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Co-ordination to Cryptitis
contraction of muscles. Co-ordinate (Dative) valency: A linkage formed by participating one of the two atoms.
Co-ordination: The governing power exercised by the brain as a whole.
Copaiba: A mixture of oil and resin obtained by cutting into the bark of Copaifer lansdorfi ; used as a diaphoretic and expectorant.
Copodyskinesia : Any difficulty of movement due to fatigue. Co-polymer: A polymer containing monomers of more than one kind. Copper: A reddish, malleable metal, atomic number 29 ; atomic weight, 63,54; symbol Cu.
Cor: The muscular organ that maintains the circulation of the blood. Cord: Any long, rounded, flexible structure.
Cordate: Heart-shaped.
Cordial: Stimulating the heart. Core: . (1) The central part of anything. (2) Spore protoplast containing a nucleus.
Cork: A suberized layer developing from phellogen in stems and roots. Corm: A solid, fleshy, underground base of a stem, usually spherical in shape, covered with thin membrane.
Corn: (1) A horny induration and thickening of the stratum corneum of the skin of the toes. (2) The seeds of a variety of certain cereal grains, e.g. maize.
Cornea: Anterior external surface of eyeball.
Corneal: Relating to the clear membrane in front of eye through which light passes to it.
Corned lesion: Disease of eye. Corm: A hornlike excrescence or projection.
Corolla: Non-reproductive floral whorl, the inner circle of petals. Coronale: The frontal bone. Corona viruses : A group of viruses isolated from people with common cold.
Corpse: A dead body.
Corpus: A discrete mass of material. Corpus luteum : A mass of cell formed in the ovary .
Corpuscle: Blood cell or small body. Correctant, Corrigent: An agent that helps elimination of side effects partly accompanying strong purgation thus improving values of active material employed.
Corrosion: The slow destruction of texture or substance of a tissue.
Corrosive: (1) Destructive to the texture. or substance of the tissue. (2) A substance that destroys the texture or substance of the tissue.
Cortex: (1) Primary parenchyma between epidermis and vascular tissue in stems and roots. (2) Thickest layer of spore envelope.
Cortical: Pertaining to the bark or cortex.
Cortical hormone: A hormone produced by the cortex (external layer) of the adrenal gland. Corticoid: Any of the ~1 steroid of the adrenal cortex.
Corticosteroids : The group of hormones with a cortisone-like action.
Cream: A semi-solid emulsion for external application; concentration due to gravity or density.
Creatinase : An enzyme catalyzing the cyclic condensation of creatine into creatinine.
Creatine: A nitrogenous substance, methyl guanidine acetic acid. Creatinine: The anhydride of creatine, the component of muscle and blood and excreted in the urine.
Creatinuria : Increased concentration of creatine in the urine. Creatorrhea : The presence of undigested muscle fibres in the faeces.
Cremocarp : A dry, seed-like fruit which is composed of two oneseeded carpels.
Crenate: Of leaf margins, with broad rounded teeth separated by narrow open spaces.
Creosate : A clear, yellow liquid obtained from pine-wood; used as an antiseptic and disinfectant.
Cresci1 [CH3yu..OH] : An oily liquid obtained from coal tar, used as disinfectant and antimicrobial preservative.
Cresol red : Ortho-cresolsulphonaphthalein, an acid-base indicator.
Crepitus: The discharge of flatus from the bowels.
Crest: An elevated ridge on a bone. Cretinism: A disease due to
defective thyroid function in foetal life.
Crevice: A longitudinal fissure. Cricoid: Ring-shaped.
Crista: A projection, or ridge.
Cristispira : A genus of bacteria of the family Spirochactaceae, made up of coarse, flexuous, spiral cells.
Critical miceUe concentration: The minimum concentration at which physical properties of association colloids show marked changes.
Crocetin: Adicarboxylic carotenoid derived from saffron.
Crocus: Saffron.
Cromoglycate : A salt of cromoglycic acid, used to treat bronchial asthama. Croton: A genus of euphorbraceous shrubs, poisonous to animals.
Crown: (1) A corona. (2) Chaffy scales at the tip of an achene. (3) A part of a rhizome with a large bud suitable for propagation. (4) A short root stalk. (5) The topmost part of an organ.
Crucible: A vessel for melting refractory substances.
Cruciform: Shaped like across. Cruciferous : Cross-shaped. Crumple: To' fall into smaU particles, becomes disintegrate. Crus : The leg, from the nee to foot. Crymotherapy: Treatment of disease by refrigeration. Cryoanalgesia : Induction of analgesia by the use of cold. Cryoglobulin: Proteins coagulated when the plasma or serum is cooled. Crypt: A blind pit or tube on a free surface.
Cryoscopy: The method of finding
the concentration of blood, urine, etc. by observing their freezing point. Cryosurgery : The use of cold in
. surgery. .
Cryptitis: Inflammation of a crypt. Cryptocoecal : Relating to a genus of yeast, Cryptococcus neoformans.
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