| community-institutional relations | The interactions between members of a community and representatives of the institutions within that community. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| Comolli | Antonio, Italian pathologist, *1879. See: Comolli's sign. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Comolli's sign | <clinical sign> In cases of fracture of the scapula, a typical triangular cushion-like swelling appears, corresponding to the outline of the scapula. (05 Mar 2000) |
| comorbidity | The presence of coexisting or additional diseases with reference to an initial diagnosis or with reference to the index condition that is the subject of study. Comorbidity may affect the ability of affected individuals to function and also their survival; it may be used as a prognostic indicator for length of hospital stay, cost factors, and outcome or survival. (12 Dec 1998) |
| comoros | A group of indian ocean islands, the islands of great comoro, anjouan, mayotte, and moheli, lying between northeast mozambique and northwest madagascar. The capital is moroni. In 1914 they became a colony attached to madagascar administratively and were made a french overseas territory in 1947. Except for mayotte which remained french, comoros became an independent republic in 1975. Comoros represents the arabic qamar, moon, said by some scholars to be linked with the mystical mountains of the moon said to be somewhere in equatorial africa. (12 Dec 1998) |
| comose | <dermatology> Having a tuft of hair. (09 Oct 1997) |
| comoviridae | A family of non-enveloped RNA plant viruses, transmitted by biological vectors and experimentally by mechanical inoculation. There are three genera: comovirus, fabavirus, and nepovirus. (12 Dec 1998) |
| comovirus | A genus of plant viruses of the family comoviridae in which the bipartite genome is encapsidated in separate icosahedral particles. Mosaic and mottle symptoms are characteristic, and transmission is exclusively by leaf-feeding beetles. Cowpea mosaic virus is the type species. (12 Dec 1998) |
| compact bone | The compact, noncancellous portion of bone that consists largely of concentric lamellar osteons and interstitial lamellae. Synonym: substantia compacta, compact substance, substantia compacta ossium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| compact disks | Computer disks storing data with a maximum reduction of space and bandwidth. The compact size reduces cost of transmission and storage. (12 Dec 1998) |
| compact substance | The compact, noncancellous portion of bone that consists largely of concentric lamellar osteons and interstitial lamellae. Synonym: substantia compacta, compact substance, substantia compacta ossium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| compact torus | <radiobiology> Any of a series of axially symmetric fusion configurations having closed flux surfaces (like a tokamak, not like a mirror machine), but having no material objects piercing the core (as do the toroidal field coils of a tokamak). These devices have an inherently low aspect ratio, approximately unity. The most successful variants are the spheromak and the Field Reversed Configuration. See: low aspect ratio, spheromak, field-reversed configuration. (05 Jan 1998) |
| compacta | The superficial layer of decidual tissue in the pregnant uterus, in which the interglandular tissue preponderates. Synonym: compacta. (05 Mar 2000) |
| compages thoracis | The skeleton of the thorax consisting of the thoracic vertebrae, ribs, costal cartilages, and sternum. Synonym: compages thoracis, skeleton thoracicus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| companion artery to sciatic nerve | <anatomy, nerve> Origin, inferior gluteal; distribution, sciatic nerve; anastomoses, branches of profunda femoris. Synonym: arteria comitans nervi ischiadici, companion artery to sciatic nerve. (05 Mar 2000) |