CRASSUS

(Lat.), adj. Kra2s(kra3s)'su3s(su4s). Gr.,iraXv. Fr., cra e. Ger., dick. Corpulent; of anatomical structures, thick; of the pulse, full, turgid; of drugs, thick, not readily absorbed and conveyed into delicate parts. [A, 325.] CRAT^A [Dioscorides] (Lat.), n. f. Kra?t(kra*t)-e'(&*'e*)-&*. From (tparaids, strong. The genus Phi lomed i on. [B, 121 (a, 24).] [s. 437]