Category: C

Surgical incision of a cavity.  

An inherited disease of cystine metabolism resulting in abnormal deposition of cystine in body tissues. The cause is disordered proximal renal tubular function. Clinically, the child fails to grow and develops rickets, corneal opacities, and acidosis.  

The presence of cystine in the blood.  

Incision of cystic bile duct.  

The bladder worm that is the larva of the pork tapeworm, Taenia solium.  

The larval encysted form of a tapeworm. It differs from a cysticercus in having a much reduced bladder.  

An amino acid, C3H7N02S HC1-H20, containing sulfur and found in many proteins. It is valuable as a source of sulfur in metabolism,  

Acid produced by the oxidation of cysteine. Further oxidation produces taurine.  

A cysteine proteinase inhibitor found in the bloodstream in elevated concentrations in patients with impaired kidney function. It is a small protein composed of 120 amino acids (mass 13 kD) that is produced by nucleated cells throughout the body and easily filtered by the glomeruli of the kidneys. It is reabsorbed and catabolized by proximal…

An intermediate compound in the metabolism of methionine to cysteine.