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Key
Green: is a medical procedure.
Orange is medicine.
Blue are diseases and conditions.
Purple is equipment.
Black is "other".
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▪ Cancer: A number of conditions that are characterized by rapid uncontrolled cell division. When left untreated, most cancers are fatal. The study of cancer is known as oncology. Dr. Wilson is the head of oncology at Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital.
▪ Cardiac Arrest (Asystole): A medical condition where the heart does not have any electrical activity nor pumps blood. Certain forms of cardiac arrest may be treated using a defibrillator.
▪ Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: A painful condition in the wrist and hands involving the compression of a main nerve and tendons that bend the thumb, index finger, middle finger, and ring finger.
▪ Catheter: A thin, hollow, stiff but flexible tube that is used to thread through thin vessels in the body in order to either insert instruments or reach past sphincters or other obstructions. They are commonly used in cases of bladder infection to drain the bladder when urine cannot pass through the urethra. They can also be used to insert wires or other instruments through veins into body organs such as the heart or liver when it is impossible to reach those organs through other body tissue.
▪ Chemotherapy: The use of highly toxic chemicals to destroy diseased cells. It is primarily used in the treatment of many different types of cancer. This class of drugs targets cells as they reproduce. As cancer cells reproduce more frequently than other cells in the body, they are more likely to be killed during treatment.
▪ Chlamydia: A common sexually transmitted infection (STI) in humans. Chlamydia can be transmitted during vaginal, anal, or oral sex, and can be passed from an infected mother to her baby during vaginal childbirth. Between half and three-quarters of all women who have a chlamydia infection of the neck of the womb (cervicitis) have no symptoms and do not know that they are infected. In men, infection of the urethra (urethritis) is usually symptomatic, causing a white discharge from the penis with or without pain on urinating (dysuria). Occasionally, the conditions spreads to the upper genital tract in women (causing pelvic inflammatory disease) or to the epididymis in men (causing epididymitis). If untreated, chlamydial infections can cause serious reproductive and other health problems with both short-term and long-term consequences. Chlamydia is easily treated with antibiotics.
▪ Churg-Strauss Syndrome: A medium and small vessel autoimmune vasculitis, leading to necrosis. It involves mainly the blood vessels of the lungs (it begins as a severe type of asthma), gastrointestinal system, and peripheral nerves, but also affects the heart, skin and kidneys. It is a rare disease that is non-inheritable, non-transmissible and often mis-diagnosed.
▪ Clean Room: A sterile, hypoallergenic environment for the treatment of patients suffering from severe immunodeficiency or environmental allergies. The basic design element of the clean room is that it is kept under positive air pressure so that air flow is always out of the room unless it comes from the filtered air supply. This prevents allergens and contagious diseases from entering the room. The room also has a strict protocol for entry, requiring staff that enter to go through the same procedures as are required for surgery. Bedding is made of natural fibers such as silk or other hypoallergenic materials, such as sterile foam. For the most part, the room is kept sealed while the patient is inside.
▪ Clot: The process whereby platelets, a component in the blood, group together to prevent the flow of blood past a point. Clotting is a normal process and stops bleeding when a blood vessel is cut or otherwise damaged, either internally or externally. However, in some circumstances, a clot can form in an otherwise healthy blood vessel, preventing blood from flowing normally through the blood stream past the point of the clot. Clots can cause strokes, heart attacks or infarctions in other parts of the body.
▪ Clubbing: Used to describe a finger that ends with an enlarged phalanx. It is caused by the excessive growth of soft tissues under the cuticle which leads to fingertips that are thinner at the final joint than at the base of the nail.
▪ Code Blue: This is hospital emergency code used to indicate that a patient needs immediate resuscitation usually after a cardiac arrest. It can also be called when a patient is en route to the hospital and needs attention upon arrival. It can be labeled either adult or paediatric,
▪ Colchicine: An alkaloid derived from crocuses that has anti-inflammatory properties. It is nonanalgesic and tolerance to it cannot develop. It is used as a treatment for gouty arthritis which results from a building up of uric acid in the joints. Because it is not a uricosuric, which increases the output of uric acid in urine, it is often combined with uricosurics to encourage the expelling of the uric acid from the joints.
