cibophobia

(si-bo-fo’be-ah) [1,. ci’bum food + Gr. φόβος fear]. Abnormal loathing of food. Cibotium (sib-o’te-um). A genus of tree-ferns of East India. One species furnishes soft hairs which are used as a styptic. cicatricial (sik-at-rish’al). nature of a cicatrix. cicatricotomy (sik’’at-tri-kot’o-me) [cicatrix + Gr. τομή cut]. Incision of a cicatrix. cicatrix (sik-a’triks or sik’at-riks), pl. cica’trices (L. “scar. A scar: the mark left by a sore or wound. filtering c., a cicatrix following glaucoma operation through which the aqueous humor escapes. hypertrophic c., a hard, rigid tumor formed by hypertrophy of the ti ue of a cicatrix. manometric c., a cicatrix of the drum membrane of the ear that moves in and out with variations of the intra tympanic pre ure. vicious ©., a cicatrix which causes deformity or impairs the function of a part. cicatrizant (sik-at’riz-ant). moting cicatrization. 2. motes cicatrization. Pertaining to or of the 1. Causing or pro- An agent which pro cicatrization (sik’at-riz-a’shun). A healing proce which leaves a scar or cicatyix. cicatrize (sik’at-riz). To heal or skin over so as to leave a scar. An aqueous solution of thio sin am in and antipyrin: used hypodermically. Cicuta (si-ku’tah) [L.]. A genus of poisonous umbelliferous plants. C. macua’ta and C. bulb if’era, plants of North America, also C. viro’sa, water-hemlock, of the Old World, have the properties of conium, but are not used in official medicine.