Category: C
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Couching
A surgical operation to displace the opaque lens of an eye as a treatment for cataracts. An operation for cataract in which the lens is pushed out of the pupil downward and backward into the jellylike vitreous humor by a small knife inserted through the edge of the cornea. It was widely employed in ancient…
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Couch
A long bed on which a person lies when being examined by a doctor in a surgery.
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Cotton wool
Purified fibres from the cotton plant used to clean the skin or as padding. Cotton wool, or absorbent cotton as it is now technically named by the British Pharmacopoeia, is a downy material made from the hairs on cotton plant seeds (Gossypium herbaceum). It is used in medicine in wound-dressing packs, skin-cleaning procedures, etc.
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Cotton bud
A little stick with some cotton wool usually at both ends, used for cleaning cavities.
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Cottage hospital
A small local hospital that admits patients under the care of a general practitioner.
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Co-trimoxazole
A drug used to combat bacteria in the urinary tract. An antibiotic; a sulfonamide or sulfa drug. Co-trimoxazole, a trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole combination drug (Bactrim, Septra), is used to treat several bacterial infections, including urinary tract infections, ear infections in children, Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, other types of pneumonia, chronic bronchitis, and traveler’s diarrhea. This drug a mixture…
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Costovertebral joint
A joint between the ribs and the vertebral column.
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Costodiaphragmatic
Referring to both the ribs and the diaphragm.
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Costocervical trunk
A large artery in the chest.
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Costal pleura
A part of the pleura lining the walls of the chest.