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Cryptosporidiosis
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Cryptosporidiosis"An intestinal infection characterized by diarrhea caused by a microscopic parasite, Cryptosporidium parvum. The parasite lives in the small intestine of humans and animals who pass it in their feces. The parasite is protected by an outer shell that allows it to survive outside the body for long periods of time and makes it resistant to chlorine disinfection. Both the disease and the parasite are popularly known as ""Crypto."" The disease is also called cryptosporidium enteritis."
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Infection
Anything that invades the body and reproduces. Infections can be bacteria, protozoa, fungi, or viruses. Bacteria and fungi are one celled creatures that cause many infections including strep throat, bladder infections, and some lung infections. Fungi cause “athlete’s foot” and thrush, an infection in the mouth. Protozoa are small organisms with many cells that can cause infections in the guts or in the lungs. Most healthy people do not get protozoal infections, but people with suppressed immune systems can. Viruses are not really organisms; they are tiny particles that can live only inside another cell. They reproduce by taking over a cell and causing that cell to make more virus particles, rather than doing what the cell is supposed to do. Viruses cause most colds and flu cases.
Diarrhea
Passage of excessively liquid or excessively frequent stools.
Parasite
An organism that lives on or in the tissues of another organism and draws its nourishment from the host.
Intestine
The tube involved in digestion and extending from the stomach to the anus. Consists of the small intestine and the large intestine.
Feces
Stool.
Disease
Illness or sickness often characterized by typical patient problems (symptoms) and physical findings (signs). Disruption sequence: The events that occur when a fetus that is developing normally is subjected to a destructive agent such as the rubella (German measles) virus.
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Crypt
In anatomy, a crypt is variously a blind alley, a tube with no exit, a depression, or a pit -- in an otherwise fairly flat surface.
Cryptic
Hidden. Cryptic tonsillitis is hidden within the depths of the tonsil.
Crypto
Popular name for both the parasite, Cryptosporidium parvum, and the disease it causes, cryptosporidiosis.
Cryptography
"The encoding and decoding of secret messages. Cryptography in genetics: The term ""cryptography"" can be applied to human DNA since the message of life is encoded in DNA. And for eons even the existence of DNA was unknown and the information therein an unfathomed mystery. The decoding of DNA in the human genome project is essentially an exercise in cryptography, the greatest piece of cryptography ever undertaken in human history. However, this cryptographic project is incomplete since, although the sequence of most of the DNA has been determined, we are still far from understanding all of the many messages encoded within it. "
Cryptorchidism
Failure of descent of one or both of the testes into the scrotum. The testes first develop within the abdomen before birth and then normally descend into the scrotum. Cryptorchidism is also called undescended testes. Males with cryptorchidism that is not surgically corrected in early childhood are at increased risk for developing testicular cancer.
Cryptosporidium parvum
The parasite that causes the disease, cryptosporidiosis.
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Crypt
In anatomy, a crypt is variously a blind alley, a tube with no exit, a depression, or a pit -- in an otherwise fairly flat surface.
Cryptic
Hidden. Cryptic tonsillitis is hidden within the depths of the tonsil.
Crypto
Popular name for both the parasite, Cryptosporidium parvum, and the disease it causes, cryptosporidiosis.
Cryptography
"The encoding and decoding of secret messages. Cryptography in genetics: The term ""cryptography"" can be applied to human DNA since the message of life is encoded in DNA. And for eons even the existence of DNA was unknown and the information therein an unfathomed mystery. The decoding of DNA in the human genome project is essentially an exercise in cryptography, the greatest piece of cryptography ever undertaken in human history. However, this cryptographic project is incomplete since, although the sequence of most of the DNA has been determined, we are still far from understanding all of the many messages encoded within it. "
Cryptorchidism
Failure of descent of one or both of the testes into the scrotum. The testes first develop within the abdomen before birth and then normally descend into the scrotum. Cryptorchidism is also called undescended testes. Males with cryptorchidism that is not surgically corrected in early childhood are at increased risk for developing testicular cancer.
Cryptosporidiosis
Cryptosporidium parvum
The parasite that causes the disease, cryptosporidiosis.
CSF (cerebrospinal fluid)
A watery fluid, continuously produced and absorbed, which flows in the ventricles (cavities) within the brain and around the surface of the brain and spinal cord.
CSF (colony-stimulating factor)
A laboratory-made agent similar to a substance in the body that stimulates the production of blood cells.
