An illustrated encyclopædic medical dictionaryBeing a dictionary of the technical terms used by writers on medicine and the collateral sciences, in the Latin, English, French and German languages . is. A mineral wax madeby treating ozokerite with sulphuric acid, decolorizing with char-coal, and filtering. It forms a hyaline mass resembling Japanesewax, and is employed as a substitute for beeswax. In the Gfer. is used as a synonym for parafflnum solidum. [B, 5, 206,^0.] c£ (Fr.), n. Sa-ra-zol. A place in Piimont, wherethere is a chalybeate spring. [L, 49.] CERESTE (Fr.),n. Sa-re^s
An illustrated encyclopædic medical dictionaryBeing a dictionary of the technical terms used by writers on medicine and the collateral sciences, in the Latin, English, French and German languages . is. A mineral wax madeby treating ozokerite with sulphuric acid, decolorizing with char-coal, and filtering. It forms a hyaline mass resembling Japanesewax, and is employed as a substitute for beeswax. In the Gfer. is used as a synonym for parafflnum solidum. [B, 5, 206,^0.] c£ (Fr.), n. Sa-ra-zol. A place in Piimont, wherethere is a chalybeate spring. [L, 49.] CERESTE (Fr.),n. Sa-re^st. TheCerastium. [B, 38.] CEREUS (Lat.),adj. and n. m*. Se-(ka)re=-u=is(u«s). Gr.,KTJpivos (1st def.), AajU-iraff (2d def.), Aa/jnrd- aiov (2d def.). Fr.,cierge{3ddet,),cir4us(Sddef.). QeT.,wach-sartig ilstdet.).Fack-eldistel (3d def.). 1.(Adj.) waxen, con-taining wax. [A; B,119.] Cf. Emulsiocerea, Flexjbilitascerea, MoRBuscere«s,and Mbdioatum ce-reum. 2. (N.) a waxtaper. {A, 318.] 3.(N.) of De CandoUe, agenus of cactaceousplants. [B, 42, 121.]—C. americanusmajor articula-tus, etc. [Volk.]. SeeC. grandifiorus.—C,americanus trian- the cereus flagelliformis. [A, 327.]. gularis radicosus [Bradl.]. See C, triangularis.—C. Bonplan- dii. See Opuntia tuna.—C. compressus [Miller]. See C. triarv-ouians.—C. divaricatus [DeCandolle]. Syn.: Cactus divaricatus[Lamarck], An erect West Indian species with a 9-angled stem andbearing a sweetish acidulous fruit which is eaten. The acrid juiceof the stem is used as a remedy for helminthiasis, etc. [B, 180,214.]—C. erectus altissimus surinamensis [Herm.]. See C. hexa-gonus.—C erectus cristatug, etc. [Plukeuet]. A West Indian
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