Category: C

  • Coracobrachialis

    A muscle on the medial side of the upper arm, below the armpit.  

  • Coraco-acromial

    Referring to the coracoid process and the acromion. Associated with the coracoid and acromion processes of the scapula.  

  • Copulate

    To have sexual intercourse.  

  • Coproporphyrin

    Porphyrin excreted by the liver. A substance normally excreted in urine in minute amounts; excretion is elevated in liver and certain metabolic diseases. A porphyrin compound that is formed during the synthesis of protoporphyrin IX, a precursor of heme. Coproporphyrin is excreted in the feces during the process of red blood cell formation. A porphyrin…

  • Coordinate

    To make things work together. To organise a complex procedure.  

  • Coombs test

    A test for antibodies in red blood cells, used as a test for erythroblastosis fetalis and other haemolytic syndromes [Described 1945. After Robin Royston Amos Coombs (1921— ), Quick Professor of Biology, and Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, UK.] A test to detect, and differentiate between, various types of anemias; most commonly used to…

  • Convulse

    To ae violently and uncontrollably.  

  • Convolution

    A twisted shape. Turn, fold, or coil of anything; also, convex fold or ridge in the surface of the brain. Folds separated by depressions. A folding or twisting, such as one of the many that cause the fissures, sulci, and gyri of the surface of the cerebrum. A folding of an organ back onto itself,…

  • Convoluted tubule

    A coiled part of a nephron. Small, twisting tubule in glomerulus in the kidney that connects Bowman’s capsule and the loop of Henle.  

  • Convalescent home

    A type of hospital where people can recover from illness or surgery. A facility that provides care for people who are recovering from surgery, illness, or injury.