Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

  • Centenarian

    A person who is 100 years or older.  

  • Censorship in dreams

    Freud’s theory of dreams.  

  • Censorship

    In education, the act of censuring materials such as library books and textbooks.  

  • Celom

    The body cavity of the embryo q.v. situated between the somatopleure and the splanchnopleure.  

  • Cellulite

    A coined term used to describe the dimpled fat present on the thighs of some females. The term is medically recognized. Lumpy deposits of subcutaneous fat, especially in the thighs and buttocks. A colloquial term for subcutaneous deposits of fat with dimpling of the skin, especially in the buttocks and thighs. A slang term used…

  • Cellular immunity

    A collection of cell types that provide protection against various antigens. Immunity mediated by the T lymphocytes. (T cells, cells originating from the thymus.) T-cell- mediated immune functions requiring cell interactions (e.g., graft rejection or destruction of infected cells). The immune system component that directly targets and eliminates harmful cells without relying on antibodies, which…

  • Cellular hypoxia

    A condition resulting from the disturbed function of cells created by enzyme poisoning.  

  • Cellular cohesiveness

    A tendency of normal cells to cling or stick together rather than to move independently throughout the body.  

  • Cell sap

    A collective term for the fluid content of the vacuole of a cell.  

  • Cell plate

    A membrane-like structure that forms at the equator of the spindle during early telophase in cell division.  

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