| CCC | care-cure coordination; cathodal closure contraction; chronic calculous cholecystitis; chronic catar... |
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| CEC | central echo complex; ciliated epithelial cell; Commission of the European Community |
| CGKD | complex glycerol kinase deficiency |
| CIC | cardioinhibitor center; circulating immune complex; clean intermittent catheterization; completely i... |
| CISC | complex-instructional-set computing |
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| juxtaglomerular complex | A complex consisting of the juxtaglomerular cells, which are modified smooth muscle cells in the wall of the afferent glomerular arteriole and sometimes also the efferent arteriole; extraglomerular mesangium lacis cells, which are located in the angle between the afferent and efferent glomerular arterioles; the macula densa of the distal convoluted tubule; and granular epithelial peripolar cells located at the angle of reflection of the parietal to the visceral capsule of the renal corpuscle; believed to provide some feedback control of extracellular fluid volume and glomerular filtration rate. Synonym: j-g complex, juxtaglomerular apparatus. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| K complex | High amplitude, diphasic frontocental slow waves in the electroencephalogram related to arousal from sleep by a sound; characteristic of sleep stages 2, 3, and 4. (05 Mar 2000) |
| father complex | Female counterpart of the Oedipus complex in the male; a term used to describe unresolved conflicts during childhood development toward the father which subsequently influence a woman's relationships with men. Synonym: father complex. Origin: Electra, daughter of Agamemnon (05 Mar 2000) |
| feline leukaemia-sarcoma virus complex | Viruses from cats that induce transmissible leukaemia or transmissible fibrosarcoma in kittens. (05 Mar 2000) |
| femininity complex | In psychoanalysis, the unconscious fear, in boys and men, of castration at the hands of the mother with resultant identification with the aggressor and envious desire for breasts and vagina. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lcm-lassa complex viruses | One of two groups of viruses in the arenavirus genus and considered part of the old world complex. It includes lassa virus and lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus, although the latter has worldwide distribution now. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Lear complex | A father's libidinous fixation on a daughter. Origin: Lear, Shakespearean character (05 Mar 2000) |
| lytic complex | <immunology> The large (2000 kD) cytolytic complex formed from complement C5b6789. See: complement. (18 Nov 1997) |
| acetaldehyde dehydrogenase | <enzyme> Works with both nad and nadp Registry number: EC 1.2.1.5 Synonym: aldehyde dehydrogenase (NADP+), naho gene product (26 Jun 1999) |
| acetoin dehydrogenase | <enzyme> An enzyme that catalyses the conversion of acetoin to diacetyl in the presence of NAD. Chemical name: Acetoin:NAD+ oxidoreductase Registry number: EC 1.1.1.5 (12 Dec 1998) |
| acetol dehydrogenase | <enzyme> Forms methylglyoxal; uses nad+ Registry number: EC 1.1.1.- Synonym: 1-hydroxyacetone dehydrogenase (26 Jun 1999) |
| acyl-ACP dehydrogenase | enoyl-ACP reductase (NADPH) |
| acyl-CoA dehydrogenase | <enzyme> See also records for specific fatty acyl groups which have full EC nomenclature number; electron-transferring flavoprotein system reducing ubiquinone and other acceptors; formerly EC 1.3.2.2 Registry number: EC 1.3.99.3 Synonym: fatty-acyl CoA dehydrogenase, palmitoyl-CoA dehydrogenase, short-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase, acyl-coenzyme a dehydrogenase, lauroyl-CoA oxidase (26 Jun 1999) |
| acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (NADPH+) | Enzyme catalyzing the reversible reduction of enoyl-CoA derivatives of chain length 4 to 16, with NADPH as the hydrogen donor, forming acyl-CoA and NADP+. Synonym: enoyl-CoA reductase. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alanopine dehydrogenase | <enzyme> Catalyses reductive elimination between pyruvate and alanine, or glycine, utilizing NADH as coenzyme, producing 2,2'-iminodipropionic acid (alanopine) Registry number: EC 1.5.1.- (26 Jun 1999) |