| curb tenotomy | Surgical displacement of the tendon of an eye muscle posterior to its anatomic insertion. Synonym: curb tenotomy. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| curby hock | A hard, painful, inflammatory swelling on the back part of the hock of the horse; it occurs in the plantar ligament near its insertion, is characterised by swelling and heat in the part and generally by lameness, and is believed to be caused by straining the ligament in falling, jumping, or pulling. Synonym: curby hock. (05 Mar 2000) |
| curcumin | <protein> An ingredient of the spice turmeric. Laboratory studies have suggested that curcurnin inhibits HIV replication by blocking the long-terminal repeat region on HIV's genes. (09 Oct 1997) |
| curd | The coagulum of milk. (05 Mar 2000) |
| curdy pus | Pus containing flakes of caseous matter. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cure | 1. To heal; to make well. 2. A restoration to health. 3. A special method or course of treatment. See: dental curing. Origin: L. Curo, to care for (05 Mar 2000) |
| curet | See: curette. (05 Mar 2000) |
| curetment | <procedure, surgery> The removal of growths or other material from the wall of a cavity or other surface, as with a curet. Synonym: curettement. (18 Nov 1997) |
| curettage | <procedure, surgery> The removal of growths or other material from the wall of a cavity or other surface, as with a curet. Synonym: curettement. (18 Nov 1997) |
| curette | A spoon-shaped instrument with a sharp edge. The word curette comes from the French and means a scraper. The French verb curer is to scrape clean. (12 Dec 1998) |
| curettement | <procedure, surgery> The removal of growths or other material from the wall of a cavity or other surface, as with a curet. Synonym: curettement. (18 Nov 1997) |
| Curie | <radiobiology> The conventional unit of activity of radioactive material decaying at a rate of 3.7 x E10 transformations per second (roughly equivalent to the activity of 1 gram of radium). See: becquerel, 1 Ci = 3.7 x E10 Bq. (16 Dec 1997) |
| curing | 1.Removing all traces of a disease from the body so that the body is perfectly healthy again. 2. A process of improving the flavour, colour, tenderness, and shelf life of a meat, such as by using smoke, spices, and chemicals. 3. Making a finished product out of a raw material by using heat or chemicals, such as tanned leather or vulcanised rubber. 4. Causing the loss of a plasmid from a bacterial culture or the loss of a dormant virus which has inserted itself into the bacterial genome (a lysogenised virus). (09 Oct 1997) |
| curing light | <dentistry> A special UV light used to help attach brackets to your teeth (08 Jan 1998) |
| curium | <chemical> A radioactive actinide with atomic symbol cm, atomic number 96, and atomic weight 247. Thirteen curium isotopes have been produced with mass numbers ranging from 238-250. Its valence can be +3 or +4. It is intensely radioactive and decays by alpha-emission. Chemical name: Curium (12 Dec 1998) |
| cuboid |
a rectangular parallelepiped cubelike: shaped like a cube
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the cube shaped bone on the outer side of the tarsus
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| cucurbit |
any plant of the family Cucurbitaceae
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| curable |
curing or healing is possible; "curable diseases" capable of being hardened by some additive or other agent
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| cue |
an actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech clue: evidence that helps to solve a problem discriminative stimulus: a stimulus that provides information about what to do sports implement consisting of a tapering rod used to strike a cue ball in pool or billiards prompt: assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned
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| CU | a club that is used as a weapon |
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| CU | strike with a cudgel |
| CU | perennial cottony-white herb of southwestern United States |
| CU | any plant of the genus Filago having capitate clusters of small woolly flower heads |
| CU | any of numerous plants of the genus Gnaphalium having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color |
| CU | sports implement consisting of a tapering rod used to strike a cue ball in pool or billiards |
| CU | a stimulus that provides information about what to do |
| CU | evidence that helps to solve a problem |
| CU | an actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech |
| CU | assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned |
| CU | the ball that the billiard player or pool player strikes with his cue |
| CU | sports implement consisting of a tapering rod used to strike a cue ball in pool or billiards |