Category: C

Venereal warts.  

Small lesions sometimes covered with a scab and found around the mouth and in moist folds of the skin such as anus or genitals condylomata acuminatum. A raised wart-like growth. The commonest type, condyloma acuminatum, is found on the vulva, under the foreskin, or on the skin of the anal region. Condylomas are infectious and…

Any substance possessing conductivity. A substance or object which allows heat, electricity, light or sound to pass along it or through it. A tube with a groove in it along which a knife is slid to cut open a sinus. A medium that transmits a force, a signal, or electricity. A conductor, typically composed of…

The power of transmitting or conveying certain forms of energy. The specific electric conducting ability of a substance. Conductivity is the reciprocal of unit resistance or resistivity. The unit is the ohm/cm. Specific conductivity is sometimes expressed as a percentage. In such cases, it is given as a percentage of the conductivity of pure copper…

Conductive deafness. Deafness caused by inadequate conduction of sound into the inner ear. Diseases or obstructions in the outer or middle ear cause conductive hearing losses. Specifically, a conductive hearing loss is the impairment of hearing due to a failure of sound pressure waves to reach the cochlea through normal air conduction channels; at the…

Results from an accumulation of excess ear wax (cerumen) which becomes impacted in the external ear canal preventing sound waves from reaching the ear drum (tympanic membrane), perceptive deafness. Conductive hearing loss occurs when there is an impairment in the transmission of sound from the outer to the inner ear. This can be caused by…

In physiology, blocking of nerve impulses that are needed to produce proper heart action.  

A rubber, latex, or animal skin sheath that is placed over the penis to prevent sperm from reaching the egg and resulting in conception. A rubber sheath worn on the penis during intercourse as a contraceptive and also as a protection against sexually transmitted disease. The form of birth control that uses a thin, stretchable…

The stimulus that is paired with the unconditioned stimulus and subsequently acquires the capacity to evoke a response similar to the one made to the unconditioned stimulus. A stimulus that gives rise to a conditioned response.  

The response (behavior) that is evoked by the conditioned stimulus after conditioning has taken place.