| cordopexy | 1. Operative fixation of any displaced anatomical cord. 2. Lateral fixation of one or both vocal cords to correct glottic stenosis. Origin: G. Chorde, cord, + pexis, fixation (05 Mar 2000) |
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| cordotomy | Any operation on the spinal cord. (12 Dec 1998) |
| cordy pulse | A hard, full pulse but without very wide excursions, resembling the vibration of a thick cord. Synonym: cordy pulse. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cordycepin | An antibiotic that works byblocking RNA transcription. (09 Oct 1997) |
| Cordylobia | A genus of calliphorid fleshflies. Origin: G. Kordyle, a cudgel, swelling, or tumour (05 Mar 2000) |
| Cordylobia anthropophaga | Tumbu fly of Africa south of the Sahara; a species that causes a boil-like furuncular myiasis; many animals besides man are attacked, especially domestic dogs, though rats are probably the chief reservoir of human infection. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cordylobiasis | Infection of man and animals with larvae of flies of the genus Cordylobia. Synonym: African furuncular myiasis, tumbu dermal myiasis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| core | 1. The central mass of necrotic tissue in a boil. 2. A metal casting, usually with a post in the canal of a tooth root, designed to retain an artificial crown. 3. A sectional record, usually of plaster of Paris or one of its derivatives, of the relationships of parts, such as teeth, metallic restorations, or copings. Origin: L. Cor, heart 4. The pupil (of the eye). Origin: G. Kore, pupil (05 Mar 2000) |
| core biopsy | Removal (with a large needle) of a piece of a lump. The piece is sent to the lab to see if the lump is benign or malignant. (09 Oct 1997) |
| core I protein, ubiquinol-cytochrome c reductase | <chemical> Member of the mitochondrial-protein-processing family; protein found in subunits of ubiquinol-cytochrome c reductase; amino acid sequence given in first source Synonym: core I protein, uccreductase (26 Jun 1999) |
| core II protein, ubiquinol-cytochrome c reductase | <chemical> Member of the mitochondrial-protein-processing family; protein found in subunits of ubiquinol-cytochrome c reductase; amino acid sequence given in first source Synonym: core II protein, uccreductase (26 Jun 1999) |
| core particle | The group of eight histones (protein molecules which act like spools for DNA to wrap around so that it can be compacted to fit within the nucleus) in the middle of a nucleosome (which is the histone core particle plus the small segment of DNA wrapped around it). (09 Oct 1997) |
| core plasma | <radiobiology> Hot plasma at the centre of a fusion reactor, distinguished from edge plasma and scrape-off layer (SOL). The core plasma does not directly feel the effects of the divertor or limiter in the way the edge plasma does. (09 Oct 1997) |
| core pneumonia | A form of pneumonia in which exudation is confined for a time to the central portion of a lobe or the hilar region. Synonym: core pneumonia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| corectopia | Eccentric location of the pupil so that it is not in the centre of the iris. Origin: G. Kore, pupil, + ektopos, out of place (05 Mar 2000) |