| crib death | <syndrome> May affect infants of any age, but some risk factors have been identified: term infants who have had a life-threatening period of apnoea (not breathing), premature infants of low birth weight, siblings of infants who have succumbed to sudden infant death syndrome and infants of substance abusing mothers. Peak age is at 2.5 months and 4 months, but can range from 1 month to 1 year. High risk infants should have home monitoring done. It is recommended that the less than 4 month old infant should sleep on their back. Synonym: cot death syndrome. Incidence: 2 per 1,000 live births. Acronym: SIDS (27 Sep 1997) |
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| crib-biting | A behaviour disorder of horses in which the animal grasps the edge of a convenient fixture and presses down, raising the floor of its mouth, forcing the soft palate open, and sometimes swallowing air. See: aerophagia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cribber | A horse suffering from crib-biting. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cribra | Plural of cribrum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cribrate | Sievelike; containing many perforations. Synonym: cribrate, polyporous. Origin: L. Cribrum, a sieve, + forma, form (05 Mar 2000) |
| cribration | 1. Sifting; passing through a sieve. 2. The condition of being cribrate or numerously pitted or punctured. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cribriform | Sievelike; containing many perforations. Synonym: cribrate, polyporous. Origin: L. Cribrum, a sieve, + forma, form (05 Mar 2000) |
| cribriform area of the renal papilla | The apex of a renal papilla pierced by 10 to 22 openings of the papillary ducts, the foramina papillaria. Synonym: area cribrosa papillae renalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cribriform fascia | The part of the superficial fascia of the thigh that covers the saphenous opening. Synonym: fascia cribrosa, Hesselbach's fascia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cribriform hymen | A hymen with a number of small perforations. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cribriform plate of ethmoid bone | A horizontal lamina from which are suspended the labyrinth, on either side, and the lamina perpendicularis in the centre; it fits into the ethmoidal notch of the frontal bone and supports the olfactory lobes of the cerebrum, being pierced with numerous openings for the passage of the olfactory nerves. Synonym: lamina cribrosa ossis ethmoidalis, cribrum, sieve bone, sieve plate. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cribrous lamina | The portion of the sclera through which pass the fibres of the optic nerve. Synonym: cribrous lamina, perforated layer of sclera. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cribrum | Synonym: cribriform plate of ethmoid bone. Origin: L. A sieve (05 Mar 2000) |
| tongue crib | An appliance used to control visceral (infantile) swallowing and tongue thrusting and to encourage the mature or somatic tongue posture and function. (05 Mar 2000) |
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