| CU | cardiac unit; casein unit; cause unknown or undetermined; chymotrypsin unit; clinical unit; color un... |
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| CUS | carotid ultrasound examination; catheterized urine specimen; contact urticaria syndrome |
| EACD | eczematous allergic contact dermatitis |
| ECH | educator contact hour |
| FCH | faculty contact hour; family case home; fetal cystic hygroma |
| contact lens | A lens that fits over the cornea and sclera or cornea only; used to correct refractive errors. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| contact lenses | Curved shells of glass or plastic applied directly over the globe or cornea to correct refractive errors. (12 Dec 1998) |
| contact lenses, extended-wear | Hydrophilic contact lenses worn for an extended period or permanently. (12 Dec 1998) |
| contact lenses, hydrophilic | Soft, supple contact lenses made of plastic polymers which interact readily with water molecules. Many types are available, including continuous and extended-wear versions, which are gas-permeable and easily sterilised. (12 Dec 1998) |
| contact lens solutions | Sterile solutions used to clean and disinfect contact lenses. (12 Dec 1998) |
| contact point | That part of the proximal surface of a tooth which touches the adjacent tooth mesially or distally. Synonym: contact point, point of proximal contact. (05 Mar 2000) |
| contact rate | <epidemiology> The rate at which susceptibles meet infecteds. Usually measured as individuals per unit time. (05 Dec 1998) |
| contact sensitivity | Allergic response to contact with irritant, usually a hypersensitivity. (18 Nov 1997) |
| contact sites A | Developmentally regulated adhesion sites that appear on the ends of aggregation competent Dictyostelium discoideum at the stage when the starved cells begin to come together to form the grex. Originally detected by the use of Fab fragments of polyclonal antibodies, raised against aggregation competent cells and adsorbed against vegetative cells, to block adhesion in EDTA containing medium. (Cell cell adhesion mediated by contact sites A, unlike that mediated by contact sites B, is not divalent cation sensitive). The fact that a mutant deficient in csA behaves perfectly normally in culture is puzzling. (18 Nov 1997) |
| contact sites B | Developmentally regulated adhesion sites that appear on the ends of aggregation competent Dictyostelium discoideum at the stage when the starved cells begin to come together to form the grex. Originally detected by the use of Fab fragments of polyclonal antibodies, raised against aggregation competent cells and adsorbed against vegetative cells, to block adhesion in EDTA containing medium. (Cell cell adhesion mediated by contact sites A, unlike that mediated by contact sites B, is not divalent cation sensitive). The fact that a mutant deficient in csA behaves perfectly normally in culture is puzzling. (18 Nov 1997) |
| contact splint | A slotted plate, held by screws, used in the treatment of fracture of long bones. (05 Mar 2000) |
| contact surface of tooth | The surface of a tooth that faces an adjacent tooth in the dental arch; the contact surface that is closest to the anterior midline of the dental arch is the mesial surface of a tooth; that farthest is the distal surface. Synonym: facies approximalis dentis, facies contactus dentis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| contact tracing | Identification of those persons (or animals) who have had such an association with an infected person, animal, or contaminated environment as to have had the opportunity to acquire the infection. Contact tracing is a generally accepted method for the control of sexually transmitted diseases. (12 Dec 1998) |
| contact-type dermatitis | Dermatitis resembling contact dermatitis or eczema, but caused by an ingested or injected allergen, usually a drug, and with a widespread or generalised distribution. (05 Mar 2000) |
| point of proximal contact | That part of the proximal surface of a tooth which touches the adjacent tooth mesially or distally. Synonym: contact point, point of proximal contact. (05 Mar 2000) |