Category: C

A genus of imperfect fungi that inhabit soil. Cephalosporins are derived from them.  

Paralysis of head or neck muscles or both.  

A device for measuring the head.  

An instrument for determining changes in intracranial blood pressure.  

Amass composed of clotted blood, located between the periosteum and the skull of a newborn. It is confined between suture lines and usually is unilateral. The cause is rupture of periosteal bridging veins due to pressure and friction during labor and delivery. The blood reabsorbs gradually within a few weeks of birth.  

Surgical puncture of the cranium.  

The principle of maturation that states motor development, control, and coordination progress from the head to the feet.  

A bloody tumor communicating with the dural sinuses.  

Edema of the head, especially of the brain.  

The cytoplasm of the centrosome.