COLATION

n. Ko-la's husn. Gr., >}0r)<ris. Lat., colatio (from colare, to strain). Fr., c. Ger., Durchseihen, Koliren. The proce of straining or pa ing a liquid or semi-solid substance through a perforated ve el or a porous material, [a, 21.] COLATORIUM (Lat,), n. n. Ko2l(kol)-a3-to'ri2-usm(u4m). 1. Literally, a strainer. 2. An infundibulum. 3. A term formerly applied to either the ethmoid or the sphenoid bone, on account of their being supposed to filter the humors derived from the brain. 4. An i ue or ulcer by which morbid matters are discharged. |I, 3; L, 325, 349; L, 94 (o, 21).] Accidental col at or i a, Artificial col at or i a. See C. (4th clef.). C. encephali. The pituitary body. [L, 7.] Col at or i a lactea. Vesiculo-vascular structures in tfie lining membrane of the uterus, described by Astruc. [L, 325.] [s. 339]