cardioradiology
radiology of the heart

cardiorespirography
The graphical recording and analysis of the action of the heart and lungs

cardiorrhaphies
plural of cardiorrhaphy

cardiorrhaphy
suture to the wall of the heart

cardiorrhexis
Rupture of the heart wall.

cardioscan
A medical scan of the heart.

cardioscans
plural of cardioscan

cardiosiderosis
The deposition of excess iron in the heart tissues

cardiosphere
A cluster of endogenous cardiac stem cells that forms when they are cloned in suspension.

cardiospheres
plural of cardiosphere

cardiosport
sport that exercises the heart

cardiostimulation
stimulation of the activity of the heart

cardiosuppression
The suppression of normal heart activity

cardiosurgery
heart surgery

cardioteratogen
Any material that causes malformation of the heart

cardioteratogens
plural of cardioteratogen

cardiotomies
plural of cardiotomy

cardiotomy
The procedure of making an incision in the heart.

cardiotopography
Misspelling of cardiotocography.

cardiotoxicosis
toxicosis of the heart

cardioventricle
A ventricle of the heart

cardioventricles
plural of cardioventricle

cariopses
plural of cariopsis

cariopsis
Dated form of caryopsis.

cariosome
Alternative form of karyosome.

cariosomes
plural of cariosome

cariostasis
The halting of the development of dental caries.

carisoprodol
A particular skeletal muscle relaxant.

carlacues
plural of carlacue

carnism
The human ideology that supports the slaughter of certain animals and the consumption of their meat or other products (leather from skin, etc).
The practice of eating animal meat or using animal products (leather, etc).

carotenoderma
Yellowish skin coloration caused by carotene.

carpectomies
plural of carpectomy

carpectomy
removal of the carpal bone

carpodermis
Synonym of pericarp.

carpogone
Synonym of carpogonium.

carpogones
plural of carpogone

carpogonia
plural of carpogonium

carpogonium
The female organ in the red algae (Rhodophyta), having an elongated process which is the receptive organ for the male gametes

carpoptosis
Synonym of wrist drop.

carpus
The group of bones that make up the wrist.

cartilage
A usually translucent and somewhat elastic, dense, nonvascular connective tissue found in various forms in the larynx and respiratory tract, in structures such as the external ear, and in the articulating surfaces of joints. It composes most of the skeleton of vertebrate embryos, being replaced by bone during ossification in the higher vertebrates.
A particular structure made of cartilage.

cartilages
plural of cartilage

cartilege
Archaic form of cartilage.

cartileges
plural of cartilege

cartilogenesis
The biogenesis of cartilage tissue.

caryocyte
Alternative form of karyocyte.

caryology
Alternative form of karyology.

caryopses
plural of caryopsis

caryopsides
plural of caryopsis

caryopsis
A type of fruit in which the fruit skin is stuck to the seed coat; especially the grain of a cereal.

caryosome
Archaic form of karyosome.

caryosomes
plural of caryosome

casaba
A cultivar of the muskmelon (Cucumis melo), with bright yellow, wrinkled skin.
The adult female breast.

casabas
plural of casaba

caseation
A necrotic degeneration of tissue to a cheese-like condition.

caseations
plural of caseation

caseinogen
uncoagulated casein

caseinogens
plural of caseinogen

cassiosome
A stinging-cell structure, composed of a layer of mainly nematocytes surrounding a core of dinoflagellates, amoebocytes and mesoglea, expelled within mucus by Rhizostomeae jellyfish to sting (and in some cases kill) prey in the surrounding water.

cassiosomes
plural of cassiosome

castory
An extract from the glands of a beaver, reputed to have medicinal value.
A plant (probably the castor bean), or a preparation from this plant, reputed to have medicinal value.
The color of castory extract.

catabiosis
The physiological process by which cells physically degrade due to age

catalysate
The product of a catalytic reaction

catalysates
plural of catalysate

cataplasia
The degeneration of cells or tissue.

cataplasis
Synonym of cataplasia.

cataplexies
plural of cataplexy

cataplexy
An abrupt loss of muscle tone, sometimes associated with narcolepsy.

catastalsis
The rhythmic contraction and relaxation of the muscle of the intestines. It resembles ordinary peristalsis but is not preceded by a zone of inhibition. It is mostly absolute now, covered by the term peristaltic wave.

catastases
plural of catastasis

catastasis
In classical drama, the second and penultimate section, in which action is heightened for the catastrophe.
The part of a speech that states the subject to be discussed.

cathair
The hair of a cat.
A single hair of a cat.

cathairs
plural of cathair

cathiodermie
A form of electrotherapy supposed to revitalize the skin.

catskin
the skin of a cat, or leather made therefrom

catskins
plural of catskin

caudofemoralis
A muscle present in the pelvic limb of most animals that possess a tail

caudosacral
A sacral (bone) at the base of a tail

caudosacrals
plural of caudosacral

caulocystidium
A relatively large cell found on the stipe of a basidiomycete.

caustobiolith
caustic (from the destruction of organic tissue) biolith

caustobioliths
plural of caustobiolith

caveosome
A proposed membrane-bound organelle associated with caveolae

caveosomes
plural of caveosome

ceacum
caecum

ceacums
plural of ceacum

cecectomies
plural of cecectomy

cecectomy
surgical removal of the cecum

cecopexies
plural of cecopexy

cecopexy
Alternative spelling of caecopexy.

cecostomies
plural of cecostomy

cecostomy
Alternative spelling of caecostomy.

cecoureterocele
An ectopic ureterocele that extends into the urethra but opens into the bladder.

cecoureteroceles
plural of cecoureterocele

celentera
plural of celenteron

celenteron
Alternative form of coelenteron.

celenterons
plural of celenteron

celiocentesis
paracentesis of the abdomen

celioscopies
plural of celioscopy

celioscopy
Alternative spelling of coelioscopy.

cellblock
A wing of a prison containing cells for the inmates.

cellblocks
plural of cellblock

cellco
A cellular telecommunications company.

cellcos
plural of cellco

cellful
That which can fit into a cell

cellfuls
plural of cellful

cellhouse
One of the buildings in a prison that contains cells for the inmates; cellblock.

cellhouses
plural of cellhouse

cellomics
The study of cell phenotypes and functions

cellularisation
Alternative form of cellularization.

cellularization
separation into distinct cells, especially from a multinucleate cell.

cellularizations
plural of cellularization

cellule
A small cell.

cellules
plural of cellule

cellulite
Skin dimpling caused by the herniation (protrusion) of subcutaneous adipose tissue (fat within connective tissue), especially on the pelvic area of women.

cellulites
plural of cellulite

cementicle
A small globular mass of cementum near the root of a tooth

cementicles
plural of cementicle

cementoblast
A cell that forms from the follicular cells around the root of a tooth, and whose biological function is cementogenesis.

cementoblastoma
A benign neoplasm of the cementum of the teeth.

cementoblastomas
plural of cementoblastoma

cementoblastomata
plural of cementoblastoma

cementoblasts
plural of cementoblast

cementochronology
A method for assessing age at death and determining season at death based on the annulation (formation of rings) in tooth cementum.

cementoclast
A multinucleated giant cell that consumes cementum.

centranucleation
Misspelling of centronucleation.

centrocoel
The cavernous marrow cavity inside the centrum of a vertebra

centrocoels
plural of centrocoel

centrocyte
Any follicular center cell that has a nuclear cleft
A cell with protoplasm that contains single and double granules of varying size stainable with hematoxylin; seen in lesions of lichen planus
A nondividing, activated B cell that expresses membrane immunoglobulin

centrocytes
plural of centrocyte