| AlCr | aluminum crown |
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| CCEI | Crown-Crisp Experimental Index |
| CH | case history; Chediak-Higashi [syndrome]; chiasma; Chinese hamster; chloral hydrate; cholesterol; Ch... |
| CR | calculation rate; calculus removed; calorie-restricted; cardiac rehabilitation; cardiac resuscitatio... |
| Cr | chromium; cranium, cranial; creatinine; crown |
| crown tubercle | Tubercle of cuneate nucleus, the bulbous rostral extremity of the fasciculus cuneatus corresponding to the position of the cunate nucleus, lying lateral to the clava and separated from the tuberculum cinereum on its lateral side by the posterior lateral sulcus. Synonym: tuberculum nuclei cuneati, tuberculum cuneatum, wedge-shaped tubercle. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| tooth crown | The upper part of the tooth, which joins the lower part of the tooth (tooth root) at the cervix (tooth cervix) at a line called the cementoenamel junction. The entire surface of the crown is covered with enamel which is thicker at the extremity and becomes progressively thinner toward the cervix. (12 Dec 1998) |
| jacket crown | A hollow crown of acrylic resin, fused porcelain or cast gold, combinations of gold and acrylic or gold and porcelain; it fits over the prepared stump of the natural crown. (05 Mar 2000) |