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coxa [coxa 词源字典]: "The hip bone or hip joint", Late 17th century: from Latin, 'hip'.[coxa etymology, coxa origin, 英语词源]
cantharus: "(In ancient Greece and Rome) a large two-handled drinking cup", Latin, from Greek kantharos.
ctenidium: "A comb-like structure, especially a respiratory organ or gill in a mollusc, consisting of an axis with a row of projecting filaments", Late 19th century; modern Latin, from Greek ktenidion, diminutive of kteis, kten- 'comb'.
carina (1): "A keel-shaped structure, in particular", Early 18th century: from Latin, 'keel'.
Carina (2): "A southern constellation (the Keel) partly in the Milky Way, originally part of Argo. It contains the second-brightest star in the sky, Canopus", Latin.
cryptorchism: "= cryptorchidism", Mid 19th cent. From German Kryptorchismus, apparently shortened from Kryptorchidismus.
cryopump: "A vacuum pump in which molecules of gases and vapours are trapped by causing them to condense on a surface maintained at a very low temperature", 1950s; earliest use found in Compressed Air Magazine. From cryo- + pump.
cyathium: "The characteristic inflorescence of the spurges, resembling a single flower. It consists of a cup-shaped involucre of fused bracts enclosing several greatly reduced male flowers and a single female flower", Late 19th century: modern Latin, from Greek kuathion, diminutive of kuathos 'cup'.
chlorite (1): "A dark green mineral consisting of a basic hydrated aluminosilicate of magnesium and iron. It occurs as a constituent of many rocks, typically forming flat crystals resembling mica", Late 18th century: via Latin from Greek khlōritis, a green precious stone.
chlorite (2): "A salt of chlorous acid, containing the anion ClO2⁻", Mid 19th century: from chlorine + -ite¹.
Congolese: "Relating to Congo or the Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire)", From French Congolais.
caldarium: "A hot room in an ancient Roman bath", Latin.
cholerine: "Relatively mild diarrhoeal illness occurring in a population during an epidemic of cholera; specifically epidemic cholera in a mild form. Now chiefly historical", Mid 19th cent.; earliest use found in The London Medical Gazette. From cholera + -ine, in sense 1 after French cholérine.
claviform: "Another term for clavate", Early 19th century: from Latin clava 'club' + -iform.
colubrine: "Relating to or resembling a snake", Early 16th century: from Latin colubrinus, from coluber 'snake'.
callosity: "A thickened and hardened part of the skin; a callus", Late Middle English: from French callosité, from Latin callositas, from callosus 'hard-skinned', from callum, callus 'hardened skin'.
cursorial: "Having limbs adapted for running", Mid 19th century: from Latin cursor (see cursor) + -ial.
cryptonym: "A code name", Late 19th century: from crypto- 'hidden' + -onym.
cryophyte: "A plant or alga which can withstand very cold or freezing conditions, especially one growing in snow or ice", Early 20th cent..
cholangiography: "X-ray examination of the bile ducts, used to locate and identify an obstruction", 1930s: coined in Spanish from Greek khole 'bile' + angeion 'vessel' + -graphia (see -graphy).