| Civatte bodies | Eosinophilic hyaline spherical body's seen in or just beneath the epidermis, particularly in lichen planus, formed by necrosis of individual basal cells. Synonym: colloid bodies. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Civatte's disease | poikiloderma of Civatte |
| Civatte, Achille | <person> French dermatologist, 1877-1956. See: Civatte bodies, Civatte's disease, poikiloderma of Civatte. (05 Mar 2000) |
| civil defense | Preventive emergency measures and programs designed to protect the individual or community in times of hostile attack. (12 Dec 1998) |
| civil disorders | Deliberate and planned acts of unlawful behaviour engaged in by aggrieved segments of the population in seeking social change. (12 Dec 1998) |
| civil rights | Legal guarantee protecting the individual from attack on personal liberties, right to fair trial, right to vote, and freedom from discrimination on the basis of race, religion, national origin, age, or gender. (12 Dec 1998) |
| civilian health and medical program of the uniformed services | See: CHAMPUS. (12 Dec 1998) |
| civilization | The distinctly human attributes and attainments of a particular society. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Civinini's canal | <anatomy> A canal in the petrotympanic or glaserian fissure, near its posterior edge, through which the chorda tympani nerve issues from the skull. Synonym: Civinini's canal, Huguier's canal, iter chordae anterius. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Civinini's ligament | <anatomy> A membranous ligament extending from the spine of the sphenoid to the upper part of the posterior border of the lateral pterygoid lamina. Synonym: ligamentum pterygospinale, Civinini's ligament, pterygospinal ligament. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Civinini's process | A sharp projection from the posterior edge of the lateral pterygoid plate of the sphenoid bone. Synonym: processus pterygospinosus, Civinini's process. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Civinini, Filippo | <person> Italian anatomist, 1805-1844. See: Civinini's canal, Civinini's ligament, Civinini's process. (05 Mar 2000) |