Category: C

Wearing of clothes appropriate to one’s sex but suitable for a calling or profession other than one’s own. An example would be a civilian who dresses in a uniform of the armed services.  

Concerning a cavity filled with fluid.  

A saclike lymphatic vessel that is anterior to the second lumbar vertebra and is the origin of the thoracic duct. Into it empty the intestinal and right and left lumbar lymphatic trunks.  

The form of retinal combined with a glycoprotein opsin (rhodopsin in rods) during darkness. Light striking the retina changes it to trans-retinal and begins the generation of a nerve impulse.  

Incision of a varicose vein.  

An instrument for cutting varicose veins.  

Excision of a portion of a varicose vein.  

Surrounded by a wall or raised structure.  

Limited in space by something drawn around or confining an area.  

A white area around the mouth, contrasting vividly with the color of the face, seen in scarlet fever and many other diseases.