Colposcope - Tool with magnifying glass used to look into the vagina and at the cervix Coma Varying degrees of unconsciousness from which a person may not awaken

Compact Bone - Hard layers of the bone

Compensated - Paid, rewarded

Complete Blood Count (CBC) - Test that measures all types of blood cells

Complete Response - Total disappearance of disease

Completed - Finished, filled in

Comprehensive - Complete, full, thorough

Computerized - X-ray machine that uses a computer to make pictures of the Tomography (CT) organs of the body

Computerized - X-ray machine that uses a computer to make pictures of the Axial Tomography organs of the body

Conception - The beginning of pregnancy when the fertilized egg implants in the uterus

Concussion - Unconsciousness resulting from a blow to the head affecting the brain

Condition - Illness, disease

Condom - Cover worn over the penis during sexual intercourse to prevent infection or pregnancy

Conduct (a physical) - Gives you (a physical)

Congenital Anomaly - Birth defect

Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) - Heart disorder present at birth

Congestive Heart - Failure of the heart resulting in fluid build-up in the lungs, Failure (CHF) other body tissues, or both

Conjunctiva - Tissue that lines the eyelids and covers part of the eye inside its socket

Conjunctivitis - Inflammation of the conjunctiva

Connective Tissue - Type of tissue that connects, supports, touches, and surrounds various body parts

Conscious - Awake and aware

Consent - Agreement, agree

Consequence - Result

Considered - Believed, thought

Consolidation - Treatment phase intended to make a remission permanent Phase

Constipation - Decreased number of or difficulty making bowel movements

Continuation of - To go on being treated with

Continuously - Regularly, keep on, at all times

Contraindication - Medical reasons that prevent a person from using a certain drug treatment

Controlled Trial - Study in which the experimental treatment of procedure is compared to a standard (control) treatment or procedure

Contusion - Bruise

Convulsion - Seizure

Coombs' Test - Blood test to detect antibodies against red blood cells that is used in analyzing blood problems and cross-matching blood for transfusions

Cooperative Group - Association of multiple institutions to perform clinical trials

COPD - See chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

Cor Pulmonale - Heart disease or heart failure caused by a disorder of the lungs

Coronary - Pertains to the blood vessels that supply the heart

Cornea - Clear tissue covering the front part of the eye

Corneal - Having to do with the cornea

Corneoiritis - Inflammation of the cornea and iris

Coronal Plane - Dividing the body into a front and back

Coronary Artery - Artery that supplies blood to the heart

Coronary Artery - Surgery to make a new passageway for blood to the heart Bypass Graft (CABG)

Coronary Ischemia - Not enough blood going to the heart

Coronary Occlusion - Complete block of a coronary artery

Coronary Thombosis - Blood clot in a coronary artery

Corpus - Outer layer of an organ or other structure in the body

Cortical - Having to do with a cortex

Corticotropin - Hormone made by the brain that activates the adrenal glands

Cortisol - Important hormone made by the adrenal glands that affects metabolism and mineral balance

Costectomy - Surgery to remove a rib

Cough - Sudden, loud flow of air from the lungs

CP - See cerebral pals (CP)

CPR - See cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)

Cranial - Related to the head or top of the body

Cranial Cavity - Space inside the skull that holds the brain

Cranioplasty - Surgery to fix the skull

Craniotomy - Surgery on the skull or to make an opening in the skull

Cranium Bifidum - Birth defect in which there is a crack in the skull

Creatinine Clearance - Blood test used to see if the kidneys can effectively remove creatinine from the blood

Cretinism - A birth defect in which lack of thyroid hormone results in stopping of physical and mental development

Crohn's Disease - Serious inflammation of any part of the gastrointestinal tract

Crossmatch - Blood test to check if it is safe to give a blood transfusion to a person

Croup - Children's breathing disorder resulting in coughing and harsh breathing

Cryoextraction of - Surgery using low temperatures to remove a cataract the lens

Cryoretinopexy - Surgery of the innermost layer of the eye

CSF - See cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)

CT - See computed tomography (CT)

CT SCAN (CAT) - Computerized series of x-rays (computerized tomography)

Culdocentesis - Removal of fluid from the pouch between the vagina and the rectum

Culture - Test for infection or organisms that could cause infection

Cumulation - Increased action of a drug when given over a period of time

Curet (curette) - Spoon-shaped tool used for scraping or cutting

Curved - Having a curved handle or a curved blade

Cushing's Syndrome - Disorder caused by too much of the adrenal hormones or longtime use of cortisone-type drugs in which there are many symptoms, including a fat, round face and weakness

CVA - See cerebrovascular accident (CVA)

Cyanosis - Blue color of tissues such as the skin or gums caused by too little oxygen

Cyesiology - The study of pregnancy

Cyesis - Pregnancy

Cyst- Any closed sac in the body, especially one that contains fluid or semisolid material

Cystectomy - Surgery to remove the urinary bladder or gallbladder; also, removal of a cyst

Cystic Fibrosis (CF) - Genetic disorder of glands resulting in lung and digestive problems

Cystitis - Inflammation of the urinary bladder

Cystocele - Type of hernia in which the urinary bladder bulges into the vagina

Cystogram - X-ray of the urinary bladder

Cystolith - Stone in the urinary bladder

Cystolithotomy - Surgery to remove a stone from the urinary bladder