Category: C

A slang and unscientific term pertaining to mental disorders.  

An overwhelming desire to use a drug or other substances, usually to increase positive feelings and to decrease the negative experience of a withdrawal syndrome. Haircutting technique done by placing the still blade into the hair and resting it on the scalp, and then moving the shears through the hair while opening and partially closing…

A special type of bandage made from a large triangular piece of cloth, usually muslin or cotton.  

A slang expression of a disturbing period of mental depression occurring when a person stops taking a central nervous system stimulant after a period of chronic drug use.

A slang expression originally referring to the rapid emotional descent following a binge of amphetamine use characterized by long sleep.  

A slang term used to identify methamphetamine. A slang term for methamphetamine hydrochloride. Crank is a powerful CNS stimulant. The drug, also known as methamphetamine (a synthetic form of amphetamine), is often sniffed, inhaled, or injected. It is odorless; yellow or off-white in color; and sold in capsules, chunks, or crystals.  

The skeleton of the head. Includes all of the bones of the head except the mandible and the skeleton of the face. Skull; specifically the bony enclosure of the brain; it is composed of eight bones (frontal, occipital, sphenoid, ethmoid, two temporal, and two parietal). Bony structure that contains the brain. The part of the…

The twelve pairs of nerves passing from the brain directly to the tissues without traversing the spinal cord, spinal nerves. 12 pairs of nerves, each pair having sensory or motor functions, or both, that extend from the brain without passing through the spinal cord. (The eleventh pair arises from both the brain and the upper…

In labor relations, an organization of workers in a single craft.  

A grayish-yellow crusting condition that may appear in infants as a result of inadequate cleansing. A yellow deposit on the scalp of babies, caused by seborrhoea. Harmless, waxy, yellowish scales that develop on the scalp and forehead of infants, generally in their first year, a benign kind of skin disorder that is related to the…