Category: C
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Circa
About; used before dates or figures that are approximate.
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Cinnamic acid
A white insoluble powder derived from cinnamon. It is used as a flavoring agent in cooking and in the preparation of perfumes and medicines.
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Cingulotomy
Surgical excision of the anterior half of the cingulate gyrus of the brain. It may be done to alleviate intractable pain.
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Cineplastics
The arrangement of muscles and tendons in a stump after amputation so that it is possible to impart motion and direction to an artificial limb.
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Cinemicrography
A motion picture record of an object seen through a microscope.
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Cinematoradiography
Radiography of an organ in motion.
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Cinclisis
Swift spasmodic movement of any part of the body.
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Cinchonism
Poisoning from cinchona or its alkaloids.
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Cimicosis
Itching due to the bite of a bedbug.
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Cimicifuga racemosa
The scientific name for black cohosh.