Glossary

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  • Cardialgia

    Heartburn. Pain at the pit of the stomach or region of the heart, usually occurring in paroxysms.  

  • Cardiac asthma

    Acute attack of dyspnoea with wheezing resulting from a cardiac disorder. Difficulty in breathing caused by heart failure. Wheezing that results from the pooling of fluid in the lungs because of heart failure. Similar symptoms can arise from other diseases, including panic disorder, cor pulmonale, and sleep apnea syndrome. Cardiac asthma often occurs in association…

  • Cardiac

    Relating to, situated near or affecting the heart. To the heart (e.g., a cardiac disorder such as mitral valve prolapse); to the cardiac, or upper, part of the stomach; or, colloquially, to someone with a heart condition. Cycle the sequence of events between one heart beat and the next, normally occupying less than a second.…

  • Carcinosarcoma

    A rare tumour containing carcinomatous and sarcomatous components. A malignant tumour containing elements of both a carcinoma and a sarcoma.  

  • Carcinoma

    Any malignant cancer that arises from epithelial cells. Malignant growth of epithelial cells. A cancer that arises from the epithelial cells that cover the external and internal surfaces of the body; the skin and membranes. A cancer of the epithelium or glands. carcinoma General term for a kind of malignant tumor, or cancer, that arises…

  • Carcinogenesis

    The production of a carcinoma, carcinogenic. The process of forming a carcinoma in tissue. The process of developing cancer. The origin or development of cancer in previously healthy cells. Carcinogenesis is a multistep process, beginning with a series of changes in the genetic material (DNA) of a single cell. Cells are routinely exposed to substances…

  • Carbuncle

    Carbuncle

    Is an abscess larger than a boil, usually with one or more openings draining pus onto the skin. An extensive dangerous form of boil having a flat surface that discharges pus from multiple points and occupies several inches of skin surface. A localised staphylococcal infection, which goes deep into the tissue. Swollen lumps or masses…

  • Carboxypeptidase

    An enzyme that hydrolyzes the carboxy-terminal (C-terminal) end of a peptide bond. It is synthesized in the pancreas and secreted into the small intestine. An enzyme secreted in the pancreatic juice which hydrolyses amino acids from the carboxyl terminal of proteins.  

  • Candidiasis

    Candidiasis

    Infections caused by members of the fungus genus Candida that range from superficial, such as oral thrush and vaginitis, to systemic and potentially life-threatening diseases. Any disease condition caused by the yeast Candida albicans. It is commonly found on the skin and in the mouth, vagina, and rectum. Overuse of antibiotics and anti-inflammatory drugs, which…

  • Cancer

    A malignant neoplasm or tumour in nay part of the body. A wide variety of diseases characterised by uncontrolled growth of tissue. The name given to a group of diseases that are characterized by uncontrolled cellular growth (e.g., formation of tumor). A malignant tumour of growth that expands locally by invasion and systemically by metastasis.…