Category: C

Paralysis of the hands and arms (and often of the lower limbs but to a less severe degree) resulting from an injury to the cervical spinal cord. Bladder dysfunction and sensory losses below the level of the injury often occur. The condition is typically produced by a hyperextension injury of the neck.  

Situated at or pertaining to a center.  

A unit of viscosity, one hundredth of a poise.  

An arthropod of the subclass Chilopoda distinguished by an elongated flattened body of many segments, each with a pair of jointed legs. The first pair of appendages are hook like claws bearing openings of ducts from poison glands. The bites of large tropical centipedes may cause severe local and sometimes general symptoms, but they are…

One hundredth of a morgan; a measure of genetic distance that indicates the likelihood of crossover of two loci on a gene.  

An early version of the SI units system, no longer in use.  

A division of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality that directs efforts toward improving patient outcomes by reducing the incidence of medical errors. The program focuses on supporting research and disseminating current information about the appropriate use of therapeutic agents.  

A division of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that reviews and oversees the manufacture of pharmaceuticals distributed to U.S. citizens and provides clinical information about the uses and hazards of drugs.  

The center in the spinal cord that transmits sympathetic impulses that dilate the pupils of the eyes.  

The center of cartilage formation.