| cerate | A rarely used unctuous solid preparation, harder than an ointment, containing sufficient wax to prevent it from melting when applied to the skin. Origin: L. Cera, wax (05 Mar 2000) |
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| ceratin | <protein> A protein that is a primary constituent of hair, nails and skin. (27 Sep 1997) |
| cerato- | See: kerato-. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ceratocricoid | Relating to the inferior cornua of the thyroid cartilage and to the cricoid cartilage, or the cricothyroid articulation. Synonym: keratocricoid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ceratocricoid ligament | One of three ligaments (anterior, posterior, and lateral) reinforcing the capsule of the cricothyroid articulation on either side. Synonym: ceratocricoid ligament. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ceratocricoid muscle | <anatomy> A fasciculus from the posterior cricoarytenoid muscle inserted into the inferior horn of the thyroid cartilage. Synonym: musculus ceratocricoideus, Merkel's muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ceratoglossus | Synonym: chondroglossus muscle. Origin: L. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ceratohyal | Relating to one of the cornua of the hyoid bone. Synonym: keratohyal. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ceratopharyngeal part of middle pharyngeal constrictor | See: middle constrictor muscle of pharynx. Synonym: pars ceratopharyngea musculi constrictoris pharyngis medii. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Ceratophyllidae | A family of mammal and bird fleas, many of which have a wide host range and serve as important vectors of plague, sustaining the infection among wild and domestic rodent hosts. Important genera include Nosopsyllus and Ceratophyllus. Origin: G. Keras, horn, + phyllodes, like leaves (05 Mar 2000) |
| Ceratophyllus | A genus of fleas (family Ceratophyllidae) found in temperate climates; includes important fleas of poultry such as Ceratophyllus niger, the western chicken flea, and Ceratophyllus gallinae, the European chicken flea, though these fleas have a wide range of hosts, including man. Origin: cerat-(kerat-) + G. Phyllon, leaf Ceratophyllus punjatensis, a species abundant on wild and domestic rodents in India; may serve as a liaison agent between wild rodents and man in the transmission of plague. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ceratopogonidae | <microbiology> A family of the order diptera. It includes the insect vector culicoides which transmits filarial parasites pathogenic to man and other primates. (12 Dec 1998) |