Category: C
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Carotid trigone
The triangular area in the neck bounded by the posterior belly of the digastric muscle, the sternocleidomastoid muscle, and the midline of the neck.
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Cephalic triangle
The triangle on the anteroposterior plane of the skull formed by lines joining the occiput and forehead and chin, and a line uniting the occiput and the chin.
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Continuous tremor
A tremor that resembles tremors of paralysis agitans.
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Coarse tremor
A tremor in which oscillations are relatively slow.
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Cerebellar tremor
An intention tremor of 3 to 5 Hz frequency, associated with cerebellar disease.
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Cutaneous transpiration
The insensible evaporation of water vapor through the skin.
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Common vehicle transmission
The transfer of infectious germs on contaminated objects, substances, or surfaces touched by two or more people.
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Cadaveric blood transfusion
A transfusion using blood obtained from a cadaver a short time after death.
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Continuous wave transducer
An ultrasonic transducer that sends a constant and continuing signal that is not pulsed.
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Cervical traction
Traction applied to the cervical spine by applying a force to lift the head or a mobilization technique to distract individual joints of the vertebrae.