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Colies fracture
Displacement of the distal end of the radius and ulna.
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Cochleopalpebral reflex
Contraction of the obicularis palpebrarum muscle in response to sudden loud noise. Contraction of the orbicularis palpebrarum muscle resulting from a sudden noise produced near the ear.
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Coccygeal
Pertaining to the tailbone or coccyx. Spinal nerve network in the coccyx region.
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Coarctation of the aorta
Congenital narrowing of the aorta, often in the descending aorta near the ductus arteriosus. A birth defect in which the aorta, the main artery leading from the heart into the body, is severely narrowed. Usually the narrowing occurs just past the point where the subclavian artery, which supplies the upper body, branches off the aorta.…
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Clitoritis
Inflammation of the external female genitalia.
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Clavus callus
Thickened layer of skin.
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Circulatory assist devices
Instruments that decrease cardiac workload and improve organ perfusion in patients with severe heart failure.
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Chron’s disease
An inflammatory bowel disease involving intermittent segments of full thickness of the gastrointestinal tract, occurring most often in the terminal ileum of the small intestine or proximal large intestine; symptoms include abdominal pain, bloody diarrhea, and fistulas.
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Chorionic cavity
Space in the extra-embryonic membrane.
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Chordae tendinae
Tendinous cords in the heart that look like strings attaching the papillary muscles to the cusps of the mitral and tricuspid valves. Fibrous bands that anchor the atrioventricular valves.
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