Category: C

An instrument for incising the capsule of the crystalline lens.  

Suture of a joint capsule or of a tear in a capsule.  

A common method of cataract extraction in which a circular incision is made in the anterior capsule to permit lens extraction.  

Plastic surgery of a capsule, especially a joint capsule.  

To the capsule of the eye and the lens.  

Visualization of the small intestine with an M2A video capsule, a device designed to identify otherwise occult sources of gastrointestinal bleeding.  

The layer of matrix that forms the innermost portion of the wall of a lacuna enclosing a single cell or a group of cartilage cells. It is basophilic.  

In a joint, the proportional loss or limitation of passive range of motion that suggests inflammation in that joint (e.g., the capsular pattern of the glenohumeral joint, in order of most restriction, is lateral rotation, abduction, and medial rotation).  

A sheath or continuous enclosure around an organ or structure.  

The genus of pepper plants, of which there are more than 200 varieties, including jalapeno and tabasco. The taxonomic designation for a group of plants that produce red fruits commonly known as peppers. A few of these species bear fruits referred to as chilis (a term of Spanish origin derived from an Indian name), which…