cataria (kataria)

[NL., tar = catarrh (ka-tär'), n. [F. catarrhe = Pr. ca- Pg . catarrho = Sp. It. catarro , tarrhus , us , κατάρροος , a catarrh, lit. a flowing down, καταρρεῖν , flow down, κατά , down, + ῥεῖν , flow.] Inflammation of a mucous mem- brane, especially of the air-pa ages of the head and throat, with an exudation on its free surface containing mucin and epithelial cells, but not involving a destruction of the epithelial layer or the formation of patches of false membrane, as occurs in diphtheritic inflammation: as, gas- tric catarrh ; vaginal catarrh. catarrhal (ka-tä'ral), a . [ catarrh + -al ; = F. catarrhal = Sp. catarral = Pg. catarrhal = It. catarrale.] Pertaining to or of the nature as, a catarrhal fever. Also catarrhous . - Catar- rhal pneumonia. Same as bronchopneumonia . See also [ catarrh + its object. B shows rings of iron, stone, or lead, intended catarrheous (ka-tä re-us), a . to increase the rebound due to the stretched cables or other devices which furnished the propelling force. Bring up the catapults , and shake the wall. Fletcher , Bonduc a, iv. 4. All the bombards and catapults , and other engines of war, thundered furiously upon the city, doing great dam- age. Irving , Granada, p. 409. 2. A small forked stick to each prong of which is attached an elastic band, generally provided with a piece of leather in the middle, used by boys for throwing small mi iles, such as stones, peas, paper pellets, and the like. catapultic (kat-a-pul'tik), a. [ cataracte = Pr. cataract a = Sp. Pg. catarata = It. cateratta = D. G. Dan. Sw. katarakt = Ru . kataraktů, catarract catarractes, καταρράκτης , a waterfall, also a portcullis (as adj., down-rushing): either (1) καταρρηγνύναι (second aor. καταρραγῆναι ) , break down, in pa . rush down, κατά , down, + ρη- γνύναι , break; or (2), being also spelled καταρά- κτης, You cataracts and hurricanoes, spout! Shak., Lear, iii. 2. Irving. The tremendous cataracts of America thundering in their solitudes. 2. Any furious rush or downpour of water. The hollow ocean-ridges roaring into cataracts. IMG:content-3265.png:[merged small][graphic][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][merged small][merged small] dorbarietalo, occipital; wa mandible; C, cervical verteb ra, radius; ul, ulna; cp, carpus; me, metacarpus; 17, ilium; se, pelvis; fe, femur; pat, patella; fib, fibula; tib, tibia; tar, tarsus; met, metatarsus;, phalanges. trils approximated, the aperture pointing downward, and the intervening septum narrow, as all the apes of the old world. The Barbary ape, gorilla, chimpanzee, etc., are included in this section. Opposed to Platyrrhina. Also written Catarrh in i, Cata rhini. catarrhine, catarhine (kat'a-rin or -rin), a. and n. [ World. The catarhine monkeys are restricted entirely to the Old H. A. Nicholson. II. n. A monkey of the section Catarrh in a . Tennyson, Locksley Hall. Catarrh in i (kat-a-ri'nī), n. pl . Same as Catar- 3. A disease of the eye, characterized by opa- shin a ! city of the lens. It is produced in various ways, often catarrh ish (ka-tä'rish), a. sular cataracts , so called, do not involve an opaquene as a senile change, being then a sclerosis of the lens. Cap- Like catarrh; catarrhal. of the capsule of the lens itself, but of that part of the lens which is next to the capsule, or are due to a deposit of opaque matter externally upon the capsule. A secondary cataract is one due to an earlier disease of the eye. Cata- racts are probably incurable except by surgical treatment. the eye, or it is broken up with a fine needle and left to be The lens is commonly entirely removed by an incision into absorbed. IMG:content-3266.png:[blocks in formation] 4. In fort., a herse.-5. A regulator for sin gle-acting steam-engines, invented by Smeaton. E. H. Knight.-6. The plunge on, a kind of cormorant: so called because of its violent downward flight in seizing its prey. E. Phil lips, 1706. - Disci ion of cataract. See disci ion. = Syn. 1. Cascade, Cataract. See cascadel. [ Same as catarrhal. catarrhous (ka-tä'rus), a. cat as arc alt, n." [NL.,