cicada. See Cicada.
Cicatrice
() A cicatrix.
Cicatricial
() Relating to, or having the character of, a cicatrix.
Cicatricle
() The germinating point in the embryo of a seed; the point in the yolk of an egg at which development begins.
Cicatrisive
() Tending to promote the formation of a cicatrix; good for healing of a wound.
Cicatrices
() of Cicatrix
Cicatrix
() The pellicle which forms over a wound or breach of continuity and completes the process of healing in the latter, and which subsequently contracts and becomes white, forming the scar.
Cicatrizant
() A medicine or application that promotes the healing of a sore or wound, or the formation of a cicatrix.
Cicatrization
() The process of forming a cicatrix, or the state of being cicatrized.
Cicatrized
() of Cicatrize
Cicatrizing
() of Cicatrize
Cicatrize
() To heal or induce the formation of a cicatrix in, as in wounded or ulcerated flesh.
Cicatrize
() To heal; to have a new skin.
Cicatrose
() Full of scars.
Cicely
() Any one of several umbelliferous plants, of the genera Myrrhis, Osmorrhiza, etc.
Cicero
() Pica type; -- so called by French printers.
Ciceroni
() of Cicerone
Cicerones
() of Cicerone