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(kris'tal-in, kris'tal-In). i. Clear, transparent. 2. Relating to a crystal or crystals, t. hu'mor, the substance forming with its enclosing 24S capsule the crystalline lens. c. lens, the biconvex lens-shaped body behind the pupil of the eye, separating the aqueous from the vitreous humors, which serves to refract the rays of light entering the pupil and focus them on the retina. rstallitis (kris-tal-i'(e')tis). Phakitis. o e> 0V C D Jrinary Crystals: A, ammonium urate; B, uric acid; C, calcium oxalate; D, triple phosphate. rstalliza'tion. The a umption of a crystalline form when a vapor or liquid becomes solidified. wa'ter of c, a definite number of molecules of water which certain substances must take up in Drder to a ume a crystalline form; the presence af the water does not alter the chemical properties Df the substance. rs'talloid. i. Resembling a crystal. 2. A body which in solution can pa through an animal membrane, as distinguished from a colloid which has A not this property. 3. crystal of organic or albuminoid matter. + rstallopho'bia [G. krystallon, crystal, phobos, fear.] Morbid fear of gla objects. rs'tallose. A saccharin ate of sodium used like saccharine as a sweetener in. place of sugar when carbohydrates are contraindicated. Chemical symbol of cesiiim.. Carbon bisulphide, thio carbonic anhydride. J. Chemical symbol of copper (^cuprum).. 'beb, cu'bebs. Cubeba. beba [Ar. and Hindu, kabab a.] (U.S. and Br.) Cubeb, cubebs, the dried unripe, but fully grown Emit of Piper cubeb a, a climbing plant of the East [ndies; stimulant, carminative, and stomachic in loses of 5i-2 (2.0-8.0). beb'ic acid. An amorphous y low substance, obtained from cubeb. [^ijHiiO,, A bebin. bitter crystalline principle, CjoHjoO,, obtained from cubeb; therapeutically inert. A l)icle (ku'bi-kl) [L. cubiculum, a, bedroom.] small bedroom; one of the compartments in a