CRISIS

(Lat.), n. f. Kris(krias)'ias. Gen., cris'eos (-is). Gr., neck of a rib, which extends a short distance upon its body. [L, (cpioris. Fr., crise. Ger., Krisis. It., cris i. Sp., c. 1. Any decisive 31.] C. coll i superior. A ridge on the upper surface of the neck occurrence in the course of a disease or of physiological life (such of a rib. [L, 31.] C. costse. See C. coll i inferior and C. coll i suas the supposed turning-point of a fever, the advent of puberty or perior. C. cribrosa. The ethmoidal spine of the sphenoid bone. of the menopause, etc.), whether of salutary or of unfavorable im- [L, a32.] C. ethmoidal is. See Ethmoidal CREST. C. ethmoid port. 2. A paroxysm, especially a sudden acce ion of a certain alis o is maxillar is superior is. See Ethmoidal CREST (1st def.). set of symptoms in the course of a chronic disease, particularly of C. etlimoidalis o is palatini. See Superior turbinate CREST. the nervous system. In this sense the word has been used chiefly C. feinoris. See LINEA aspera. C. fenestrae rotundae. The by French writers. [A, 319; D, 35; L, 81.] Cardiac c. Fr., crise sharp margin of the fenestra rotunda. [L. 31, 332.] C. fibulae. cardia que. A c. (2d def.) manifested by cardiac distre or dis or- The anterior border of the fibula. [L, 115, 332.] C. fornicis. An dered action of the heart. C. imperfect a. Fr., crise imperfaite. elevation, described by B. G. Wilder, " on the caudal surface of the Of the ancients, a c. marked by metastasis of a disease to a le imfornix,... between the portse and opposite the cephalic convexity portant part. [A, 325.] C. perfecta. Fr.. crise parfaite. Of the of the med i commis sur a.1' [I, 80; K.] C. frontal is. See Frontal ancients, a complete c.. one attended with an evacuation of peccant CREST. [L, 115.] C. frontal is extern a. See Temporal CREST. matter. [A, 325.] Enteralgic c. Fr., crise enteralgique. Spas- C. frontal is intern a. See Frontal CREST. C. gall i. Fr., Crete A. ape; A. at; A*, ah; A, all; Ch, chin; Cha, loch (Scottish); E, he; E', ell; G, go; I, die; Ia, in; N, in; N*. tank; [s. 446]