| CAT-S | Children's Apperception Test, Supplemental |
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| CAT | scan computed axial tomography scan |
| CES | carboxylesterase; cauda equina syndrome; cat's eye syndrome; central excitatory state; chronic elect... |
| CS | calf serum; campomelic syndrome; carcinoid syndrome; cardiogenic shock; caries-susceptible; carotid ... |
| CSD | carotid sinus denervation; cat scratch disease; combined system disease; conditionally streptomycin ... |
| cat distemper virus | A virus of the genus Parvovirus that causes panleukopenia; the virus infects all Felidae, raccoons and mink, but not dogs or other Canidae. Synonym: cat distemper virus, panleukopenia virus of cats. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| cat scan | <investigation, procedure, radiology> A special radiographic technique that uses a computer to assimilate multiple X-ray images into a 2 dimentional cross-sectional image. This can reveal many soft tissue structures not shown by conventional radiography. Scans may also be dynamic in which a movement of a dye is tracked. Cuts may be 5 or 10 mm apart or, in some instances even further apart. A special dye material may be injected into the patients vein prior to the scan to help differentiate abnormal tissue and vasculature. The machine rotates 180 |
| cat-scratch disease | <disease> A self-limiting bacterial infection of the regional lymph nodes (lymphadenitis) caused by afipia felis, a gram-negative bacterium recently identified as bartonella henselae. It usually arises one or more weeks following a feline scratch, with raised inflammatory nodules at the site of the scratch being the primary symptom. It results in tender and enlarged lymph glands above the site of injury. A chronic benign adenopathy, especially in children and young adults, commonly associated with a recent cat scratch or bite and caused by bacteria including Bartonella henselae and Alipia felis; the lymphadenopathy usually resolves spontaneously within a period of several months, but complications involving central nervous system, liver, spleen, lung, and skin have been seen. Synonym: benign inoculation lymphoreticulosis, benign inoculation reticulosis, cat-scratch fever, regional granulomatous lymphadenitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cat-scratch fever | <disease> A self-limiting bacterial infection of the regional lymph nodes (lymphadenitis) caused by afipia felis, a gram-negative bacterium recently identified as bartonella henselae. It usually arises one or more weeks following a feline scratch, with raised inflammatory nodules at the site of the scratch being the primary symptom. It results in tender and enlarged lymph glands above the site of injury. A chronic benign adenopathy, especially in children and young adults, commonly associated with a recent cat scratch or bite and caused by bacteria including Bartonella henselae and Alipia felis; the lymphadenopathy usually resolves spontaneously within a period of several months, but complications involving central nervous system, liver, spleen, lung, and skin have been seen. Synonym: benign inoculation lymphoreticulosis, benign inoculation reticulosis, cat-scratch fever, regional granulomatous lymphadenitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cat's cry syndrome | <paediatrics, syndrome> A congenital human syndrome caused by the loss of part of the short arm of Chromosome 5. The syndrome gets its name from the peculiar cry of afflicted infants, which sounds like the meowing of a cat. The syndrome causes severe retardation and various congenital malformations. (09 Oct 1997) |
| cat's-eye pupil | A distorted, elongated pupil; usually due to anterior segment anomaly. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cat's-eye syndrome | <syndrome> Iris colobomas (resembling the vertical pupils of a cat) and anal atresia, associated with an additional acrocentric chromosome; other malformations and mental retardation may be present. Synonym: Schmid-Fraccaro syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cat unit | The dose of a drug (per kilogram of body weight of cat) which is just large enough to kill a cat when administered intravenously; was applied in the standardization of digitalis materials. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sea cat | <zoology> The wolf fish. Any marine siluroid fish, as aelurichthys marinus, and Arinus felis, of the eastern coast of the United States. Many species are found on the coasts of Central and South America. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tabby cat striation | Linear whitish or yellowish markings on the fatty degenerated heart muscle. Synonym: tabby cat striation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tib-cat | A female cat. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| african tick typhus | One of the tick-borne rickettsial diseases of the eastern hemisphere, similar to Rocky Mountain spotted fever, but less severe, with fever, a small ulcer (tache noire) at the site of the tick bite, swollen glands nearby (satellite lymphadenopathy), and a red raised (maculopapular) rash. Also called fi |
| canine typhus | The uraemic form of canine leptospirosis. Synonym: canine typhus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Manchurian typhus | Tick transmitted infection with Rickettsia sibirica. See: Korean haemorrhagic fever. Mexican typhus, infection with Rickettsia typhi (mooseri) causing a syndrome similar to epidemic typhus, but spread from rats to man by the rat flea (Xenopsylla (polyplax) cheopis). Spread from rat to rat by the rat louse (Polyplax spinulosa). Most common form of typhus in the United State. It has various geographical names based on region in which it was observed. (05 Mar 2000) |
| recrudescent typhus | Recrudescence of epidemic typhus years after the initial attack. The agent that causes epidemic typhus (Rickettsia prowazekii) remains viable for many years and then when host defenses are down, it is reactivated causing recurrent typhus. The disease is named for the physician Nathan Brill and the great bacteriologist Hans Zinsser. (12 Dec 1998) |