| caro | The fleshy parts of the body; muscular and fatty tissues. Origin: L. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| caro quadrata sylvii | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, by two heads from the lateral and medial borders of the inferior surface of the calcaneus; insertion, tendons of flexor digitorum longus; action, assists long flexor; nerve supply, lateral plantar. Synonym: musculus flexor accessorius, musculus quadratus plantae, accessory flexor muscle of foot, caro quadrata sylvii, musculus pronator pedis, plantar quadrate muscle, quadrate muscle of sole. (05 Mar 2000) |
| carob | <botany> The seed pods from a Mediterranean tree, also called St. John's bread and honey locust. Carob is rich in calcium, potassium and phosphorus. It is used as a natural sweet to take the place of sugar, chocolate and cocoa. (27 Sep 1997) |
| carob flour | <botany> The Carob, a leguminous tree of the Mediterranean region; also, its edible beans or pods, called St. John's bread. The Honey mesquite (Prosopis juliflora), a small tree found from California to Buenos Ayres; also, its sweet, pulpy pods. A valuable gum, resembling gum arabic, is collected from the tree in Texas and Mexico. Origin: Sp. Algarroba, fr. Ar. Al-kharrbah. Cf. Carob. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Caroli | J., 20th century French physician. See: Caroli's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| caroli disease | <radiology> Communicating, cavernous ectasia of the intrahepatic bile ducts, rare, autosomal recessive, usually detected in young adults, no cirrhosis or portal hypertension, predisposed to calculus formation, benign course, but.. Recurrent cholangitis most likely to be liver abscesses most likely to be death, associated with medullary sponge kidney (renal tubular ectasia) in 80% (12 Dec 1998) |
| caroli's disease | Congenital cystic dilatation of the intrahepatic bile ducts. It consists of 2 types: simple, with bile duct dilatation or ectasia alone, and complex, with associated extensive hepatic fibrosis and portal hypertension. Benign renal tubular ectasia is associated with both types. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Caroli's syndrome | <syndrome> Congenital malformation of the bile ducts leading to formation of multifocal dilatations and cysts. (05 Mar 2000) |
| carotenaemia | Tempoary yellowing of the skin due to excessive carotene in the diet, commonly seen in infants fed too much mushed carrots or adults consuming high quantities of carrots or beta-carotene. (12 Dec 1998) |
| carotenase | <enzyme> An enzyme catalyzing the reaction of beta-carotene plus O2 producing two retinals. Synonym: beta-carotene cleavage enzyme, carotenase, carotinase. (05 Mar 2000) |
| carotene | <biochemistry> Hydrocarbon carotenoids usually with 9 conjugated double bonds. _ carotene is the precursor of Vitamin A, each molecule giving rise to two Vitamin A molecules. (18 Nov 1997) |
| carotene oxidase | <enzyme> Enzyme that catalyses the oxidative conversion of arachidonic acid to the hydroxyeicosenoic acid (HETE) structure in the synthesis of leucotrienes. (18 Nov 1997) |
| carotene, beta | An antioxidant which protects cells against oxidation damage that can lead to cancer. Beta-carotene is converted, as needed, to vitamin A. Food sources of beta carotene include vegetables such as carrots, sweet potatoes, spinach and other leafy green vegetables; and fruit such as cantaloupes and apricots. Excessive carotene in the diet can temporarily yellow the skin, a condition called carotenaemia, commonly seen in infants fed largely mushed carrots. (12 Dec 1998) |
| carotenoderma | Synonym: carotenosis cutis. Origin: carotene + G. Derma, skin (05 Mar 2000) |
| carotenoid | <biochemistry> Accessory lipophilic photosynthetic pigments in plants and bacteria, including carotenes and xanthophylls, red, orange or yellow, with broad absorption peaks at 450-480nm. Act as secondary light harvesting pigments, passing energy to chlorophyll and as protective agents, preventing photoxidation of chlorophyll. Found in chloroplasts and also in plastids in some nonphotosynthetic tissues, for example carrot root. (18 Nov 1997) |