Cal-ca´re-ous (L. calx, lime). Containing lime.
Ca-nal´ (L.). In the body, any tube or passage.
Ca-nine´ (L. canis, a dog). Name given to the third tooth on each
side of the jaw; in the upper jaw it is also known as the eye-tooth: pointed like the tusks of a dog.
Cap´il-la-ry (L. capil´lus, a hair, capilla´ris hair-like). The name of the extremely minute blood-vessels which connect the arteries with the veins.
Car´bon Diox-ide (CO2). Chemical name for carbonic acid gas.
Car-bon´ic A-cid. The gas which is present in the air expired from the lungs; a waste product of the animal kingdom, and a food of the vegetable kingdom.
Car´di-ac (Gr. καρδία, cardia, the heart). The cardiac orifice of the stomach is the upper one, and is near the heart; hence its name.
Car-niv´o-rous (L. ca´ro, flesh, and vo´ro, to devour). Subsisting upon flesh.
Ca-rot´id Ar-te-ry. The large artery of the neck, supplying the head and brain.