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CICCompletely-in-the-canal (the ear canal)
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Chronic wasting disease
A transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) of North American deer and elk, a progressive neurodegenerative disorder that produces spongiform changes in the brain and chronic weight loss leading to the death of these animals. There is no known relationship between chronic wasting disease (CWD) and any other TSE of animals or people.
Chronicity
Characterized by long duration. The state of being chronic.
Churg-Strauss syndrome
A disease characterized by inflammation of small ateries and veins in persons with a history of asthma or allergy. Aside from the inflammation of blood vessels (angiitis or vasculitis), there are abnormally large number of certain white blood cells (eosinophils) and inflammatory nodular lesions (granulomatosis). Onset is generally between 15 to 70 years of age. Symptoms include fatigue, weight loss, inflammation of the nasal passages, numbness, and weakness. The diagnosis is confirmed by a biopsy of involved tissue. The disease can be severely debilitating and, if untreated, even fatal. Treatment is directed toward both immediately quieting the inflammation of the blood vessels and suppressing the immune system. This may done with high doses of cortisone-related medication (such as prednisone or prednisolone) to calm the inflammation and cyclophosphamide (Cytoxan) to suppress the immune system.
Chyle
A fluid consisting of a mixture of lymphatic fluid (lymph) and chylomicrons that has a milky appearance. Chylomicrons are small fat globules composed of protein and lipid (fat) which are combined in the lining of the intestine. Chylomicrons are found in the blood and in lymphatic fluid where they serve to transport fat from its port of entry in the intestine to the liver and to adipose (fat) tissue.
Chylomicron
A small fat globule composed of protein and lipid (fat). Chylomicrons are found in the blood and lymphatic fluid where they serve to transport fat from its port of entry in the intestine to the liver and to adipose (fat) tissue. After a fatty meal, the blood is so full of chylomicrons that it looks milky.
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Cidal
Suffix indicating killing, as in bacteriocidal (capable of killing bacteria) and in suicidal (the killing of oneself).
Cide
Suffix indicating killing or killer, as in bactericide (a solution capable of killing bacteria).
Ciguatera
Seafood poisoning due to ciguatoxin, a toxin acquired by eating fish that have consumed toxic single-celled marine organisms called dinoflagellates or fish that have consumed other fish that have become toxic. When someone eats these fish, they suffer seafood poisoning.
Ciguatoxin
A seafood toxin that is acquired by eating fish that have consumed toxic single-celled marine organisms called dinoflagellates or fish that have consumed other fish that have become toxic. When someone eats these fish, they suffer seafood poisoning. Food poisoning from ciguatoxin is called ciguatera.
Ciliary body
Part of the eye, the ciliary body is a thin vascular (blood vessel-filled) middle layer of the eye that is situated between the sclera (the white of the eye) and the retina (the nerve layer that lines the back of the eye, senses light, and creates impulses that travel through the optic nerve to the brain).
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Chronic wasting disease
A transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) of North American deer and elk, a progressive neurodegenerative disorder that produces spongiform changes in the brain and chronic weight loss leading to the death of these animals. There is no known relationship between chronic wasting disease (CWD) and any other TSE of animals or people.
Chronicity
Characterized by long duration. The state of being chronic.
Churg-Strauss syndrome
A disease characterized by inflammation of small ateries and veins in persons with a history of asthma or allergy. Aside from the inflammation of blood vessels (angiitis or vasculitis), there are abnormally large number of certain white blood cells (eosinophils) and inflammatory nodular lesions (granulomatosis). Onset is generally between 15 to 70 years of age. Symptoms include fatigue, weight loss, inflammation of the nasal passages, numbness, and weakness. The diagnosis is confirmed by a biopsy of involved tissue. The disease can be severely debilitating and, if untreated, even fatal. Treatment is directed toward both immediately quieting the inflammation of the blood vessels and suppressing the immune system. This may done with high doses of cortisone-related medication (such as prednisone or prednisolone) to calm the inflammation and cyclophosphamide (Cytoxan) to suppress the immune system.
Chyle
A fluid consisting of a mixture of lymphatic fluid (lymph) and chylomicrons that has a milky appearance. Chylomicrons are small fat globules composed of protein and lipid (fat) which are combined in the lining of the intestine. Chylomicrons are found in the blood and in lymphatic fluid where they serve to transport fat from its port of entry in the intestine to the liver and to adipose (fat) tissue.
Chylomicron
A small fat globule composed of protein and lipid (fat). Chylomicrons are found in the blood and lymphatic fluid where they serve to transport fat from its port of entry in the intestine to the liver and to adipose (fat) tissue. After a fatty meal, the blood is so full of chylomicrons that it looks milky.
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Cidal
Suffix indicating killing, as in bacteriocidal (capable of killing bacteria) and in suicidal (the killing of oneself).
Cide
Suffix indicating killing or killer, as in bactericide (a solution capable of killing bacteria).
Ciguatera
Seafood poisoning due to ciguatoxin, a toxin acquired by eating fish that have consumed toxic single-celled marine organisms called dinoflagellates or fish that have consumed other fish that have become toxic. When someone eats these fish, they suffer seafood poisoning.
Ciguatoxin
A seafood toxin that is acquired by eating fish that have consumed toxic single-celled marine organisms called dinoflagellates or fish that have consumed other fish that have become toxic. When someone eats these fish, they suffer seafood poisoning. Food poisoning from ciguatoxin is called ciguatera.
Ciliary body
Part of the eye, the ciliary body is a thin vascular (blood vessel-filled) middle layer of the eye that is situated between the sclera (the white of the eye) and the retina (the nerve layer that lines the back of the eye, senses light, and creates impulses that travel through the optic nerve to the brain).
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