Category: C

  • Crura

    Two structures linking the top of the shaft of the clitoris to the public bone. Similar structures link the penis to the pubic bone. A pair of elongated masses or diverging bands resembling legs.  

  • Cruising

    Pertains to the homosexual community that refers to a gay person going to a bar, public bath, or party for the purpose of picking up a sexual partner.  

  • Crude opium

    Opium extracted from the opium poppy before any processing.  

  • Crowning

    The presentation of the baby’s head at the vaginal opening during the birth process. The act of putting an artificial crown on a tooth. A stage in childbirth in which the top of the baby’s head becomes visible. The first glimpse of a baby’s head through the vagina during labor and delivery. The stage of…

  • Cross tabulation

    In research, tabulation of data in terms of two or more variables. For example, respondents’ choices of each of five possible answers to a question are tabulated; the tabulations for each response are then categorized by another variable, such as gender. Results would be displayed in a 2 (male, female) x 5 (the number of…

  • Cross-sex typing

    Having interest and attributes stereotypically classed as appropriate for the opposite sex.  

  • Cross-sensitivity

    A situation in which an allergy to one drug warns of possible similar reactions to other, chemically related substances.  

  • Cross-sectional study

    Cross-sectional research. The collection and analysis of information relating to persons in a population or group at a defined point in time, with particular reference to their individual characteristics and exposure to factors thought likely to predispose to disease.  

  • Cross-sectional method

    In epidemiology, a study design that shows concurrently existing characteristics and health outcomes.  

  • Cross references

    Alternative terms that might also be used to describe a particular word or phrase to which the reader is referred by an abstracting or indexing service.