CALIX

(Lat.), n. m. Kal(ka3l)'i2x. Gen., cal'icis. Gr., <caA if. Fr., calice. Ger., Kelch. Also (but improperly for the 1st and 2d def's.) written calyx. 1. A cup. 2. A cup-shaped organ or depre ion: hence (a) the depre ion in the cprallum which lodges the gastric sac (see CALICE), (b) a c. of the kidney (q. v., infra), and (c) the cavity left on the surface of the ovary by the rupture of a Graafian vesicle. 3. Acalyx(o. v.). [A, 66; B.] Calices majores. The larger, primary calices of the kidney, connecting directly with its pelvis. [L, 31.] Calices minores. The le er, secondary calices of the kidney, receiving the papillae. [L, 31.] Calices of the kidney. Lat., calices (seu infundibula) ren is. Fr.. calices (ou ent on noirs) du rein. Ger., Nierenkelche, Nierenbecher. The cup-like prolongations of the pelvis of the kidney which surround the papillae and receive the urine discharged from the orifices of the latter. [C.] Calices vomit or i i. Ger., Brechbecher. Syn.: pocula emetic a. Emetic cups; cups made of antimony, the latter imparting emetic properties to the contained liquid. [B, 98.] [s. 30]