CATENA

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1892 · p. 5

(Lat.), n. f. Ka2t(ka3t)-en(an)'a3. Gr., oWpct, oAuo-is. A bond, chain, or series; of the ancients, the bond of union between the spirit and the body or between united chemical elements. [A, 325.] [s. 128]