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Neurogenic claudication
Leg pain or numbness that occurs with standing or walking and is relieved by sitting or resting with the spine flexed. It is typically caused by lumbar disk disease.
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Jaw claudication
Fatigue or cramping pain felt in the jaw, especially while eating meats or other tough foods. About half of all patients with giant cell arteritis report this symptom.
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Claude’s syndrome
Paralysis of the third cranial nerve, contralateral ataxia, and tremor; caused by a lesion in the red nucleus of the brain.
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Clastogenic
Capable of breaking chromosomes (e.g., able to cause chromosomal abnormalities).
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Clastic
Causing division into parts.
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Class restriction
The requirement of certain T lymphocytes for the presence of either class I or class II major histocompatibility complex markers on antigen presenting cells. These markers enable the T cells to recognize and respond to foreign antigens. CD4+ T cells require class II antigens and CD8+ T cells require class I antigens. Class restriction is…
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Classification of living organisms
A systematic method of assigning organisms to various groups. Living organisms are classified into five kingdoms: Monera (Prokaryota), Protista, Fungi, Plantae, and Animalia. Within a kingdom, the subdivisions usually are phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species. The genus and species names are referred to as binomial nomenclature, with the larger (genus) category first and…
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Dukes classification
A system of classifying the extent of spread of adenocarcinoma of the colon or rectum. This is a classification system used specifically for carcinomas, which are cancerous tumors originating from cells on the surface or lining membrane of an organ, found in the lower part of the gastrointestinal tract. This system is applied to categorize…
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Cavity classification
Any method of arranging the cavities or lesions of teeth into groups that can be recognized and described. Carious lesions are usually named for the surface of the tooth affected (labial, buccal, or occlusal), the type of tooth surface involved (pit and fissure or smooth surface), and by an accepted numbering designation.
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Class effect
A drug effect produced by all members of a class of medications and not only by a single drug from that class.
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