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Cholecyst
Gall bladder.
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Cholecalcifereol
A form of vitamin D, also called vitamin D3.
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Cholagogue
Is a medicinal agent which promotes the discharge of bile from the system. Substances which increase the flow of bile by stimulating evacuation of the gall-bladder. The great majority of these act only by increasing the activity of the digestive organs, and so producing a flow of bile already stored up in the gall-bladder. Substances…
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Chlorosis
Iron deficiency anemia characterized by greenish yellow colour. Yellowing of green tissue due to lack of chlorophyll, often associated with nutrient deficiencies or other stresses. In botany, reduced development or loss of chlorophyll. A type of severe anaemia due to iron deficiency, affecting mainly young girls. Old term for iron-deficiency anemia, especially in women. A…
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Chilblains
Small, itchy, painful lumps that develop on the skin. They develop as an abnormal response to cold. Also called perniosis or blain. Inflammation or blister of the hands and feet caused by exposure to cold or moisture. A chronic injury of the hands or feet characterized by reddish skin, burning, itching, and chapping and ulceration…
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Chickenpox
Is also known as varicella, is a highly contagious illness caused by primary infection with varicella zoster virus (VZV). The virus causes red, itchy bumps on the body. A common infectious disease usually contracted during childhood. The symptoms are fever and a rash of fluid-filled spots. A disease caused by a specific virus is transmitted…
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Chemosensitizer
A drug that makes tumour cells more sensitive to the effects of chemotherapy.
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Chemokines
Are chemotactic cytokines, which stimulate migration of inflammatory cells towards tissue sites of inflammation. Class of pro-inflammatory cytokines that have the ability to attract and activate leukocytes. They can be divided into at least three structural branches: C (chemokines, C), CC (chemokines, CC), and CXC (chemokines, CXC), according to variations in a shared cysteine motif.…
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Chemoembolization
A procedure in which the blood supply to the tumour is blocked surgically or mechanically and anticancer drugs are administered directly into the tumour.
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Chancre
A painless lesion formed during the primary stage of syphilis. Firm, red, ulcerated sore. A chancre is the primary indication of syphilis; it occurs at the point of entry of the infection. A type of skin lesion usually associated with primary syphilis. A lesion, characteristic symptom of syphilis in its primary stage. A sore on…
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