Category: C

The process of admitting someone who is mentally ill to hospital for treatment whether or not they consent.  

A psychological condition in which someone has a continual desire to eat.  

Pain in muscles after strenuous exercise. A collection of symptoms caused by pressure on a nerve or nerves that supply the muscles and carry sensations from a particular area of the body. Symptoms of a compression syndrome include weakness, numbness, tingling, and pain. Carpal tunnel syndrome (compression of the median nerve at the wrist) is…

A strong elastic stocking worn to support a weak joint in the knee or to hold varicose veins tightly.  

Not affected by a mental disorder.  

The general colour of the skin on the face. Texture, color, and appearance of the skin of the face. The color and appearance of the facial skin.  

A test to find the exact numbers of each type of blood cell in a sample of blood. Determination of the number of red and white blood cells (erythrocytes and leukocytes) and sometimes platelets in 1 cubic milliliter sample of blood. One of the most common laboratory tests, it is an important aid to diagnosis…

An abortion where the whole contents of the uterus are expelled. The ejection of an embryo or fetus, accompanied by its surrounding membranes and placenta, from the uterus.  

Combining with or adding to something else. Used in or using complementary medicine. Referring to genes which are necessary to each other and produce their effect only when they are present together. Supplying something that is lacking in another system or entity. It denotes an entity that fulfills the purpose of augmenting or finalizing another.…

To give someone an amount of money or something else to pay for loss or damage. (Of an organ) to make good the failure of an organ by making another organ, or the undamaged parts of the same organ, function at a higher level.