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  • Compaction

    Simultaneous engagement of the presenting parts of twins in the pelvis so that labor cannot progress.  

  • Comorbid disease

    A disease that worsens or affects a primary disease (e.g., the primary disease could be cancer and the comorbid disease emphysema).  

  • Community integration questionnaire

    A 15-item questionnaire that assesses how well a person who has experienced traumatic brain injury copes with home and social skills and the demands of daily living. The CIQ was developed by Barry Wilier, Ph.D. and is a copyrighted assessment.  

  • Communicator

    An electronic device that permits persons with impaired verbal and physical ability to communicate through graphic or symbolic light-emitting diode (LED) displays, printed messages, or synthetic speech.  

  • Communication board

    Any device with letters, pictures, or words that lets patients with impaired physical and verbal ability express themselves.  

  • Readiness for enhanced communication

    A pattern of exchanging information and ideas with others that is sufficient for meeting one’s needs and life’s goals and can be strengthened.  

  • Impaired verbal communication

    The state in which a person experiences a decreased, delayed, or absent ability to receive, process, transmit, and use a system of symbols or anything that conveys meaning.  

  • Augmentative communication

    Any method or device that improves a person’s ability to share information with, or receive information from others. The term is used especially with respect to techniques that promote the exchange of language and symbols with speech- and hearing-impaired individuals. Technologies that assist communication include hearing aids, communication boards, and portable electronic devices that display,…

  • Commotio retinae

    Retinal edema and bleeding occurring after blunt ocular trauma.  

  • Commotio cordis

    Sudden death following blunt chest trauma. At autopsy, no pathological findings are demonstrated. The syndrome is believed to be caused by ventricular fibrillation.  

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