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Castration
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Castration The surgical removal of the testicles.
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Cast
Reproduction of structures made by pouring plaster or stone into a mold.
Casting, serial
The use of successive casts to reshape deformed or spastic limbs.
Castleman disease
A disorder of lymphoid tissue (lymphadenopathy) with massive overgrowth (hyperplasia) of lymph nodes ("swollen glands"), most commonly affecting the nodes between the lungs (in the mediastinum).
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Cystometry
Diagnostic procedure that measures bladder capacity and pressure changes as the bladder fills and empties.
Cystoscope
An instrument with a narrow tube with light at one end of an opening.
Cystoscopic examination
An examination of the urethra and urinary bladder with a cystoscope, an instrument with a narrow tube with light at one end of an opening.
Cystoscopy
Procedure in which a viewing tube (cystoscope) is passed through the urethra to examine the inside of the bladder and ureters or to treat a disorder.
Cystourethrocele
Condition that results when the urethra and its supporting tissues weaken and drop into the vagina leading to stress incontinence.
Castration
Causal treatment
A form of treatment which deals with the cause of a disease, not only the symptoms. Specific allergy vaccination is a causal treatment, the use of antihistamines is a symptomatic treatment.
Cell memory
If foreign substances (e.g. bacteria) enter the body, the immune system reacts by attacking and killing them. At the same time, T-cells and B-cells produce a population of memory cells. If you are subsequently exposed to the same bacteria, the immune system reacts much more quickly. In allergy, this mechanism is called "priming". You do not experience an allergic reaction the first time you are exposed to a particular allergen, but your body registers the allergen and, over time, you may develop an allergy to it.
Challenge test
See Provocation test
Corticosteroid drugs
Anti-inflammatory drugs that interfere with the immune system, suppress it and thereby dampen the inflammatory overreaction. They can be used to treat a number of allergic diseases - e.g. allergic rhinitis, eczema and rheumatoid arthritis. Corticosteroid drugs come as creams, inhalants, tablets and eye drops.
Cell line
A general term applied to a defined population of cells that has been maintained in culture for an extended period and usually has undergone a spontaneous process, called transformation, that allows the cells to continue dividing (replicating) in culture indefinitely.
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Cast
Reproduction of structures made by pouring plaster or stone into a mold.
Casting, serial
The use of successive casts to reshape deformed or spastic limbs.
Castleman disease
A disorder of lymphoid tissue (lymphadenopathy) with massive overgrowth (hyperplasia) of lymph nodes ("swollen glands"), most commonly affecting the nodes between the lungs (in the mediastinum).
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Cystometry
Diagnostic procedure that measures bladder capacity and pressure changes as the bladder fills and empties.
Cystoscope
An instrument with a narrow tube with light at one end of an opening.
Cystoscopic examination
An examination of the urethra and urinary bladder with a cystoscope, an instrument with a narrow tube with light at one end of an opening.
Cystoscopy
Procedure in which a viewing tube (cystoscope) is passed through the urethra to examine the inside of the bladder and ureters or to treat a disorder.
Cystourethrocele
Condition that results when the urethra and its supporting tissues weaken and drop into the vagina leading to stress incontinence.
Castration
Causal treatment
A form of treatment which deals with the cause of a disease, not only the symptoms. Specific allergy vaccination is a causal treatment, the use of antihistamines is a symptomatic treatment.
Cell memory
If foreign substances (e.g. bacteria) enter the body, the immune system reacts by attacking and killing them. At the same time, T-cells and B-cells produce a population of memory cells. If you are subsequently exposed to the same bacteria, the immune system reacts much more quickly. In allergy, this mechanism is called "priming". You do not experience an allergic reaction the first time you are exposed to a particular allergen, but your body registers the allergen and, over time, you may develop an allergy to it.
Challenge test
See Provocation test
Corticosteroid drugs
Anti-inflammatory drugs that interfere with the immune system, suppress it and thereby dampen the inflammatory overreaction. They can be used to treat a number of allergic diseases - e.g. allergic rhinitis, eczema and rheumatoid arthritis. Corticosteroid drugs come as creams, inhalants, tablets and eye drops.
Cell line
A general term applied to a defined population of cells that has been maintained in culture for an extended period and usually has undergone a spontaneous process, called transformation, that allows the cells to continue dividing (replicating) in culture indefinitely.
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