| CHS | central hypoventilation syndrome; Chediak-Higashi syndrome; cholinesterase; chondroitin sulfate; com... |
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| CNS | central nervous system; clinical nurse specialist; coagulase-negative staphylococci; congenital neph... |
| CP | candle power; capillary pressure; cardiac pacing; cardiac performance; cardiopulmonary; caudate puta... |
| CVT | cardiovascular technologist; central venous temperature; congenital vertical talus |
| CAV | congenital absence of vagina; congenital adrenal virilism; constant angular velocity; croup-associat... |
| pisciform cataract | A hereditary cataract with bilateral fish-shaped opacities in the axial region of the foetal nucleus. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Morgagni's cataract | A hypermature cataract in which the nucleus gravitates within the capsule. Synonym: sedimentary cataract. (05 Mar 2000) |
| complete cataract | A cataract in which both the nucleus and cortex are opaque. Synonym: complete cataract, ripe cataract. (05 Mar 2000) |
| complicated cataract | A cataract that accompanies or follows some other eye disease such as uveitis. Synonym: complicated cataract. A cataract occurring in the retained lens or capsule after a cataract extraction. Synonym: aftercataract. (05 Mar 2000) |
| concussion cataract | Traumatic cataract occurring with or without a hole in the lens capsule. (05 Mar 2000) |
| copper cataract | chalcosis lentis |
| poikiloderma atrophicans and cataract | The rothmund-thomson syndrome, a genetic disorder with numerous features affecting skin (premature aging, excess pigmentation, dilated blood vessels),eyes ( uvenile cataract), nose (saddle nose), teeth (maldeveloped), skeletal system (congenital bone defects) hair (abnormal), gonads (underdevelopment) limbs (soft tissue contractures), growth (short stature). Blood (anaemia) and a tendency to develop a type of bone cancer (osteogenic sarcoma). The rts gene is on chromosome 8. The syndrome is recessive so to be affected with rts a child has to have two rts genes, one from each parent. (12 Dec 1998) |
| coralliform cataract | Congenital cataract with round or elongated processes radiating from the centre of the lens. (05 Mar 2000) |
| polar cataract | A capsular cataract limited to an area of the anterior or posterior pole of the lens. (05 Mar 2000) |
| coronary cataract | Peripheral cortical developmental cataract occurring just after puberty; transmitted as a hereditary dominant characteristic. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cortical cataract | A cataract in which the opacity affects the cortex of the lens. Synonym: peripheral cataract. (05 Mar 2000) |
| myotonic cataract | Cataract occurring in myotonic dystrophy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posterior subcapsular cataract | A cataract involving the cortex at the posterior pole of the lens. (05 Mar 2000) |
| crystalline cataract | A hereditary cataract with a coralliform or needle-shaped accumulation of crystals in the axial region of an otherwise clear lens. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cuneiform cataract | Cortical cataract in which the opacities radiate from the periphery like spokes of a wheel. (05 Mar 2000) |