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(From
a dog, and
a protuberance). The asperities of The Upper dorsal vertkbrae: in dogs they are particularly eminent.
(From
a dog, and
madness). See Lyssa and Hydrophobia.
(From
a dog, and
a berry). See If Hippomanes.
(From
a dog, and
fly).
Sec Psyllium.
See Dacneron.
(From
and
, an appietite).
See Boulimus.
(From
and
arose).
The Dog Rose.
(From
canis, and
a testicle; from the testicular shape of its root). See Orchis.
(See Canis.) Also the inferior part of the penis and prepuce. See Penis.
(From
the faetus, and
to carry). See Gestatio.
See Cupressus.
Ex India. See Curcuma.
And Cyperi. See Gramen cyperoides.
A composition of sixteen ingredients, such as honey, raisins, cardamom seeds, etc.; much used in the Egyptian sacrifices, and the troches are called tro-chisci cypheos.
(From
to bend).
A kind of gibbosity; a curvature of the spine of the back, when the vertebrae incline preternaturally outwards.
See Curcuma. Cyprinus. See Carpio.
(From the isle of Cyprus). See Ligustrum Indicum.
(From
a bee hive). Sec Cerumen auris.
The faeces of saffron infused in oil. Rulandus.
Properly the tiara, or cap, worn by the Persian monarchs. Hippocrates uses this word in his Treatise of the Diseases of Women, when describing a covering for the breasts.
(A corruption of
folliculi fabarum). The husks of barley, or of other corn, which fall off while they are roasted, or soaked in water.
Produced in Cyrene. See Ammoniacus sal.
Cyrenaicus succus; applied to the juice of the laserpitium of the ancients, from the country where it most flourished, by Scribonius Largus, Paulus AEgineta, and Sanctorius. See Asafoetida. Cyrones. See Phthiriasis. Cyrseon. See Anus.
 
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