CANON

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1892 · p. 2

(Lat.), n. m. Ka(ka3)'no2n(non). Gen., can'on is. Gr., Kaviav. 1. A fundamental rule, a canon (e.g., a rule of proportion, as that the head is of one eighth the height of the body). [A, 322, 385.] 2. The beam of a balance. [A, 387.] 3. An old instrument for adjusting sutures. [A, 322.] C.-bone. See Cannon-BOXR. [s. 62]