Cladophyl

(klad' -o-fil). In biology, a branch that in form mimics a leaf. Same as Cladode. Msma (siz'-mah). Same as Absus.. A genus of climbing menispermaceous plants. I The root of C. capensis, of South America, is cathartic and emetic. C. pareira, of tropical America, false pareira brava (q. v.), is tonic and diuretic, istern (sis'-tern). I. Any dilatation: reservoir. 2. Any dilatation of the space between the pia and arachnoid. The cisterns are true lymph-sacs. C. of Pequet. See Receptaculum chyli. C. of the Cerebrum. See Cistern, 2. isterna sis-ter' -nah. Same as Cistern. C. ambiens, one of the pockets situated over the optic lobes. C. magna, a large cisterna where the arachnoid spreads acro from the caudad border of the cerebellum to the oblong at a. C. per i lymphatic a. in the ear, a large space adjacent to the foot-plate of the stapes.