Category: C
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Cataplasm
A medicated poultice or plaster. A soft moist mass, often warm and medicated, that is spread over the skin to treat an inflamed, aching or painful area, to improve the circulation.
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Cataplasia
Degenerative reversion of cells or tissue to a less differentiated form.
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Catamenia
Menstruation. The monthly menstrual cycle experienced by women, also known as the menses.
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Catalepsy
Indefinitely prolonged maintenance of a fixed body posture; seen in severe cases of catatonic schizophrenia. A generalized condition of diminished responsiveness shown by trancelike states, posturing, or maintenance of physical attitudes for a prolonged period. May occur in either organic diseases or psychological disorders, as well as under hypnosis. A condition in which the muscles…
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Capases
Cysteine-aspartic acid proteases, are a family of cysteine proteases, which play essential roles in apoptosis (programmed cell death).
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Carpopedal spasm
Spasm of the hand or foot, or of the thumbs and great toes. A spastic condition of the hands and feet. A spasm in the hands and feet caused by lack of calcium. Involuntary muscular contraction of the hands and feet, sometimes seen in hyperventilation syndrome. It is caused by hypocalcemia and commonly encountered during…
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Carotenodermia
Yellow skin discoloration caused by excess blood carotene.
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Carotenoids
A class of natural fat-soluble pigments found principally in plants, belonging to a subgroup of terpenoids containing eight isoprene units forming a C40 polyene chain. Carotenoids play an important potential role in human health by acting as biological antioxidants. Highly pigmented fat-soluble compounds naturally present in many foods. A general term for the wide variety…
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Carotenes
Are a large group of intense red and yellow pigments found in all plants; these are hydrocarbon carotenoids (subclass of tetraterpenes) and the principal carotene is beta-carotene which is a precursor of vitamin A. The red and orange pigments of plants; all are antioxidant nutrients. Three are important as precursors of vitamin A: α-, β-…
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Carnitine palmitoyltransferase I (CPT1)
Also known as carnitine acyltransferase I or CAT1 is a mitochondrial enzyme, involved in converting long chain fatty acid into energy. An essential enzyme crucial for the utilization of specific fats as an energy source is known as carnitine palmitoyltransferase (CPT). Inherited deficiency of this enzyme can result in exercise intolerance-induced rhabdomyolysis, a condition characterized…