Glossary You can always search for entries (regexp permitted). Begins with Contains Exactly matches All All There are 408 entries in the glossary. Pages: «1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 » Term Definition Chemotherapy Often known as "chemo", a term used for medicines to treat cancer.   Chicken Pox An acute contagious disease especially of children that is marked by low-grade fever and formation of vesicles and that is caused by a herpesvirus of the genus Varicellovirus (species Human herpesvirus 3) -- called also varicella   Chickenpox An acute contagious disease especially of children that is marked by low-grade fever and formation of vesicles and that is caused by a herpesvirus of the genus Varicellovirus (species Human herpesvirus 3) -- called also varicella   Chlamydia The type genus of the family Chlamydiaceae comprising coccoid to spherical gram-negative intracellular parasitic bacteria and including one (C. trachomatis) that causes or is associated with various diseases of the eye and genitourinary tract including trachoma, lymphogranuloma venereum, cervicitis, and some forms of nongonococcal urethritis   Cholera Any of several diseases of humans and domestic animals usually marked by severe gastrointestinal symptoms: as an acute diarrheal disease caused by an enterotoxin produced by various strains of a comma-shaped gram-negative bacterium of the genus Vibrio (V. cholerae synonym V. comma) when it is present in large numbers in the proximal part of the human small intestine   Cholesterol A fatty substance made by the body that lives in blood and tissue used to make bile acid, hormones and vitamin D.   Chorea Uncontrolled body movements. Chorea is derived from the Greek word for dance.   Choreoathetoid A condition characterized by aimless muscle movements and involuntary motions.   chorionic villus sampling A prenatal genetic test that involves removal and examination of a piece of the placenta.   Chromosomes Genetic structures that contains DNA   Chronic Fatigue Syndrome A very severe and long-term feeling of weakness and being tired, even after getting rest.   Chronic leukemia A slowly progressing cancer that starts in blood-forming tissues such as the bone marrow, and causes large numbers of white blood cells to be produced and enter the blood stream.   Chronic lymphoblastic leukemia A slow-growing type of leukemia (blood cancer) in which too many lymphoblasts (immature white blood cells) are found in the blood and bone marrow. Also called chronic lymphocytic leukemia and CLL.   Chronic lymphocytic leukemia A slow-growing type of leukemia (blood cancer) in which too many lymphoblasts (immature white blood cells) are found in the blood and bone marrow. Also called chronic lymphoblastic leukemia and CLL.   Chronic myelogenous leukemia A slowly progressing disease in which too many white blood cells (not lymphocytes) are made in the bone marrow. Also called CML, chronic granulocytic leukemia, and chronic myeloid leukemia.   Chronic myeloid leukemia A slowly progressing disease in which too many white blood cells (not lymphocytes) are made in the bone marrow. Also called chronic myelogenous leukemia, CML, and chronic granulocytic leukemia.   Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Pulmonary disease (as emphysema or chronic bronchitis) that is characterized by chronic typically irreversible airway obstruction resulting in a slowed rate of exhalation -- abbreviation COPD   Clinical trials Research studies to test new types of treatments, preventions and diagnoses on patients.   Cochlea  The snail-shaped structure in the inner ear that contains the organ of hearing.   Cold sores Otherwise known as "fever blisters" and herpes type-1 infection.   All Glossary V2.0

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