Cantharis

(kan’thar-is), pl. canthar/ides (L.; Gr. κάνθαρος beetle]. 1. A genus of beetles. 2. The A_ power- Containing or per- Any salt of can- 183 A morbid state pro-, CAPILLARY blistering or Spanish fly, Can'thar is vesica to'ria Cantharides are applied externally as powerful Tubefacient and blistering agents; in moderate internal doses they are diuretic and stimulant to the urinary and reproductive organs: they are highly poisonous in large doses. Dose of the tincture, 1-20 min. (0.066-1.333 C.c.). canthectomy (kan-thek’to-me) (Gr. κανθός canthus t ἐκτομή excision]. Surgical removal of a canthus. canthitis (kan-thi’tis). thus or of the canthi. can tho lysis (kan-thol’is-is) (Gr. κανθός canthus + Δλύσις a loosening]. Surgical division of the canthus of an eye or of a canthal ligament. canthoplasty (kan’tho-plas-te) (Gr. κανθός canthus + πλάσσειν to form]. Plastic surgery of the palpebral fi ure, especially the section of a canthus to lengthen said fi ure; also the surgical restoration of a defective canthus. provisional c., can tho to my when performed as a temporary expedient or for the relief of blepharospasm. canthorrhaphy (kan-thor’af-e) (Gr. κανθός canthus αφή suture]. The suturation of the palpeha fi ure at either canthus. can tho to my (kan-thot’o-me) {canthus + Gr. τέμνειν to cut]. Surgical division of the outer canthus. canthus (kan’thus), pl. can’thi [L.; Gr. xav6és]. The angle at either end of the slit between the eyelids: the canthi are distinguished as an outer or temporal and inner or nasal. cantus gall i (kan’tus gal’i) [L. ‘“cock-crowing”). Laryngismus stridulus. canula (kan’u-lah). See cannula. CaO. Calcium monoxid. CaOC. Cathodal opening contraction. caoutchouc (koo’chook) [Fr.]. Gum-elastic or india-rubber; the concrete juice of various trees and plants, such as Sipho’nia elas’tic a, etc. It is a hydrocarbon, CyH», soluble in chloroform, ether, and carbon disulphid. See pilleus