| cord blood | Blood taken post partum from the umbilical cord. (18 Nov 1997) |
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| cord factor | Glycolipid (trehalose 6, 6' dimycolate) found in the cell walls of Mycobacteria (causing them to grow in serpentine cords) and important in virulence, being toxic and inducing granulomatous reactions identical to those induced by the whole organism. (18 Nov 1997) |
| cord factors | Trehalose-6,6'-dimycolate. A toxic glycolipid of mycobacterium tuberculosis. Induces cellular biochemical disfunction in animals; used as immunoadjuvant. (12 Dec 1998) |
| cord hydrocele | Isolated hydrocele of spermatic cord. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cord of tympanum | chorda tympani |
| cordate | With a sinus and rounded lobes at the base, the overall outline usually ovate, often restricted to the base rather than to the outline of the entire organ, heart-shaped. <botany> Of a leaf blade, broad and notched at the base, heart-shaped. (09 Oct 1997) |
| cordate pelvis | Cordiform pelvis, a pelvis with sacrum projecting forward between the ilia, giving to the brim a heart shape. Synonym: heart-shaped pelvis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cordectomy | Excision of a part or whole of a cord. Origin: G. Chorde, cord, + ektome, excision (05 Mar 2000) |
| cordial | A sweet aromatic liquor. Origin: Mediev. L. Cordialis, fr. Cor (cord-), heart (05 Mar 2000) |
| cordianine | <pharmacology> Any of many nitrogen-containing organic compounds which are found in some plants and in the urine of some mammals. Allantoin is used to treat wounds and ulcers. (09 Oct 1997) |
| cordiform | Shaped like a heart (in three dimensions). (09 Oct 1997) |
| cordiform uterus | An incomplete uterus bicornis with a wedge-shaped depression at the fundus. Synonym: heart-shaped uterus, uterus cordiformis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cordis | Of the heart. Origin: Gen. Of L. Cor, heart Diastasis cordis, any period of mechanical inactivity of the heart and particularly of the ventricles, usually appearing normally during slow heart rates when the ventricles complete their filling early and appear to be inactive. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cordocentesis | The collecting of foetal blood samples via ultrasound-guided needle aspiration of the blood in the umbilical vein. (12 Dec 1998) |
| cordon sanitaire | The barrier erected around a focus of infection. Origin: Fr., sanitary barrier (05 Mar 2000) |