Casein. The part of milk which contains nitrogen. Cheese curd.
Catalytics. Medicines which destroy morbid agencies in the blood. Alteratives.
Catamenia. Monthly flow of the female.
Cataract. Opacity of the lens of the eye, or its covering, or both.
Cathartics. Medicines which cause evacuation of the bowels.
Catheter. A hollow tube introduced into the bladder through the urethra for the purpose of drawing off the urine.
Caustics. Substances which destroy animal tissue.
Cauterization. Burning or searing by a hot iron, or caustic medicines.
Cauterize. To burn or sear by a hot iron, or by medicines which destroy.
Cell. A little vessel having a membranous wall and containing fluid. The whole body may be considered as formed of different kinds of cells.