Category: C

A fear of cancer.  

A surgical operation to open up a little canal.  

Inflammation of the tear duct canal. A relatively rare infection of the tear duct of the eye. It is usually found in one eye rather than both, and in people over age 50. It may be caused by chronic infection with Actinomyces, Aspergillus, Candida, or Nocardia species.  

A tube along which something flows. Relatively narrow tube, generally for conducting materials other than blood or lymph (e.g., the alimentary canal, for carrying food from the mouth to the stomach and intestines for digestion and for expelling wastes through the canal’s end, the anus). A tubular channel or passage; e.g. the alimentary canal and…

A bacterium which is a common cause of food poisoning in humans and of spontaneous abortion in farm animals. A type of bacteria that is the most frequent cause of bacterial diarrhea in the United States. Stomach cramps and fever are additional symptoms of Campylobacter infection. Infection is usually caused by eating foods, such as…

The amount of energy shown as a number of calories.  

Referring to calories or to heat.  

Mercurous chloride, a poisonous substance used to treat pinworms in the intestine.  

Relating to callisthenics. Energetic physical exercises for improving fitness and muscle tone, including push-ups, situps and star jumps.  

An instrument with two legs, used for measuring the width of the pelvic cavity. An instrument with two sharp points which are put into a fractured bone and weights attached to cause traction. A leg splint made of rods and straps and usually fastened to the lower leg to enable the hip bone rather than…