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Canine
A pointed tooth next to an incisor. Any of the four teeth, two in each jaw, flanking the incisors and projecting beyond the level of the other teeth. The third tooth from the midline of each jaw. There are thus four canines, two in each jaw, in both the permanent and deciduous (milk) dentitions.
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Canicola fever
A form of leptospirosis, giving high fever and jaundice.
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Candidate vaccine
A vaccine which is being tested for use in immunisation.
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Candidate
Someone who could have an operation.
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Cancrum oris
Severe ulcers in the mouth, leading to gangrene. Cancrum oris, also called NOMA, is a gangrenous ulcer about the mouth which affects sickly children, especially after some severe disease such as measles. It is due to the growth of bacteria in the tissues. Gangrenous destruction of oral and facial tissues occurring as a consequence of…
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Cancerophobia
A fear of cancer.
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Canaliculotomy
A surgical operation to open up a little canal.
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Canaliculitis
Inflammation of the tear duct canal. A relatively rare infection of the tear duct of the eye. It is usually found in one eye rather than both, and in people over age 50. It may be caused by chronic infection with Actinomyces, Aspergillus, Candida, or Nocardia species.
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Canal
A tube along which something flows. Relatively narrow tube, generally for conducting materials other than blood or lymph (e.g., the alimentary canal, for carrying food from the mouth to the stomach and intestines for digestion and for expelling wastes through the canal’s end, the anus). A tubular channel or passage; e.g. the alimentary canal and…
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Campylobacter
A bacterium which is a common cause of food poisoning in humans and of spontaneous abortion in farm animals. A type of bacteria that is the most frequent cause of bacterial diarrhea in the United States. Stomach cramps and fever are additional symptoms of Campylobacter infection. Infection is usually caused by eating foods, such as…
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