| complete hemianopia | Hemianopsia in which the affected field is totally insensitive to all visual stimuli. Synonym: complete hemianopia. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| complete hernia | An indirect inguinal hernia in which the contents extend into the tunica vaginalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| complete hysterectomy | Complete surgical removal of the uterus and cervix. Also called a total hysterectomy. (12 Dec 1998) |
| complete iridoplegia | Paralysis of both the dilator and sphincter muscles of the iris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| complete medium | <cell culture> A growth medium which supplies all of the nutrients and organic compounds necessary for a microorganism to grow, without forcing the microorganism to synthesise anything it needs on its own. (05 Jan 1998) |
| complete metamorphosis | Insect development from egg, through successive larval instars, pupa, and adult; the latter is distinct from the first two forms of the insect, permitting specialization of feeding (larval) and reproductive-flying functions (adult); characteristic of the higher insect orders, such as Coleoptera (beetles), Hymenoptera (bees, wasps, ants), Diptera (two-winged flies), and Siphonaptera (fleas). Synonym: holometabolous metamorphosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| complete remission | <oncology> All symptoms and signs of disease are gone, although cancer cells may remain in the body. The patient does not feel any of the former symptoms and doctors cannot find clinical signs of the tumour. (05 Jan 1998) |
| complete response | <oncology> The disappearance of all clinical evidence of disease. Unfortunately, this does not necessarily mean cure, as microscopic metastases may remain undetected, are likely to regrow and become resistant to treatment. May also be used in relation to a pathological specimen, where no residual abnormality can be detected in the specimen, in which cas it is referred to as a pathological complete reponse. Acronym: CR (16 Mar 1998) |
| complete tetanus | Tetanus in which stimuli to a particular muscle are repeated so rapidly that decrease of tension between stimuli cannot be detected. (05 Mar 2000) |
| complete transduction | Transduction in which the transferred genetic fragment is fully integrated in the genome of the recipient bacterium. (05 Mar 2000) |