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Cataphoresis
Transmission of electronegative ions or drugs into the body tissues or through a membrane by use of an electric current. The spread of electrically charged medications across the skin or mucous membranes.
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Catamnesis
A patient’s medical history after treatment; the follow-up history.
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Homogeneous catalyst
A catalyst that exists in the same phase as the chemicals it influences and the reactions it produces.
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Catagen
The intermediate phase of the hair-growth cycle, between the growth or anagen stage and the resting or telogen phase.
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Catadicrotism
Two minor expansions following the main beat of an artery.
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Catadicrotic
Manifesting one or more secondary expansions of a pulse on the descending limb of the tracing.
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Catacrotism
A pulse with one or more secondary expansions of the artery following the main beat.
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Catacrotic
Indicating the downstroke of pulse tracing interrupted by an upstroke.
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Casuistics
Analysis of clinical case records to establish the general characteristics of a disease.
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Parasitic castration
Destruction of the gonads by parasitic organisms early in life. It may result from direct infestation of the gonad or indirectly from effects of infestation in other parts of the body.
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