CUSTOS

(Lat.), n. com. Ku3s(ku4s)'to as. Gen., custod'is. Fr.. custodien. Ger., Wachter. A shield, a protector. C. cerebri. The dura mater. [I. 3; K.] C. hortorum minor. See ACHILLEA ageratum.C. membranae. See MENINGOPHYLAX. C. mening is. See MENINGOPHYLAX.- C. oculi. An old name for an instrument for protecting the eye in certain operations. [A, 322.] Custodes pororum. The muscles. [Galen (A, 325).] Custodes virgin it at is. An old name for the adductor muscles of the thigh, from their action in resisting attempts at rape. [L.] [s. 477]