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  • Certified health education specialist (CHES)

    An individual who is credentialed as a result of demonstrating competence based on criteria established by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. (NCHEC).  

  • Certification

    Teacher licensure. The process by which a governmental or nongovernmental agency or association evaluates and recognizes an individual, institution or educational program as meeting predetermined standards. One so recognized is said to be certified. Essentially synonymous with accreditation, except that certification is usually applied to individuals and accreditation to institutions. Certification programs are generally nongovernmental…

  • Certificate

    In law, a document designed as notice that some act has been done, or some event occurred, or some legal formality complied with. An official paper which states something.  

  • Cerebrovascular occlusion

    A blockage within the arteries supplying blood to the cerebral cortex stroke, cerebrovascular accident.  

  • Cerebrovascular lesion

    Release of blood into the brain due to a ruptured blood vessel, cerebrovascular accident; stroke.  

  • Cerebrovascular accident

    Brain tissue damage resulting from impaired circulation of blood to the brain. A sudden blocking of or bleeding from a blood vessel in the brain resulting in temporary or permanent paralysis or death. Also referred to as a stroke; sudden circulatory impairment in the vasculature system of the brain. Abnormal condition in which hemorrhage or…

  • Cerebrotonic

    The temperament originally assumed to be associated with an ectomorphic body build.  

  • Cerebrotonia

    An ectomorphy body type.  

  • Cerebrospinal meningitis

    An inflammation of the meninges or membranes covering the cortex of the brain. Inflammation of the meninges of the brain and spinal cord.  

  • Cerebral vascular accident (CVA)

    Apoplectic shock.  

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