CST3
The gene for cystatin C.
CT colonography
Another name for virtual colonoscopy. The term CT colonography provides a more accurate description of the technique which is a radiological one that employs computerized tomography (CT) but not a colonoscope.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Infection
Anything that invades the body and reproduces. Infections can be bacteria, protozoa, fungi, or viruses. Bacteria and fungi are one celled creatures that cause many infections including strep throat, bladder infections, and some lung infections. Fungi cause “athlete’s foot” and thrush, an infection in the mouth. Protozoa are small organisms with many cells that can cause infections in the guts or in the lungs. Most healthy people do not get protozoal infections, but people with suppressed immune systems can. Viruses are not really organisms; they are tiny particles that can live only inside another cell. They reproduce by taking over a cell and causing that cell to make more virus particles, rather than doing what the cell is supposed to do. Viruses cause most colds and flu cases.
Diarrhea
Passage of excessively liquid or excessively frequent stools.
Parasite
An organism that lives on or in the tissues of another organism and draws its nourishment from the host.
Intestine
The tube involved in digestion and extending from the stomach to the anus. Consists of the small intestine and the large intestine.
Feces
Stool.
Disease
Illness or sickness often characterized by typical patient problems (symptoms) and physical findings (signs). Disruption sequence: The events that occur when a fetus that is developing normally is subjected to a destructive agent such as the rubella (German measles) virus.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Crypt
In anatomy, a crypt is variously a blind alley, a tube with no exit, a depression, or a pit -- in an otherwise fairly flat surface.
Cryptic
Hidden. Cryptic tonsillitis is hidden within the depths of the tonsil.
Crypto
Popular name for both the parasite, Cryptosporidium parvum, and the disease it causes, cryptosporidiosis.
Cryptography
"The encoding and decoding of secret messages. Cryptography in genetics: The term ""cryptography"" can be applied to human DNA since the message of life is encoded in DNA. And for eons even the existence of DNA was unknown and the information therein an unfathomed mystery. The decoding of DNA in the human genome project is essentially an exercise in cryptography, the greatest piece of cryptography ever undertaken in human history. However, this cryptographic project is incomplete since, although the sequence of most of the DNA has been determined, we are still far from understanding all of the many messages encoded within it. "
Cryptorchidism
Failure of descent of one or both of the testes into the scrotum. The testes first develop within the abdomen before birth and then normally descend into the scrotum. Cryptorchidism is also called undescended testes. Males with cryptorchidism that is not surgically corrected in early childhood are at increased risk for developing testicular cancer.
Cryptosporidium parvum
The parasite that causes the disease, cryptosporidiosis.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Crypt
In anatomy, a crypt is variously a blind alley, a tube with no exit, a depression, or a pit -- in an otherwise fairly flat surface.
Cryptic
Hidden. Cryptic tonsillitis is hidden within the depths of the tonsil.
Crypto
Popular name for both the parasite, Cryptosporidium parvum, and the disease it causes, cryptosporidiosis.
Cryptography
"The encoding and decoding of secret messages. Cryptography in genetics: The term ""cryptography"" can be applied to human DNA since the message of life is encoded in DNA. And for eons even the existence of DNA was unknown and the information therein an unfathomed mystery. The decoding of DNA in the human genome project is essentially an exercise in cryptography, the greatest piece of cryptography ever undertaken in human history. However, this cryptographic project is incomplete since, although the sequence of most of the DNA has been determined, we are still far from understanding all of the many messages encoded within it. "
Cryptorchidism
Failure of descent of one or both of the testes into the scrotum. The testes first develop within the abdomen before birth and then normally descend into the scrotum. Cryptorchidism is also called undescended testes. Males with cryptorchidism that is not surgically corrected in early childhood are at increased risk for developing testicular cancer.
Cryptosporidiosis
Cryptosporidium parvum
The parasite that causes the disease, cryptosporidiosis.
CSF (cerebrospinal fluid)
A watery fluid, continuously produced and absorbed, which flows in the ventricles (cavities) within the brain and around the surface of the brain and spinal cord.
CSF (colony-stimulating factor)
A laboratory-made agent similar to a substance in the body that stimulates the production of blood cells.
CST3
The gene for cystatin C.
CT colonography
Another name for virtual colonoscopy. The term CT colonography provides a more accurate description of the technique which is a radiological one that employs computerized tomography (CT) but not a colonoscope.
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