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] (Bot.) A small cyme, or one of very few
flowers.


||Cy*nan"che (s?-n?n"k?), n. [L.,
fr. Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?;&?; a dog's collar, a bad kind of sore
throat. Cf. Quinsy.] (Med.) Any disease of the
tonsils, throat, or windpipe, attended with inflammation,
swelling, and difficulty of breathing and swallowing.


Cy*nan"thro*py (s?-n?n"thr?-p?), n.
[Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?;&?; of a dog-man; &?;&?;&?;&?;, &?;&?;&?;, dog +
&?;&?;&?;&?;&?; man: cf. F. cynanthropie.] (Med.)
A kind of madness in which men fancy themselves changed into
dogs, and imitate the voice and habits of that animal.


Cyn`arc*tom"a*chy (s?n`?rk-t?m"?-k?).
n. [Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?;, &?;&?;&?;&?;, dog +
&?;&?;&?; bear + &?;&?;&?; fight.] Bear baiting with a
dog.
Hudibras.


Cyn`ar*rho"di*um (s?n`?r-r?"d?-?m),
n. [NL., from Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?;&?; dog-rose;
&?;&?;&?;&?;, &?;&?;&?;, dog + &?;&?;&?; rose.] (Bot.)
A fruit like that of the rose, consisting of a cup formed of
the calyx tube and receptacle, and containing achenes.



Cyn`e*get"ics
(s&ibreve;n`&esl;*j&ebreve;t"&ibreve;ks), n.
[Gr. kynhgetikh` (sc.


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