| 1. | CAMFAK syndrome | (or CAMAK syndrome) is an acronym used to describe a rare inherited neurologic disease, characterized by peripheral and central demyelination of nerves, similar to that seen in Cockayne More… 0.6 KB |
| 2. | CDC National AIDS Hotline | The CDC National AIDS Hotline distributes many publications on HIV and AIDS, including guides for teaching HIV prevention and caring for AIDS patients. Many of them are available at no More… 0.5 KB |
| 3. | Cable graft | a multiple -strand nerve graft arranged as a pathway for the regeneration of axons. |
| 4. | Cacchi Ricci disease | Also known as Cacchi-Ricci disease, Medullary sponge kidney is a congenital disorder of the kidneys characterized by a cystic dilatation of the collecting tubules in one or both kidneys. It More… 0.6 KB |
| 5. | Caffeic Acids | Class of phenolic acids related to chlorogenic acid,p-coumaric acid, vanillic acid, etc., which are found in plant tissues. It is involved in plant growth regulation. |
| 6. | Calcinosis cutis | (or cutaneous calcification) is a type of calcinosis wherein calcium deposits form in the skin. A variety of factors can result in this condition. The most common source is dystrophic More… 0.7 KB |
| 7. | Calciphylaxis | is a syndrome of vascular calcification, thrombosis and skin necrosis. It is seen almost exclusively in patients with Stage 5 chronic kidney disease. It results in chronic non-healing wounds More… 4.5 KB |
| 8. | Calculus | (plural calculi) is a stone (a concretion of material, usually mineral salts) that forms in an organ or duct of the body. Formation of calculi is known as lithiasis. Stones cause a number of More… 3.5 KB |
| 9. | Campylobacter | The genus Campylobacter, (meaning 'twisted bacteria') first discovered in 1963, describes Gram-negative, spiral, microaerophilic bacteria. Motile, with either uni- or bi-polar More… 0.7 KB |
| 10. | Canavan disease | Also called Canavan-Van Bogaert-Bertrand disease, aspartoacylase deficiency or aminoacylase 2 deficiency, is an autosomal recessive degenerative disorder that causes progressive damage to More… 1.0 KB |
| 11. | Cancer | (medical term: malignant neoplasm) is a class of diseases in which a group of cells display uncontrolled growth (division beyond the normal limits), invasion (intrusion on and destruction of More… 3.2 KB |
| 12. | Candida | Candida (genus) is a genus of yeasts. Many species of this genus are endosymbionts of animal hosts including humans. While usually living as commensals, some Candida species have the More… 1.6 KB |
| 13. | Candidiasis | Commonly called yeast infection or thrush, is a fungal infection (mycosis) of any of the Candida species, of which Candida albicans is the most common. Candidiasis encompasses infections More… 0.9 KB |
| 14. | Cangas bead symptom | Canga's bead symptom is a radiologic term used to define the irregular appearance of uterus and nodular structures in tuba uterina observed in patients with genital tuberculosis |
| 15. | Canine distemper | Canine distemper is a very serious viral disease affecting animals in the families Canidae, Mustelidae, Mephitidae, Hyaenidae, Ailuridae, Procyonidae, Pinnipedia, some Viverridae and Felidae More… 2.0 KB |
| 16. | Caplans syndrome | (or Caplan's disease) is a combination of rheumatoid arthritis and pneumoconiosis that manifests as intrapulmonary nodules, which appear homogenous and well-defined on chest X-ray. More… 0.8 KB |
| 17. | Cardiac ectopy | (or ectopic beat) is a disturbance of the electrical conduction system of the heart in which beats arise from the wrong part of the heart muscle. It is a form of cardiac arrhythmia in which More… 0.6 KB |
| 18. | Cartilage | is the smooth, rubbery, bluewhite connective tissue that acts as a shock absorber between bones. Cartilage, which is more elastic than bone, makes up the flexible parts of the skeleton such More… 0.4 KB |
| 19. | Cellulitis | is a diffuse infection of connective tissue with severe inflammation of dermal and subcutaneous layers of the skin. Cellulitis can be caused by normal skin flora or by exogenous bacteria, More… 4.3 KB |
| 20. | Cerebrotendineous xanthomatosis | (or cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis, with one fewer 'e', or cerebrotendinous cholesterosis) is a form of xanthomatosis. It is autosomal recessive, and associated with the CYP27A1 More… 0.6 KB |
