| chunking | The process within short-term memory of combining disparate items of information so that they take up as little as possible of the limited space in short-term memory; e.g., combining into one percept the three individual letters making up the word "cat". (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Churg | Jacob, U.S. Pathologist, *1910. See: Churg-Strauss syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| churg-strauss syndrome | <syndrome> Widespread necrotizing angiitis with granulomas. Pulmonary involvement is frequent. Asthma or other respiratory infection may precede evidence of vasculitis. Eosinophilia and lung involvement differentiate this disease from polyarteritis nodosa. (12 Dec 1998) |
| chutta | Cancer of the roof of the mouth developing in Asians who smoke cigars with the lighted end inside the mouth. A similar association has been reported from South America and Sardinia. (05 Mar 2000) |