| consanguineous | A relationship that share a common bloodline, descent from a common ancestor. (27 Sep 1997) |
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| consanguinity | A relationship that share a common bloodline, descent from a common ancestor. (27 Sep 1997) |
| conscience | The cognitive and affective processes which constitute an internalised moral governor over an individual's moral conduct. (12 Dec 1998) |
| conscious | 1. Aware; having present knowledge or perception of oneself, one's acts and surroundings. 2. Denoting something occurring with the perceptive attention of the individual, as a conscious act or idea, distinguished from automatic or instinctive. Origin: L. Conscius, knowing (05 Mar 2000) |
| conscious sedation | Light sedation during which the patient retains airway reflexes and responses to verbal stimuli. (16 Dec 1997) |
| consciousness | Sense of awareness of self and of the environment. (12 Dec 1998) |
| consciousness disorders | Organic mental disorders in which there is marked impairment of awareness. (12 Dec 1998) |
| consecutive amputation | A revision or secondary succeeding amputation of a limb. Amputation in continuity, amputation through a segment of a limb, not at a joint. (05 Mar 2000) |
| consecutive aneurysm | An aneurysm that has enlarged and spread to the surrounding tissues in consequence of rupture of its walls. Synonym: consecutive aneurysm. (05 Mar 2000) |
| consecutive angiitis | Angiitis caused by extension of the inflammatory process from the surrounding tissues. Hypersensitivity angiitis, an inflammatory reaction in a blood vessel, the result of a specific reaction to an antigenic (allergic) substance or other agents to which the individual expresses unusual vascular sensitization. (05 Mar 2000) |
| consecutive esotropia | Esotropia that follows surgical correction of exotropia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| consensual | Denoting what something is by the fact of agreement between the perceiving of several persons. Synonym: reflex. Origin: L. Con-, with, + sensus, sensation (05 Mar 2000) |
| consensual light reflex | Contraction of the pupil of the fellow eye in consensus with the pupil of the illuminated eye. Synonym: consensual light reflex, indirect pupillary reaction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| consensual reaction | Contraction of the pupil of the fellow eye in consensus with the pupil of the illuminated eye. Synonym: consensual light reflex, indirect pupillary reaction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| consensus development conference | Designation for summary statements representing the majority and current agreement of physicians, scientists, and other professionals meeting to reach a consensus on a selected subject. (12 Dec 1998) |