| Ce | Symbol for cerium. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| CEA | <tumour marker> Antigen found in blood of patients suffering from cancer of colon and some other diseases, that is otherwise normally found in foetal gut tissue. (19 Jan 1998) |
| ceasmic teratosis | A teratosis in which there is a failure of the lateral halves of a part to unite, as in cleft palate. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cebidae | The family of new world monkeys consisting of nine subfamilies: alouattinae (howler monkeys), aotinae (night monkeys), atelinae (spider monkeys), callicebinae (titis), callimiconinae (goeldi's marmosets), callitrichinae (marmosets), cebinae (capuchin monkeys), pithecinae (sakis), and saimirinae (squirrel monkeys). They inhabit the forests of south and central america, comprising the largest family of south american monkeys. (12 Dec 1998) |
| cebinae | A subfamily of new world monkeys in the family cebidae. They inhabit the forests of south and central america and comprise members of the genus cebus. (12 Dec 1998) |
| cebocephaly | Malformation of the head in which the features are suggestive of a monkey; there is usually a tendency toward cyclopia, with defective or absent nose and closely set eyes. Origin: G. Kebos, monkey, + kephale, head (05 Mar 2000) |
| cebus | A genus of the family cebidae, subfamily cebinae, consisting of four species which are divided into two groups, the tufted and untufted. C. Apella has tufts of hair over the eyes and sides of the head. The remaining species are without tufts - c. Capucinus, c. Nigrivultatus, and c. Albifrons. Cebus inhabits the forests of central and south america. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Cecil | Arthur Bond, U.S. Urologist, 1885-1967. See: cecil urethroplasty. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cecropin | <protein> One of a group of inducible antibacterial proteins purified and characterised from Hyalophora cecropia (silkmoth) pupae and now found in several other species of endopterygote insects. Small basic proteins that cause lysis of both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. (13 Nov 1997) |
| cecum | <anatomy> A blind pouch-like commencement of the colon in the right lower quadrant of the abdomen at the end of the small intestine. The appendix is a diverticulum that extends off the caecum. (13 Nov 1997) |
| ced mutant | <organism> Giant multinucleate fresh water amoeba (up to 5mm long) much used for studies on the mechanism of cell locomotion. (18 Nov 1997) |
| cedar leaf oil | Oil obtained by steam distillation from the fresh leaves of Thuja occidentalis; used as an insect repellent and counterirritant, and in perfumery. Synonym: thuja oil. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cedar wood oil | Volatile oil obtained from the wood of Juniperus virginiana (family Pinaceae); used as an insect repellent, in perfumery, and as a clearing agent in microscopy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Ceelen, Wilhelm | <person> 1884-1964. See: Ceelen-Gellerstedt syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Ceelen-Gellerstedt syndrome | <chest medicine> A rare, sporadic, fatal, mostly in children with an equal sex distribution. The condition also occurs in adults where there is a sex difference (M:F = 2:1). The patients present with recurrent attacks of pulmonary haemorrhage, acute phase: bat-wing alveolar infiltrates, clears rapidly, chronic findings: haemosiderosis, pulmonary fibrosis, cor pulmonale. (12 Dec 1998) |