Category: C

  • Choreiform

    Pertaining to the involuntary, spasmodic, jerky movements of the limbs and head found in Huntington’s chorea and other nervous disorders.    

  • Chordee

    A downward curvature of the penis that requires corrective surgery is associated with hypospadia or urethral infection. A painful condition where the erect penis is curved, a complication of gonorrhoea. A congenital defect in which a male’s penis curves downward; often associated with hypospadias. An abnormal downward bowing of the erect male penis, which prevents…

  • Choosing

    In values clarification, to freely select from alternatives.  

  • Chondromucoid

    A basophilic glycoprotein present in interstitial substance of cartilage.  

  • Chondrodystrophy

    A trait in humans characterized by abnormal growth of cartilage at ends and along shafts of long bones.    

  • Chondrodystrophic children

    Children with a hereditary abnormality of the bones, chondrodystrophy.  

  • Chondriosome

    A feebly refractive body found in the protoplasm of a cell.  

  • Cholinoceptive site

    Post junctional receptor for acetyl choline is also affected by the agonists muscarine and nicotine.  

  • Cholinesterase

    An enzyme that catalyzes breakdown of acetylcholine. An enzyme which breaks down a choline ester. A catalytic enzyme that hydrolyzes acetylcholine into choline and acetic acid; it is needed for transmission of nerve impulses of the parasympathetic nervous system. Decreased levels may indicate organic phosphate poisoning, cancer, and liver and certain skin conditions. An enzyme…

  • Cholinergic fibers

    Axons whose terminals release acetylcholine. Any preganglionic fiber, postganglionic parasympathetic fiber, postganglionic sympathetic fiber to a sweet gland, or efferent fiber to skeletal muscle.