| cry for help | Telephone calls, notes left in conspicuous places, and other behaviours which communicate extreme distress and potential suicide. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| cry reflex | A sudden unconscious cry, during sleep, in a child with hip disease, long bone fractures, or other painful conditions of the extremities, elicited by movement of muscles that have relaxed after prolonged muscle spasms. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cryalgesia | Pain caused by exposure to cold. (09 Oct 1997) |
| cryanesthesia | Inability to perceive cold. Origin: G. Kryos, cold, + an-priv. + aisthesis, sensation (05 Mar 2000) |
| cryesthesia | Abnormal sensitivity to cold. (09 Oct 1997) |
| crying | To utter an inarticulate, characteristic sound in order to communicate or express a feeling, or desire for attention. (12 Dec 1998) |
| crymo- | Cold. See: cryo-, psychro-. Origin: G. Krymos (05 Mar 2000) |
| crymodynia | Synonym: cryalgesia. Origin: crymo-+ G. Odyne, pain (05 Mar 2000) |
| crymophilic | Preferring cold; denoting microorganisms which thrive best at low temperatures. Synonym: cryophilic. Origin: crymo-+ G. Philos, fond (05 Mar 2000) |
| crymophylactic | Resistant to cold, said of certain microorganisms which are not destroyed even by freezing temperatures. Synonym: cryophylactic. Origin: crymo-+ G. Phylaxis, a guarding against (05 Mar 2000) |
| cryo- | Cold. See: crymo-, psychro-. Origin: G. Kryos (05 Mar 2000) |
| cryoablation | The removal of a body part, such as a wart, by freezing. (09 Oct 1997) |
| cryoanesthesia | Localised application of cold as a means of producing regional anaesthesia. Synonym: refrigeration anaesthesia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cryobiology | <study> The study of the effects of low temperatures on living organisms. (09 Oct 1997) |
| cryocautery | The surgical destruction of tissue via the application of extreme cold, aswith liquid nitrogen. (09 Oct 1997) |
| cat's cry syndrome | <paediatrics, syndrome> A congenital human syndrome caused by the loss of part of the short arm of Chromosome 5. The syndrome gets its name from the peculiar cry of afflicted infants, which sounds like the meowing of a cat. The syndrome causes severe retardation and various congenital malformations. (09 Oct 1997) |
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