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Dictionary of Medical Acronyms & Abbreviations

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[ C ]

  C1 | C2 | C3 | C4 | C5 | C6 | C7 | C8 | C9 | C10 | C11 | C12 |
  • C  about [Lat. circa]; ascorbic acid; bruised [Lat. contusus]; calcitonin-forming [cell]; calculus; calorie [large]; Campylobacter; Candida; canine tooth; capability [list]; capacitance; capsid protein; carbohydrate; carbon; cardiac; cardiovascular disease; carrier; cast; cathode; Caucasian; cell; Celsius; centigrade; central; central electrode placement in electroencephalography; centromeric or constitutive heterochromatic chromosome [banding]; cer-ebrospinal; certified; cervical; cesarean [section]; chest (precordial) lead in electrocardiography; chicken; Chlamydia; chloramphenicol; cholesterol; class; clearance; clonus; Clostridium; closure; clubbing; coarse [bacterial colonies]; cocaine; coefficient; colorectal tumor with metastases to lymph nodes [Dukes classification]; color sense; colored [guinea pig]; communicating [pacemaker]; complement; complex; compliance; component; compound [Lat. compositus]; concentration; concept [UMLS]; conditioned, conditioning; condyle; constant; consultation; contamination; contraction; control; conventionally reared [experimental animal]; convergence; correct; cortex; coulomb; count; criteria; Cryptococcus; cubic; cubitus; cyanosis; cylinder; cysteine; cytidine; cytochrome; cytosine; gallon [Lat. congius]; horn [Lat. cornu]; hundred [Lat. centum]; large calorie; molar heat capacity; rib [Lat. costa]; total capacitance; velocity of light; with [Lat. cum]
  • C0  concentration zero
  • C1  first cervical nerve; first cervical vertebra; first component of complement
  • C1  first rib
  •   activated first component of complement
  • C1-9  complement proteins 1 to 9
  • CI  first concept [UMLS]; first cranial nerve; prostatic tumor with extracapsular extension and negative margins [Jewett staging system]; tumor with metastases to lymph nodes without involvement of perirectal adipose tissue [Astler-Coller classification]
  • 2C  2-component
  • C2  prostatic tumor with extracapsular extension and positive margins [Jewett staging system]; second cervical nerve; second cervical vertebra; second component of complement; second concept [UMLS]; tumor with metastases to lymph nodes and extension into perirectal adipose tissue
  • C2  community capacity [AIDS prevention]
  • C2  second rib
  •   activated second component of complement
  • CII  second cranial nerve
  • 3C  3-component; cranio-cerebello-cardiac syndrome
  • C3  prostatic tumor with seminal vesical involvement [Jewett staging system]; third cervical nerve; third cervical vertebra; third component of complement
  • C3  Collins' solution; third rib
  •   activated third component of complement
  • CIII  third cranial nerve
  • C4  controlled collapse chip connection; fourth cervical nerve; fourth cervical vertebra; fourth component of complement
  •   activated fourth component of complement
  • CIV  fourth cranial nerve
  • C5  fifth cervical nerve; fifth cervical vertebra; fifth component of complement
  •   activated fifth component of complement
  • CV  fifth cranial nerve
  • C6  sixth cervical nerve; sixth cervical vertebra; sixth component of complement
  •   activated sixth component of complement
  • CVI  sixth cranial nerve
  • C7  seventh cervical nerve; seventh cervical vertebra; seventh component of complement
  •   activated seventh component of complement
  • CVII  seventh cranial nerve
  • C8  eighth component of complement
  •   activated eighth component of complement
  • CVIII  eighth cranial nerve
  • C9  ninth component of complement
  •   activated ninth component of complement
  • CIX-CXII  ninth to twelfth cranial nerves
  • °C  degree Celsius
  • C´  complement
  • c  about [Lat. circa]; calorie [small]; candle; canine tooth; capacity; capillary; carat; centi-; clinical; complementary [strand]; concentration; contact; cup; curie; cyclic; meal [Lat. cibus]; specific heat capacity; with [Lat. cum]
  • c´  coefficient of partage
  • c-  centi- [10-1]
  • χ  see chi
  • CA  anterior commissure [Lat. commissura anterior]; calcium antagonist; California [rabbit]; cancer; cancer antigen; Candida albicans; caproic acid; capsid; capsid protein; carboh