| CCL | carcinoma cell line; certified cell line; Charcot-Leyden crystal; continuing care level; critical ca... |
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| CLC | Charcot-Leyden crystal; Clerc-Levy-Critesco [syndrome] |
| CMT | California mastitis test; cancer multistep therapy; catechol methyltransferase; certified medical tr... |
| CMTD | Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease |
| CMTS | Charcot-Marie-Tooth syndrome |
| CMTD | Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease |
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| CMT1A | Charcot-Marie-Tooth Type 1A |
| CMT-X | Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease |
| Charcot-Robin crystals | Crystal's in the shape of elongated double pyramids, formed from eosinophils, found in the sputum in bronchial asthma and in other exudates or transudates containing eosinophils. Synonym: asthma crystals, Charcot-Neumann crystals, Charcot-Robin crystals, Leyden's crystals. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Charcot's arteries | Any one of a variety of small artery's entering the base of the brain through the anterior perforated substance and supplying the striatum, globus pallidus, and internal capsule; most of these perforating arteries are branches of the M1 segment (clinical terminology) of the middle cerebral and and (rarely) of the anterior choroidal artery. Synonym: Charcot's arteries, lateral striate arteries. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Charcot's disease | A serious neurologic disease that results from the progressive degeneration of the motor neurons. (27 Sep 1997) |
| charcot's foot | A foot disease associated with diabetic neuropathy that results in destruction of joints and soft tissue. (09 Oct 1997) |
| Charcot's gait | The gait of hereditary ataxia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Charcot's intermittent fever | Fever, chills, right upper quadrant pain, and jaundice associated with intermittently obstructing common duct stones. (05 Mar 2000) |
| charcot's joint | A joint that is deprived of any pain or position sense due to severe osteoarthritis. May also occur as the result of tabes dorsalis, diabetic neuropathy, amyloidosis or leprosy. Often treated with surgical fusion. (27 Sep 1997) |
| Charcot's syndrome | <symptom> A symptom complex characterised by leg pain and weakness brought on by walking, with the disappearance of the symptoms following a brief rest. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Charcot's triad | In multiple (disseminated) sclerosis, the three symptoms: nystagmus, tremor, and scanning speech, combination of jaundice, fever, and upper abdominal pain that occurs as a result of cholangitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Charcot's vertigo | Fainting as a result of a coughing spell, caused by persistent increased intrathoracic pressure diminishing venous return to the heart, thus lowering cardiac output; most often occurs in heavy-set male smokers who have chronic bronchitis. Synonym: Charcot's vertigo, laryngeal vertigo. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Charcot-Weiss-Baker syndrome | <syndrome> Stimulation of a hyperactive carotid sinus, causing a marked fall in blood pressure due to vasodilation, cardiac slowing, or both; syncope with or without convulsions or A-V block may occur. Synonym: Charcot-Weiss-Baker syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Erb-Charcot disease | A type of cerebral palsy in which there is bilateral spasticity, with the lower extremities more severely affected. Compare: flaccid paralysis. Synonym: Erb-Charcot disease, infantile diplegia, Little's disease, spastic spinal paralysis, tabes spasmodica. (05 Mar 2000) |