author - "Thomas Jefferson Ritter"
s plants of the genus Colchicum, such as the autumncrocus. The dried ripe seeds or corms (short thick solid food-storingunderground stem) of the autumn crocus which yield colchicine.
collodionHighly flammable, colorless or yellowish syrupy solution of pyroxylin,ether, and alcohol, used as an adhesive to close small wounds and holdsurgical dressings, in topical medications, and for making photographicplates.
colocynth (bitter apple)Old World vine (Citrullus colocynthis) bearing yellowish, green-mottledfruits the size of small lemons. The pulp of the fruit is a stronglaxative.
colombo (calumba)Root of an African plant (Jatrorrhiza palmata, family Menispermaceae)containing columbin; it is used as a tonic called calumba root orcolombo root.
colostrum (foremilk)Thin yellowish fluid secreted by the mammary glands at birth, rich inantibodies and minerals. It precedes the production of true milk.
coltsfoot (galax)Eurasian herb (Tussilago farfara), natural
s plants of the genus Colchicum, such as the autumncrocus. The dried ripe seeds or corms (short thick solid food-storingunderground stem) of the autumn crocus which yield colchicine.
collodionHighly flammable, colorless or yellowish syrupy solution of pyroxylin,ether, and alcohol, used as an adhesive to close small wounds and holdsurgical dressings, in topical medications, and for making photographicplates.
colocynth (bitter apple)Old World vine (Citrullus colocynthis) bearing yellowish, green-mottledfruits the size of small lemons. The pulp of the fruit is a stronglaxative.
colombo (calumba)Root of an African plant (Jatrorrhiza palmata, family Menispermaceae)containing columbin; it is used as a tonic called calumba root orcolombo root.
colostrum (foremilk)Thin yellowish fluid secreted by the mammary glands at birth, rich inantibodies and minerals. It precedes the production of true milk.
coltsfoot (galax)Eurasian herb (Tussilago farfara), natural