Category: C

  • Cecosigmoidostomy

    A surgical connection between the cecum and the sigmoid.  

  • Cecopexy

    Surgical fixation of the cecum to the abdominal wall. The reduction of a dilated cecum by making a fold in its wall.  

  • Cecoileostomy

    Surgical formation of an anastomosis between the cecum and the ileum.  

  • Cecocolostomy

    A colostomy joining the cecum to the colon.  

  • Cecitis

    Inflammation of the cecum.  

  • Cebocephalus

    A fetus with a monkey-like head.  

  • Cavitation

    Formation of a cavity. This process may be normal, as in the formation of the amnion in human development, or pathological, as in the development of cavities in lung tissue in pulmonary tuberculosis.  

  • Cavernous sinus syndrome

    The clinical consequences of a blood clot in the sinus cavernosus. Symptoms commonly include headache, unilateral or bilateral facial pain, ocular paralysis, facial edema, and retinal edema. Muscle paralysis caused by impairment of the third, fourth, and sixth cranial nerves. This condition occurs due to a blood clot in the cavernous sinus, a dilated blood…

  • Cavernosography

    Radiological imaging of the corpus cavemosum.  

  • Cavernositis

    Inflammation of the corpus cavemosum.