Circumvallate (Lat. circum, around, and vallum, a rampart). Surrounded by a rampart, as are certain papillæ of the tongue.
Coagulation (Lat. coagulo, to curdle). Applied to the process by which the blood clots or solidifies.
Cochlea (Lat. cochlea, a snail shell). The spiral cavity of the internal ear.
Columnæ Carneæ. Fleshy projections in the ventricles of the heart.
Commissure (Lat. con, together, and mitto, missum, to put). A joining or uniting together.
Compress. A pad or bandage applied directly to an injury to compress it.
Concha (Gr. κόγχη, a mussel shell). The shell-shaped portion of the external ear.
Congestion (Lat. con, together, and gero, to bring). Abnormal gathering of blood in any part of the body.
Conjunctiva (Lat. con, together, and jungo, to join). A thin layer of mucous membrane which lines the eyelids and covers the front of the eyeball, thus joining the latter to the lids.
Connective Tissue. The network which connects the minute parts of most of the structures of the body.