Part 1698

<h1>Cataphractic</h1> <Xpage=225>

<hw>Cat`a*phrac"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a cataphract.</def>

<h1>Cataphysical</h1> <Xpage=225>

<hw>Cat`a*phys"ic*al</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>cata + physical</ets>.]</ety> <def>Unnatural; contrary to nature.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>Some artists . . . have given to Sir Walter Scott a pile of forehead which is unpleassing and <b>cataphysical</b>. <i>De Quincey.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cataplasm</h1> <Xpage=225>

<hw>Cat"a*plasm</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>cataplasma</ets>, Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to spread over; <?/ down, wholly + <?/ to form, mold.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A soft and moist substance applied externally to some part of the body; a poultice.</def>

<i>Dunglison.</i>

<h1>Catapuce</h1> <Xpage=225>

<hw>Cat"a*puce</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Spurge.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Catapult</h1> <Xpage=225>

<hw>Cat"a*pult</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>catapulta</ets>, Gr. <?/, prob. from <?/ down + <?/ to shake, hurl.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Mil. Antiq.)</fld> <def>An engine somewhat resembling a massive crossbow, used by the ancient Greeks and Romans for throwing stones, arrows, spears, etc.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A forked stick with elasti band for throwing small stones, etc.</def>

<h1>Cataract</h1> <Xpage=225>

<hw>Cat"a*ract</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>cataracta</ets>, <ets>catarracles</ets>, a waterfall, Gr. <?/, <?/, fr. <?/ to break down; in the passive, to fall or rush down (of tumors) to burst; <?/ down + <?/ to break.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A great fall of water over a precipice; a large waterfall.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>An opacity of the crystalline lens, or of its capsule, which prevents the passage of the rays of light and impairs or destroys the sight.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>A kind of hydraulic brake for regulating the action of pumping engines and other machines; -- sometimes called <i>dashpot</i>.</def>

<h1>Cataractous</h1> <Xpage=225>

<hw>Cat`a*rac"tous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of the nature of a cataract in the eye; affected with cataract.</def>

<h1>Catarrh</h1> <Xpage=225>

<hw>Ca*tarrh"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>catarrhus</ets>, Gr. <?/, <?/, a running down, rheum, fr. <?/; <?/ down + <?/ to flow. See <er>Stream</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>An inflammatory affection of any mucous membrane, in which there are congestion, swelling, and an altertion in the quantity and quality of mucus secreted; as <i>catarrh</i> of the stomach; <i>catarrh</i> of the bladder.</def>

<note>&hand; In America, the term <i>catarrh</i> is applied especially to a chronic inflammation of, and hypersecretion fron, the membranes of the nose or air passages; in England, to an acute influenza, resulting a cold, and attended with cough, thirst, lassitude, and watery eyes; also, to the cold itself.</note>

<h1>Catarrhal</h1> <Xpage=225>

<hw>Ca*tarrh"al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to, produced by, or attending, catarrh; of the nature of catarrh.</def>

<h1>Catarrhine</h1> <Xpage=225>

<hw>Cat"ar*rhine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ with hanging or curved nose; <?/ + <?/, <?/ nose.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of the <i>Catarrhina</i>, a division of Quadrumana, including the Old World monkeys and apes which have the nostrils close together and turned downward. See <er>Monkey</er>.</def>

<h1>Catarrhous</h1> <Xpage=225>