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Camisole
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CamisoleA straitjacket. The term camisole was borrowed from the French and refers to a woman’s garment, usually sleeveless. The term came from the Latin camisia for linen shirt or nightgown.
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Camisole
A straitjacket. The term camisole was borrowed from the French and refers to a woman’s garment, usually sleeveless. The term came from the Latin camisia for linen shirt or nightgown.
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Camila
Camila is a prescription or over-the-counter drug which is (or once was) approved in the United States and possibly in other countries. Active ingredient(s): norethindrone.
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CALLA
Common acute lymphocytic leukemia antigen.
Callosity
Synonymous with callus. Both callus and callosity are derived from the Latin callum meaning thick skin.
Calor
Heat, one of the four classic signs of inflammation (together with dolor, rubor and tumor).
Calor, dolor, rubor, and tumor
Heat, pain, redness, and swelling. The four classical signs of inflammation.
Camelpox
A severe disease of camels in northern Africa and southwestern Asia caused by the camelpox virus. This virus has rarely, if ever, caused disease in people. However, the sequence of the camelpox virus genome is most closely related to that of the variola virus, the cause of smallpox. This has led to speculation that the two viruses (camelpox and smallpox) may have evolved from a common ancestor after the advent of intensive agriculture some 7,000 years ago
Camisole
Campylobacter jejuni
A bacterium that typically infects the bowels. Now the leading cause of bacterial food poisoning, Campylobacter jejuni is most often spread by contact with raw or undercooked poultry. A single drop of juice from a contaminated chicken is enough to make someone sick. Disease caused by Campylobacter jejuni is termed Campylobacteriosis.
Campylobacteriosis
Disease caused by Campylobacter jejuni, now the leading cause of bacterial food poisoning, most often spread by contact with raw or undercooked poultry. A single drop of juice from a contaminated chicken is enough to make someone sick with Campylobacteriosis.
Canavan disease
A severe progressive inherited (genetic) disorder of the central nervous system (CNS).
Cancer anorexia
Loss of desire to eat due to cancer. Cancer anorexia contributes to malnutrition, increases morbidity (illness) and mortality (death), and impinges on the quality of life.
Cancer antigen 125
See: CA 125.
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Camisole
A straitjacket. The term camisole was borrowed from the French and refers to a woman’s garment, usually sleeveless. The term came from the Latin camisia for linen shirt or nightgown.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Camila
Camila is a prescription or over-the-counter drug which is (or once was) approved in the United States and possibly in other countries. Active ingredient(s): norethindrone.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
CALLA
Common acute lymphocytic leukemia antigen.
Callosity
Synonymous with callus. Both callus and callosity are derived from the Latin callum meaning thick skin.
Calor
Heat, one of the four classic signs of inflammation (together with dolor, rubor and tumor).
Calor, dolor, rubor, and tumor
Heat, pain, redness, and swelling. The four classical signs of inflammation.
Camelpox
A severe disease of camels in northern Africa and southwestern Asia caused by the camelpox virus. This virus has rarely, if ever, caused disease in people. However, the sequence of the camelpox virus genome is most closely related to that of the variola virus, the cause of smallpox. This has led to speculation that the two viruses (camelpox and smallpox) may have evolved from a common ancestor after the advent of intensive agriculture some 7,000 years ago
Camisole
Campylobacter jejuni
A bacterium that typically infects the bowels. Now the leading cause of bacterial food poisoning, Campylobacter jejuni is most often spread by contact with raw or undercooked poultry. A single drop of juice from a contaminated chicken is enough to make someone sick. Disease caused by Campylobacter jejuni is termed Campylobacteriosis.
Campylobacteriosis
Disease caused by Campylobacter jejuni, now the leading cause of bacterial food poisoning, most often spread by contact with raw or undercooked poultry. A single drop of juice from a contaminated chicken is enough to make someone sick with Campylobacteriosis.
Canavan disease
A severe progressive inherited (genetic) disorder of the central nervous system (CNS).
Cancer anorexia
Loss of desire to eat due to cancer. Cancer anorexia contributes to malnutrition, increases morbidity (illness) and mortality (death), and impinges on the quality of life.
Cancer antigen 125
See: CA 125.
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