Category: C

A ring inserted into the capsule of the eye to maintain its shape or integrity, e.g., to compensate for zonular weakness or defects.  

A contracted band of muscles in the transverse colon near the hepatic flexure.  

A condition in which passive flexion of the joint causes increased resistance of the extensors. This gives way abruptly if the pressure to produce flexion is continued.  

Stiffness of the body and extremities resulting from a lesion of the middle lobe of the cerebellum.  

The sharp ridge between the carotid canal and the jugular fossa.  

A rhythm in which every other heartbeat produces no pulse at the wrist.  

The predominant electrical activity of the heart. It may be determined by recording an electrocardiogram or by evaluating tracings made by a cardiac monitor.  

A discharge of spinal fluid from the nose caused by a defect in or trauma to the cribriform plate.  

Inflammation of the nasal mucous membrane marked by hypertrophy of the mucous membrane of the turbinates and the septum. The symptoms are those of nasal obstruction, postnasal discharge, and recurrent head colds. The treatment is surgical removal of the hypertrophic or mulberry ends of the inferior turbinates and cauterization of the mucosa of the inferior…

Chronic inflammation of the nasal mucous membrane accompanied by polypoid formation and underlying sinus pathology.