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  • Coremorphosis

    Establishment of an artificial pupil.  

  • Corelysis

    Obliteration of the pupil caused by adhesions of the iris to the cornea.  

  • Core link

    In osteopathic medicine the hypothesis that manipulation of the cranial sutures results in subtle movements of the sacrum.  

  • Coregistration

    The correlation of anatomical and metabolic data from different imaging techniques (e.g., from a CT scan and PET scan of the same organ) in order to obtain enhanced images of diseased tissues.  

  • Coredialysis

    Separation of the outer border of the iris from its ciliary attachment.  

  • Corectasis

    Dilatation of the pupil of the eye resulting from disease.  

  • Core competency

    The basic knowledge and the fundamental set of attitudes and skills that are needed to perform in one’s role as a health care professional.  

  • Coreceptor

    Ah structure on a cell membrane that enhances the action of the cell receptor.  

  • Cordopexy

    Surgical fixation of anatomical cords, especially the vocal cords.  

  • Cordocentesis

    Withdrawal of a sample of fetal blood from the umbilical cord with a needle inserted through the abdominal and uterine walls into the amniotic sac. Ultrasonic guidance is used to select a puncture site near the insertion of the placenta. The process of administering a blood transfusion to a developing fetus is known as intrauterine…

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