CYLINDER

n. Si2l'i2n-du5r. Gr., Kv\iv5pos. Lat., cylindrus. Fr., cylindre. Ger., C. 1. An elongated body of the same transverse diameter throughout and circular on transverse section. [A, 301.] 2. See CAST. Axis-c. See under Axis. Blutc* (Ger.). See Blood-CAST. Cortical c's. See CeM-TRABECUUE. C's of mucus. C's discharged in the form of membranous casts of the intestine, in intestinal catarrh, from an inch to a foot in length. They are composed almost entirely of mucin, but sometimes of albumin and fibrin, and occur particularly in hysterical women, [a, 18.] Fibrovascular c. See Fibro-vascular BUNDLE. [B, 104, 229 (a, 24).] Medullary c's. See Serous CANALICULI. Muscular c. See Muscular FIBRE. CYMNDRACE^E (Lat.), n. f. pi. Si2l(kul)-i2n-dra(dra3)'se2- (ke2)-e(aa-e3). Of Bory, a family of the Fuci, comprising Lichina, Polities, Chordaria. and Des mar est i a. [B, 121, 170 (a, 24).] [s. 485]