| CLC | Charcot-Leyden crystal; Clerc-Levy-Critesco [syndrome] |
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| CLD | chloride diarrhea; chronic liver disease; chronic lung disease; congenital limb deficiency; crystal ... |
| crys, cryst | crystal, crystaline |
| CV | cardiac volume; cardiovascular; carotenoid vesicle; cell volume; central venous; cephalic vein; cere... |
| LCD | coal tar solution [liquor carbonis detergens]; lattice corneal dystrophy; liquid crystal diode; loca... |
| crystal rash | A noninflammatory form of miliaria in which the vesicles are filled with clear fluid. Synonym: crystal rash, sudamina. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| crystal structure | <chemistry> The configuration in which atoms are arranged in a material. These arrangements have a direct effect on the physical properties of the material. These arrangements commonly take the form of cubes, rectangular solids, hexagonal solids. Etc. (05 Aug 1998) |
| crystal violet | Hexamethylpararosanilin chloride;a compound that has been used in the external treatment of burns, wounds, and fungal infections of skin and mucous membranes, and internally for pinworm and certain fluke infections; used also as a stain for chromatin, amyloid, platelets in blood, fibrin, and neuroglia, and to differentiate among bacteria. Synonym: methylrosaniline chloride. (05 Mar 2000) |
| crystal violet vaccine | See: hog cholera vaccines. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hydrate crystal | One of several possible microstructural arrangements of water molecules based on intermolecular forces; suggested as being involved in the mode of action of inhalation anaesthetics. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sperm crystal | A crystal of spermin phosphate found in the semen; possibly identical to Bottcher's crystal's. (05 Mar 2000) |
| negative crystal | <microscopy> A uniaxial crystal is optically negative if epsilon is less than omega A biaxial crystal is said to be optically negative if gamma minus beta is less than beta is less than beta minus alpha. Otherwise the crystal is positive. (05 Aug 1998) |
| Ehrlich's aniline crystal violet stain | <technique> A stain for Gram-positive bacteria. (05 Mar 2000) |
| twin crystal | Two crystal's that have grown together along a common face. (05 Mar 2000) |
| knife-rest crystal | A crystal of ammoniomagnesium phosphate found in alkaline urine. (05 Mar 2000) |