| creeping thrombosis | A gradually increasing thrombosis involving one section of a vein after another in continuity. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| creeping ulcer | An ulcer extending on one side while healing at the opposite edge, forming an undulating margin. Synonym: creeping ulcer. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cremaster | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, from internal oblique muscle and inguinal ligament; insertion, cremasteric fascia (spermatic cord); action, raises testicle; nerve supply, genital branch of genitofemoral; in the male the muscle envelops the spermatic cord and testis, in the female, the round ligament of the uterus. See: cremasteric fascia. Synonym: musculus cremaster, Riolan's muscle. Origin: G. Kremaster, a suspender, in pl. The muscles by which the testicles are retracted, fr. Kremannymi, to hang (05 Mar 2000) |
| cremasteric | Relating to the cremaster. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cremasteric artery | <anatomy, artery> Origin, inferior epigastric; distribution, coverings of spermatic cord; anastomoses, external pudendal, spermatic, and perineal arteria. Synonym: arteria cremasterica, external spermatic artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cremasteric fascia | H;one of the coverings of the spermatic cord, formed of delicate connective tissue and of muscular fibres derived from the internal oblique muscle (cremaster muscle). See: aponeurosis of internal abdominal oblique muscle. Synonym: fascia cremasterica, Cooper's fascia, Scarpa's sheath. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cremasteric reflex | A drawing up of the scrotum and testicle of the same side when the skin over Scarpa's triangle or on the inner side of the thigh is scratched. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cremnocele | A protrusion of intestine into the labium majus. Origin: G. Kremnos, overhanging cliff, labium pudendi, + kele, hernia (05 Mar 2000) |
| cremnophobia | <psychology> Morbid fear of precipices or steep places. Origin: G. Kremnos, precipice, + phobos, fear (05 Mar 2000) |
| crena | A V-shaped cut or the space created by such a cut; one of the notches into which the opposing projections fit in the cranial sutures. Origin: L. A notch (05 Mar 2000) |
| crena ani | The sulcus between the buttocks (nates). Synonym: crena ani, anal cleft, crena clunium, gluteal cleft. (05 Mar 2000) |
| crena clunium | The sulcus between the buttocks (nates). Synonym: crena ani, anal cleft, crena clunium, gluteal cleft. (05 Mar 2000) |
| crena cordis | A groove on the anterosuperior surface of the heart, marking the location of the septum between the two ventricles. Synonym: sulcus interventricularis anterior, crena cordis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| crenarchaeota | A kingdom in the domain archaea comprised of thermoacidophilic, sulfur-dependent organisms. The two orders are sulfolobales and thermoproteales. (12 Dec 1998) |
| crenate | With small, rounded teeth, scalloped. (09 Oct 1997) |