| coloboma of optic nerve | <anatomy, nerve> A congenital notch in the formation of the optic nerve, appearing as a craterlike excavation at the optic disk. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| coloboma of vitreous | A congenital indentation of the vitreous body by mesoderm; associated with severe myopia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| coloboma palpebrale | A congenital notch in the eyelid margin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| colobus | A genus of old world monkeys, subfamily colobinae, family cercopithecidae, that inhabits the forests of africa. It consists of eight species: c. Angolensis (angolan colobus), c. Badius or c. Rufomitratus (red or bay colobus), c. Guereza (guereza or eastern black-and-white colobus), c. Kirkii (kirk's colobus), c. Polykomos (king colobus or western black-and-white colobus), c. Satanas (black colobus), and c. Verus (olive colobus). Some authors recognise procolobus as a separate genus and then the olive colobus is recognised as the species p. Verus. (12 Dec 1998) |
| colocentesis | Puncture of the colon with a trochar or scalpel to relieve distention. Synonym: colipuncture, colopuncture. Origin: colo-+ G. Kentesis, a puncture (05 Mar 2000) |
| colocholecystostomy | Establishment of a communication between the gallbladder and the colon. Synonym: colocholecystostomy, cystocolostomy. Origin: chole-+ G. Kystis, bladder, + kolon, colon, + stoma, mouth (05 Mar 2000) |
| colocolic | From colon to colon; said of a spontaneous or induced anastomosis between two parts of the colon. (05 Mar 2000) |
| colocolostomy | Establishment of a communication between two noncontinuous segments of the colon. Origin: colo-+ colo-+ G. Stoma, mouth (05 Mar 2000) |
| colocutaneous fistula | A fistula between the colon and the skin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| colocynth | The peeled dried fruit of Citrullus colcynthis (family Cucurbitaceae), an herb of the sandy shores of the Mediterranean, resembling somewhat the watermelon plant; formerly widely used as a cathartic and laxative. Synonym: bitter apple. Origin: G. Kolokynthe, the round gourd or pumpkin (05 Mar 2000) |
| colocystoplasty | Enlargement of the urinary bladder by attaching a segment of colon to it. (05 Mar 2000) |
| coloenteritis | <pathology> Inflammation involving both the small intestine and the colon. See: enteritis. (18 Nov 1997) |
| colohepatopexy | Attachment of the colon to the liver by adhesions. Origin: colo-+ G. Hepar (hepat-), liver, + pexis, fixation (05 Mar 2000) |
| coloileal fistula | A fistula between the colon and the ileum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cololysis | Procedure of freeing the colon from adhesions. Origin: colo-+ G. Lysis, loosening (05 Mar 2000) |