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Catamount
- noun - large American feline resembling a lion
- short-tailed wildcats with usually tufted ears; valued for their fur
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