▪ Cold: A number of strains of a small very contagious RNA based virus. Next to ameobic dysentery and dental caries (cavities), it is the most commonly suffered disease in the world. However, it is never fatal and will resolve itself of its own accord within 7-10 days after symptoms appear.
▪ Colonoscopy: A medical procedure where a large tube is inserted through the anus and rectum into the large intestine to allow viewing instruments to be placed in the tube to allow the physician to examine the large intestine for any blockages or growths. It is an important diagnostic tool for many diseases of the large intestine including colon cancer. However, the procedure is also one of the most invasive and uncomfortable procedures for a patient as it is done without an anasthetic and usually lasts for a considerable period of time.
▪ Coma: A medical condition of prolonged unconsciousness and muted brain electrical activity.
▪ Congestive Heart Failure: Any condition where the heart beats regularly but is unable to pump enough blood to the rest of the body. This is as opposed to cardiac arrest, where the heart stops beating entirely. It can be the result of several conditions, such as congestion of the arteries, abnormalities of the heart, abnormalities of the arteries and veins around the heart, or a general weakness of the heart muscle.
▪ Contraception: the use of any process, device or method that prevents conception and may be used either before or after (postcoital) coitus sex.
▪ Cough: A short, intense exhalation of air from the lungs caused by the rapid contraction of the chest muscles and diaphragm. Although it is possible to cough voluntarily, most coughing is involuntary. Coughing is the usual response of the body to the presence of foreign material, irritating gases or excess mucus in the airways leading to the lungs. It is a common symptom of allergies, the common cold, bronchitis, tuberculosis and several other diseases.
▪ CT Scan (Computed Axial Tomography Scan): A medical imaging technology that uses finely focused X-rays together with a detector rather than photographic film combined with computer imaging technology to create detailed three-dimensional images of interior body tissue, including soft tissue. It is primarily used to detect and locate structures within the body that cannot be located by other forms of radiological investigation.
By Letter
| A | | B | | C | | D | | E | | F | | G | | H | | I | | J | | K | | L | | M |
| N | | O | | P | | Q | | R | | S | | T | | U | | V | | W | | X | | Y | | Z |
Green: is a medical procedure.
Orange is medicine.
Blue are diseases and conditions.
Purple is equipment.
Black is "other".
- C -
▪ Cancer: A number of conditions that are characterized by rapid uncontrolled cell division. When left untreated, most cancers are fatal. The study of cancer is known as oncology. Dr. Wilson is the head of oncology at Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital.
▪ Cardiac Arrest (Asystole): A medical condition where the heart does not have any electrical activity nor pumps blood. Certain forms of cardiac arrest may be treated using a defibrillator.
▪ Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: A painful condition in the wrist and hands involving the compression of a main nerve and tendons that bend the thumb, index finger, middle finger, and ring finger.
▪ Catheter: A thin, hollow, stiff but flexible tube that is used to thread through thin vessels in the body in order to either insert instruments or reach past sphincters or other obstructions. They are commonly used in cases of bladder infection to drain the bladder when urine cannot pass through the urethra. They can also be used to insert wires or other instruments through veins into body organs such as the heart or liver when it is impossible to reach those organs through other body tissue.
▪ Chemotherapy: The use of highly toxic chemicals to destroy diseased cells. It is primarily used in the treatment of many different types of cancer. This class of drugs targets cells as they reproduce. As cancer cells reproduce more frequently than other cells in the body, they are more likely to be killed during treatment.
▪ Chlamydia: A common sexually transmitted infection (STI) in humans. Chlamydia can be transmitted during vaginal, anal, or oral sex, and can be passed from an infected mother to her baby during vaginal childbirth. Between half and three-quarters of all women who have a chlamydia infection of the neck of the womb (cervicitis) have no symptoms and do not know that they are infected. In men, infection of the urethra (urethritis) is usually symptomatic, causing a white discharge from the penis with or without pain on urinating (dysuria). Occasionally, the conditions spreads to the upper genital tract in women (causing pelvic inflammatory disease) or to the epididymis in men (causing epididymitis). If untreated, chlamydial infections can cause serious reproductive and other health problems with both short-term and long-term consequences. Chlamydia is easily treated with antibiotics.
