| canthal | Relating to a canthus. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| canthal hypertelorism | Increased distance between the medial canthi of the eyelids. Synonym: canthal hypertelorism. Origin: G. Tele, distant, + kanthos, canthus (05 Mar 2000) |
| cantharidal | Relating to or containing cantharides. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cantharidal collodion | A powdered chloroform extract of cantharides in flexible collodion; a vesicant. Synonym: blistering collodion, collodion vesicans. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cantharidate | A salt of cantharidic acid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cantharides | Plural of cantharis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cantharidic acid | C10H14O5;an acid, derived from cantharis, that forms salts (cantharidates) with alkalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cantharidin | <chemical> Toxic compound from the spanish fly or blistering beetle (lytta (cantharis) vesicatoria) and other insects. It was formerly an irritant, vesicant, and rubefacient paste of whole insects called cantharides. It is now used to produce skin inflammation. It causes gastroenteritis, nephritis, and circulatory failure if absorbed. Pharmacological action: irritants. Chemical name: 4,7-Epoxyisobenzofuran-1,3-dione, hexahydro-3a,7a-dimethyl-, (3aalpha,4beta,7beta,7aalpha)- (12 Dec 1998) |
| cantharis | A dried beetle, Lytta (Cantharis) vesicatoria, used as a counterirritant and vesicant. Synonym: Russian fly, Spanish fly. Origin: L., fr. G. Kantharis, a beetle (05 Mar 2000) |
| cantharis camphor | <chemical> Toxic compound from the spanish fly or blistering beetle (lytta (cantharis) vesicatoria) and other insects. It was formerly an irritant, vesicant, and rubefacient paste of whole insects called cantharides. It is now used to produce skin inflammation. It causes gastroenteritis, nephritis, and circulatory failure if absorbed. Pharmacological action: irritants. Chemical name: 4,7-Epoxyisobenzofuran-1,3-dione, hexahydro-3a,7a-dimethyl-, (3aalpha,4beta,7beta,7aalpha)- (12 Dec 1998) |
| canthaxanthin | <chemical> A trans-carotenoid pigment widely distributed in nature. The compound is used as an oral suntanning agent and as a food and drug colouring agent. It is believed that it inhibits development of tumour cells and neoplastic transformation through its antioxidant properties. Oral ingestion of the compound causes canthaxanthin retinopathy. Pharmacological action: antioxidants, food colouring agents. Chemical name: beta,beta-Carotene-4,4'-dione (12 Dec 1998) |
| canthectomy | Excision of a palpebral canthus. Origin: G. Kanthos, canthus, + ektome, excision (05 Mar 2000) |
| canthi | Plural of canthus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| canthitis | Inflammation of a canthus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cantholysis | Synonym: canthoplasty. Origin: G. Kanthos, canthus, + lysis, loosening (05 Mar 2000) |