Category: C

  • Colorectal adenocarcinoma

    Cancerous tumor of the colon caused by colonic polyps or ulcerative colitis that becomes cancerous.  

  • Colonic polyposis

    An inherited condition where large numbers of pendulous growths develop in the mucosa of the colon, with near-certain development of colon cancer; treatment is prophylactic colectomy.  

  • Coiocoiostomy

    Surgical creation of a new opening between two segments of the colon.  

  • Collum

    Necklike structure between the head and shoulder.  

  • Colloid bath

    Immersion in water with dissolved soothing agents to treat skin disorders such as puritis.  

  • Colies fracture

    Displacement of the distal end of the radius and ulna.  

  • Cochleopalpebral reflex

    Contraction of the obicularis palpebrarum muscle in response to sudden loud noise. Contraction of the orbicularis palpebrarum muscle resulting from a sudden noise produced near the ear.  

  • Coccygeal

    Pertaining to the tailbone or coccyx. Spinal nerve network in the coccyx region.  

  • Coarctation of the aorta

    Congenital narrowing of the aorta, often in the descending aorta near the ductus arteriosus. A birth defect in which the aorta, the main artery leading from the heart into the body, is severely narrowed. Usually the narrowing occurs just past the point where the subclavian artery, which supplies the upper body, branches off the aorta.…

  • Clitoritis

    Inflammation of the external female genitalia.