-
- c
-
- cachexia
- weight loss due to
chronic disease or prolonged emotional stress
- calyx
- external leafy portion
of flower consisting of sepals
- cancer
- refers to the various
types of malignant neoplasms which contain cells growing out
of control and invading adjacent tissues, which can
metastasize to distant tissues
- candidiasis
- infection with Candida,
especially Candida albicans, usually resulting from
debilitation (AIDS, prolonged administration of
antibiotics)
- canker sore
- a small, painful ulcer
that occurs on the inside of the cheek, lip or underside of
the tongue
- carbon clearance
test
- method of measuring the
activity of the immune system
- carcinogenicity
- tendency to cause
cancer
- carcinoma
- malignant growth of
epithelial cells tending to infiltrate the surrounding
tissue and giving rise to metastasis
- cardiac
- pertaining to the
heart, also, pertaining to the stomach area adjacent to the
esophagus
- cardiac asthma
- sudden intensification
of impaired breathing associated with heart disease such as
left ventricular failure; cardiasthma
- cardiac
dysrhythmia
- any irregularity of
heart beat
- cardiac
glycoside
- compound consisting of
a plant steroid with one or more sugars that exerts an
effect on the contraction and conduction of the heart
muscle
- cardiac
neurasthenia
- general fatigue
originating from dysfunction of the heart
- cardiac neurosis
- heart irregularity of
psychogenic origin
- cardiomegaly
- enlargement of the
heart
- carminative
- agent relieving
flatulence or gas
- carpo-
- in botany, pertaining
to fruit
- caryo-
- in botany,
nutlike
- cataplasm
- poultice
- catarrh
- mucous membrane
inflammation
- celery-carrot-mugwort
syndrome
- skin photosensitivity
caused by massive consumption of vegetables containing
psoralens, chemicals which can cause toxic effets when
exposed to sunlight
- cepa
- in botany, Latin name
for onion
- cephalalgia
- headache
- cephalic
- pertaining to the
head
- cervical
syndrome
- syndrome involving neck
pain
- cheilitis
- inflammation affecting
the lips
- chloralized
- anesthetized using
chloral hydrate
- cholagogue
- agent that stimulates
bile flow from the gallbladder into the
duodenum
- cholangitis
- bile duct
inflammation
- cholecystitis
- gallbladder
inflammation
- cholecystokinetic
- increasing secretion of
the gastrointestinal hormone cholecystokinin, which promotes
emptying of the gallbladder
- cholelithiasis
- presence of gallstones
in the gallbladder or bile duct
- choleretic
- agent stimulating the
liver to increase bile production
- cholestasis
- cessation or
suppression of bile flow
- cholestatic liver
disorder
- an arrest in the flow
of bile from the liver
- choline
absorption
- intake of choline in
free form or as lecithin (phosphatidylcholine), acetate
(acetylcholine) from the vitamin B complex, or cytidine
diphosphate
- chologenic
- producing
bile
- chondrosis
- formation of
cartilaginous tissue; term used in the past for a
cartilaginous tumor
- chronic illness
- illness extending over
a long period of time
- chronotropic
- affecting time or rate,
especially heart rate
- chryso-
- in botany,
golden
- cicatricial
keloid
- nodular, firm, movable,
nonencapsulated mass of scar tissue, tender and frequently
painful
- ciliary activity
- activity of the
eyelashes or any hairlike processes (cilia)
- cinnamomeus
- in botany, light
reddish-brown
- cirrhosis
- disease of liver
characterized by loss of normal microscopic lobular
structure
- claudication
(intermittent)
- condition caused by
interruptions of blood supply to the muscles, characterized
by limping and pain chiefly in the calf
muscles
- cleansing the
blood
- see blood
purification
- climacteric
- period of transition
from fertility to menopause
- clonic
- form of movement marked
by contractions and relaxations of a muscle, occurring in
rapid succession
- coelo-
- in botany, pertaining
to a hollow
- colitis ulcerosa
(ulcerative colitis)
- ulceration of the colon
and rectum, usually chrinic, characterized by rectal
bleeding, abdominal pain and diarrhea
- collagen
- primary protein within
white fibers of connective tissue, cartilage, and
bone
- collagenosis
- a disease affecting
collagen
- collateral
circulation
- blood flow through a
side branch of a blood vessel
- comminuted
- crushed,
pulverized
- Composite
- in botany, annual or
perennial herb of the family Asteraceae (aka Compositae),
with watery or milky sap, often with fleshy roots, simple
leaves, flower corolla with five petals
- condyloma
- viral warts of the
anal-genital region
- congestive
- pertaining to
accumulation of blood or fluid within a vessel or
organ
- conjunctiva
- mucous membrane
covering the posterior surface of the eyelids and the
anterior surface of the eyeball
- constipation
- infrequent or
incomplete bowel movements
- convulsant
poison
- a substance causing
violent spasms of the face, trunk, and/or
extremities
- cornea
- transparent structure
forming the anterior part of the eye
- coronary
infarction
- sudden lack of blood
supply to the heart that results an area of dead cardiac
tissue
- coronary/myocardial
perfusion
- flow of blood to the
heart and/or blood vessels surrounding the
heart
- cor pulmonale
- hypertrophy of the
right ventricle of the heart resulting from excessive
pressure in the pulmonary artery
- corpus luteum
- yellow endocrine body
formed in the ovary that secretes estrogen
- corrigent
- modifying or
correcting
- cortex
- in botany,
bark
- corticosteroid
- steroid hormone
produced by the adrenal cortex
- Crohn's disease
- chronic inflammatory
disease of the gastrointestinal tract
- cross reaction
- reaction between an
antibody and antigen, separate from the reaction which
initially evoked formation of the antibody
- crypto-
- in botany,
hidden
- cteno-
- in botany, pertaining
to a term
- curare-like
effect
- paralysis of skeletal
muscle
- cuti-visceral
reflex
- reaction of the
digestive, respiratory, urogenital, or endocrine system to
sensation on the skin
- cyath-
- in botany,
cuplike
- cystitis
- inflammation of the
urinary bladder
- cytoplasmic
- pertaining to the
contents of a cell outside the nucleus
- cytostatic
- characterized by the
slowing of movement and accumulation of blood
cells
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