especially over a vein (venous c.)
lax’a Cy-a-nide (si’ah-nid) a
Cushion
Elsewhere: C.luna’ta is found in
human mycetomas.
Cushion (Koosh’un) a soft or
padlike part.
Endocardial c’s, elevations on
the atrio-venttricular canal of the
embryonic heart
which later help form the
interatrial septum.Intimalc’s
longitudinal thickenings of the
intime of certain arteries , e.g. the
penile arteries; they serve
functionally as valves,
controlling the blood flow by
occluding the lumen of the
artery.
Cusp (kusp) a pointed or rounded
projection, such as the on crown
of the tooth, or one of the
triangular segments of a cardiac
valve.
Semilunar c., any of the
semilunar segments of the aortic
valve( having posterior, right an
d left cusps) or the pulmonary
valve (having anterior, right, and
left cusps).
Cus.pid (Kuspid) 1. Having one
cusp or point. 2. Cuspid tooth.
Cus-pis(Kus’pis) pl. cus’pides.
[L.] a cusp
Cu-ta-ne-ous (Ku-ta ne –us)
pertaining to the skin.
Cutdown (Kutdown) creation of
a small incised opening
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. c.
to facilitate venipuncture and
permit passage of a needle or
cannula for withdrawal of blood
or administration of fluids.
Cu-ti-cle (kuti-k’l) 1. A layer of
more or less solid substance
covering the free surface of an
epithelial cell. 2.eponychiyum
(1). 3. A horny secreted layer
Dental c., a flim on the enamel
and cementum of some teeth,
external to primary cuticle, with
which it combines, deposited by
the epithelial attachment as it
migrates along the tooth.
Ename c., primary c., a film on
the enamel of unerupted teeth,
consisting primarily of
degenerating ameloblast
remnants after completion of
enmale formation. Secondary c.,
dental c.
Cu-tic-u-la( ku tik u-lah) an
inflammatory or irritative
reaction on the skin, occurring in
certain infectious diseases, or an
application or injection of
preparation of the organism
causing the disease.
Cu-tis(ku-tis)- the skin. c.
anseri’na, transitory elevation of
the hair follicles due to the
contraction of the arrectores
pilorum muscles, a reflection of
the sympathetic nerve
discharge.c. hyperelas’tica
a group of connective tissues
disorders, usually hereditary, in
which the skins hans in loose
pendulous folds; believed to be
associated with decreased elastic
tissue foration and an
abnormality in elastic formation.
C. rhomboida’lis’ nu chae,
thickening of the skin of the neck
with striking accentuation of its
markings, giving an appearance
of diamond-shaped plaques. C.
ver’ticis gyra’ta, enlargement and
thickening of the skin of the
scalp, which lies in folds
resembling gyri and sulci of the
brain.
Cu’vette (ku-vet’) [Fr.] a glass
container generally having well
defined characteristics
(dimensions, optical properties)
to contain solutions or
suspensions for study.
CV cardiovascular
CVID common variable
immunodeficiency.
CVP central venous pressure
CVS Cardiovascular system,
chronic villus sampling.
Cy-an-he-mo-lo-bin(si’an-
he”mo-glo’bin) a compound
formed by action of hydrocyanic
acid on hemoglobin.
compound containing cyanide
group (---cn) or ion (CN) 2.
Hydrogen cyanide.
Cy-an-met-he-mo-globin(si-an-
met-he-moglo-bin) a tightly
bound complex of met-
hemoglobin with cyanic ion; the
pigment most widely used in
hemoglobinometry.
Cy-an-met-myo-glo-bin(-mi-o-
glo-bin) a compound formed
from myoglobin by addition of
the cyanide ion to yield reduction
to the ferrous state.
Cyan(o) world element[Gr] , blue
Cy-a-no-bac-te-ria ( sa’ah-no-
back-ter’e-ah) a subgroup of
bacteria comprising rhe blue-
green bacteria (blue green algae)
which are photosynthetic and
also fix nitrogen
Cy-a-no-co-bal-a-min(-ko-
bal’ah’-min) a cobalamin in
which the substitute is a cyanide
ion; it is the form of vitamin B12
first isolated and , although an
artifact is used to denote the
vitamin; preparations are used to
treat vitamin associated
deficiencies, particularly
pernicious anemia and other
megaloblastioc anemias.
Cy-a-no-labe (si’ah-no-lab) the
name proposed for the pigment
in retinal cones that is more
sensitive to the blue range of the
spectrum.cy-a-no-phil (si-an’ah-
fil) 1. Sustainable with blue dyes
2. A cell or other histologic
elements readily stainable with
blue dyes.cy-anorph’ilous, adj
bacteria cy-a-nop-sia (Siah-nop-
se-ah) defect of vision in which
object appears tinged with blue.
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