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Cataphyll
- noun - a reduced or scarcely developed leaf at the start of a plant's life (i.e., cotyledons) or in the early stages of leaf development
Cataplasm
- noun - a medical dressing consisting of a soft heated mass of meal or clay that is spread on a cloth and applied to the skin to treat inflamed areas or improve circulation etc.
Cataplexy
- - A morbid condition caused by an overwhelming shock or extreme fear and marked by rigidity of the muscles.
Catapults
- noun - a device that launches aircraft from a warship
- a plaything consisting of a Y-shaped stick with elastic between the arms; used to propel small stones
- an engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles
- hurl as if with a sling
- shoot forth or launch, as if from a catapult; "the enemy catapulted rocks towards the fort"
Cataracts
- noun - a large waterfall; violent rush of water over a precipice
- an eye disease that involves the clouding or opacification of the natural lens of the eye
Catarrhal
- adjective - of or relating to a catarrh; "catarrhal fever is any of several respiratory or oral diseases of livestock such as bluetongue in horses and sheep"
Catasetum
- noun - genus of tropical American orchids having showy male and female flowers usually on separate inflorescences
Catatonia
- noun - a form of schizophrenia characterized by a tendency to remain in a fixed stuporous state for long periods; the catatonia may give way to short periods of extreme excitement
- extreme tonus; muscular rigidity; a common symptom in catatonic schizophrenia
Catatonic
- adjective - characterized by catatonia especially either rigidity or extreme laxness of limbs
Catbriers
- noun - a very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries