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Cacatoria

An epithet given by Sylvius to a kind of intermittent fever, attended with copious stools

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Cachaemia

A degenerated or poisoned condition of the blood

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Cachexia

Cachexy; A bad habit of body, known by a depraved or vitiated state of the solids and fluids

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Cacochymie

An unhealthy state of the body

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Cacogastric

Troubled with bad digestion

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Cadaver

The body of a dead person

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Cadaveric Donor

A recently deceased person who has donated an organ or tissue

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Caddy Stools

The evacuations in yellow fever, which resemble fine, dark, sandy mud

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Cadmium Lung

An occupational disease similar to metal fume fever, caused by inhalation of cadmium dust or fumes; severe cases can be fatal

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Caducity

The portion of human life which is comprised generally between 70 and 80 years The age which precedes decrepitude It is so termed in consequence of the limbs not usually possessing sufficient strength...

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Cafeteria Plan

Employee benefit plan in which employees select their medical insurance coverage and other nontaxable fringe benefits from a list of options provided by the employer Cafeteria plan participants may re...

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Caisson Disease

An affection of the spinal cord produced either by anemia or passive congestion, due to a sudden transition from a condensed to a comparatively rarefied atmosphere It occurs in persons who have worked...

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Calcification

The depositing of calcium salts in the body, which occurs normally in teeth and bones but abnormally in injured muscles and narrowed arteries

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Calcitonin

A hormone made in the thyroid gland that controls calcium levels in the blood by slowing the loss of calcium from bones; used to treat hypercalcemia (excess calcium in the blood)

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Calcium

A plentiful mineral in the body and the basic component of teeth and bones; essential for cell function, muscle contraction, transmission of nerve impulses, and blood clotting

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Calcium Channel Blocker

A drug used to treat chest pain, high blood pressure, and irregular heartbeat by preventing the movement of calcium into the muscle

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Calculus

Calculi; Any solid concretion, formed in any part of the body, but most frequent in the organs that act as reservoirs, and in the passages connected with them; as, biliary calculi; urinary calculi, et...

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Calenture

Calentura; A febrile delirium, said to be peculiar to sailors, wherein they imagine the sea to be green fields and will throw themselves into it if not restrained

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Callus

A thickened area of skin due to consistent pressure or friction, or the area around a bone break where new bone is formed

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Calorie

A unit that is used to measure the energy content in food

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Camp Fever

This term was used for all of the continuing fevers experienced by the army: Typhoid Fever, Malarial Remittent Fever, and Typho-malarial Fever The last named is a combination of elements from the firs...

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Camp Measles

Rubeola; Red Measles; The measle, a disease attended with inflammatory fever, dry cough, sneezing, drowsiness, and an eruption of small red points, perceptible by the touch

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Canal

A relatively narrow tubular passage or channel

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Cancellous bone

Spongy; osseous tissue; low density & strength but very high surface area; fills inner cavity of long bone

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Cancer

A malignant neoplasm or tumor characterized by abnormal cell proliferation

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Cancer Scroti

Chimney sweeper's cancer, or the soot wart

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Cancer Staging

A method to determine how much a cancer has developed

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Cancrum Oris

Canker of the mouth; a fretted ulceration of the gums

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Candidiasis

A yeast infection caused by the fungus Candida albicans; occurs most often in the vagina, but also in the mouth, on moist skin, or on the penis

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Canicola Fever

An acute feverish disease in people and in dogs marked by gastroenteritis and mild jaundice Leptospirosis

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Canine Chorea

Chorea in dogs; a disease attended with convulsive twitching and other involuntary movements of the muscles or limbs

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Canine Distemper

An infectious viral disease occurring in dogs, characterized by loss of appetite, a catarrhal discharge from the eyes and nose, vomiting, fever, lethargy, partial paralysis caused by destruction of my...

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Canine Madness

Hydrophobia; Rabies; Canine madness This disease arises in consequence of the bite of a rabid animal, as a dog or cat, and sometimes spontaneously It is termed hydrophobia, because persons that are th...

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Canities

A condition that causes premature graying of the hair

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