▪ Churg-Strauss Syndrome: A medium and small vessel autoimmune vasculitis, leading to necrosis. It involves mainly the blood vessels of the lungs (it begins as a severe type of asthma), gastrointestinal system, and peripheral nerves, but also affects the heart, skin and kidneys. It is a rare disease that is non-inheritable, non-transmissible and often mis-diagnosed.
▪ Clean Room: A sterile, hypoallergenic environment for the treatment of patients suffering from severe immunodeficiency or environmental allergies. The basic design element of the clean room is that it is kept under positive air pressure so that air flow is always out of the room unless it comes from the filtered air supply. This prevents allergens and contagious diseases from entering the room. The room also has a strict protocol for entry, requiring staff that enter to go through the same procedures as are required for surgery. Bedding is made of natural fibers such as silk or other hypoallergenic materials, such as sterile foam. For the most part, the room is kept sealed while the patient is inside.
▪ Clot: The process whereby platelets, a component in the blood, group together to prevent the flow of blood past a point. Clotting is a normal process and stops bleeding when a blood vessel is cut or otherwise damaged, either internally or externally. However, in some circumstances, a clot can form in an otherwise healthy blood vessel, preventing blood from flowing normally through the blood stream past the point of the clot. Clots can cause strokes, heart attacks or infarctions in other parts of the body.
▪ Clubbing: Used to describe a finger that ends with an enlarged phalanx. It is caused by the excessive growth of soft tissues under the cuticle which leads to fingertips that are thinner at the final joint than at the base of the nail.
▪ Code Blue: This is hospital emergency code used to indicate that a patient needs immediate resuscitation usually after a cardiac arrest. It can also be called when a patient is en route to the hospital and needs attention upon arrival. It can be labeled either adult or paediatric,
▪ Colchicine: An alkaloid derived from crocuses that has anti-inflammatory properties. It is nonanalgesic and tolerance to it cannot develop. It is used as a treatment for gouty arthritis which results from a building up of uric acid in the joints. Because it is not a uricosuric, which increases the output of uric acid in urine, it is often combined with uricosurics to encourage the expelling of the uric acid from the joints.
▪ Cold: A number of strains of a small very contagious RNA based virus. Next to ameobic dysentery and dental caries (cavities), it is the most commonly suffered disease in the world. However, it is never fatal and will resolve itself of its own accord within 7-10 days after symptoms appear.
▪ Colonoscopy: A medical procedure where a large tube is inserted through the anus and rectum into the large intestine to allow viewing instruments to be placed in the tube to allow the physician to examine the large intestine for any blockages or growths. It is an important diagnostic tool for many diseases of the large intestine including colon cancer. However, the procedure is also one of the most invasive and uncomfortable procedures for a patient as it is done without an anasthetic and usually lasts for a considerable period of time.
▪ Coma: A medical condition of prolonged unconsciousness and muted brain electrical activity.
▪ Congestive Heart Failure: Any condition where the heart beats regularly but is unable to pump enough blood to the rest of the body. This is as opposed to cardiac arrest, where the heart stops beating entirely. It can be the result of several conditions, such as congestion of the arteries, abnormalities of the heart, abnormalities of the arteries and veins around the heart, or a general weakness of the heart muscle.
▪ Contraception: the use of any process, device or method that prevents conception and may be used either before or after (postcoital) coitus sex.
▪ Cough: A short, intense exhalation of air from the lungs caused by the rapid contraction of the chest muscles and diaphragm. Although it is possible to cough voluntarily, most coughing is involuntary. Coughing is the usual response of the body to the presence of foreign material, irritating gases or excess mucus in the airways leading to the lungs. It is a common symptom of allergies, the common cold, bronchitis, tuberculosis and several other diseases.
▪ CT Scan (Computed Axial Tomography Scan): A medical imaging technology that uses finely focused X-rays together with a detector rather than photographic film combined with computer imaging technology to create detailed three-dimensional images of interior body tissue, including soft tissue. It is primarily used to detect and locate structures within the body that cannot be located by other forms of radiological investigation.
By Letter
| A | | B | | C | | D | | E | | F | | G | | H | | I | | J | | K | | L | | M |
| N | | O | | P | | Q | | R | | S | | T | | U | | V | | W | | X | | Y | | Z |