| climatic | Of or relating to the climate (the general weather of an area). (09 Oct 1997) |
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| climatic bubo | A venereal infection usually caused by Chlamydia trachomatis, and characterised by a transient genital ulcer and inguinal adenopathy in the male; in the female, perirectal lymph nodes are involved and rectal stricture is a common occurrence. Synonym: climatic bubo, Favre-Durand-Nicholas disease, lymphogranuloma inguinale, Nicolas-Favre disease, sixth venereal disease, tropical bubo. (05 Mar 2000) |
| climatic keratopathy | A bilateral, symmetrical corneal dystrophy caused by prolonged exposure to extremes of heat or cold; nodular opacities are limited to the interpalpebral area and vision is only mildly affected. Synonym: Labrador keratopathy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| climatology | The study of climate and its relation to disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| climatotherapy | Treatment of disease by removal of the patient to a region having a climate more favourable for recovery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| climax | 1. The height or acme of a disease; its stage of greatest severity. Synonym: orgasm. Origin: G. Klimax, staircase (05 Mar 2000) |
| climbing fibres | Nerve fibre's in the cerebellar cortex that synapse upon smooth branchlets of Purkinje cell dendrites. (05 Mar 2000) |
| climograph | A diagram showing the effect of climate on health. Origin: G. Klima, climate, + grapho, to record (05 Mar 2000) |
| clindamycin | <drug> An antibiotic that may be an alternative treatment for PCP and toxoplasmosis. The most common side effect is diarrhoea. Overgrowth of an intestinal bacterium called Clostridium difficile is responsible for the diarrhoea during clindamycin therapy. (12 Jan 1998) |
| cline | A systematic relation between location and the frequencies of alleles; lines connecting points of equal frequency are termed isoclines, and the direction of the cline at any point is at right angles to an isocline. Origin: G. Klino, to slope (05 Mar 2000) |
| clinic | 1. An institution, building, or part of a building where ambulatory patients are cared for. 2. An institution, building, or part of a building in which medical instruction is given to students by means of demonstrations in the presence of the sick. 3. A lecture or symposium on a subject relating to disease. Origin: G. Kline, bed (05 Mar 2000) |
| clinical | 1. Pertaining to a clinic or to the bedside. 2. Pertaining to or founded on actual observation and treatment of patients, as distinguished from theoretical or basis sciences. (18 Nov 1997) |
| clinical anatomy | The practical application of anatomical knowledge to diagnosis and treatment. Synonym: applied anatomy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| clinical burden | A burden that differs from genetic burden mainly in the added component of morbidity; a trait that is neither a clinical or a genetic lethal may be grossly disabling. (05 Mar 2000) |
| clinical chemistry | The chemistry of human health and disease, chemistry in connection with the management of patients, as in a hospital laboratory. (05 Mar 2000) |