| chamecephalic | Having a flat head; denoting a skull with a vertical index of 70 or less; similar to tapinocephalic. Synonym: chamecephalous. Origin: G. Chamai, on the ground (low, stunted), + kephale, head (05 Mar 2000) |
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| chamecephalous | Having a flat head; denoting a skull with a vertical index of 70 or less; similar to tapinocephalic. Synonym: chamecephalous. Origin: G. Chamai, on the ground (low, stunted), + kephale, head (05 Mar 2000) |
| chameprosopic | Having a broad face. Origin: G. Chamai (adv.), on the ground (low, spread out), + prosopikos, facial (05 Mar 2000) |
| chamfer | A marginal finish on an extracoronal cavity preparation of a tooth which describes a curve from an axial wall to the cavosurface. Origin: fr. O.Fr. Chanfrein(t), beveled edge (05 Mar 2000) |
| chamomile | The flowering heads of Anthemis nobilis (family Compositae); a stomachic. Synonym: camomile. Origin: G. Chamaimelon, chamomile, fr. Chamai, on the ground, + melon, apple (05 Mar 2000) |
| CHAMPUS | The Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (in the United States). CHAMPUS is a federally-funded health program that provides beneficiaries with medical care supplemental to that available in military and Public Health Service (PHS) facilities. All CHAMPUS beneficiaries move over to Medicare at age 65. CHAMPUS is like Medicare in that the government contracts with private parties to administer the program. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Champy | Christian, French physician, *1885. See: Champy's fixative. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Champy's fixative | A mixture of potassium bichromate, chromic acid, and osmic acid, considered an excellent cytologic fixative with advantages and disadvantages similar to those of Flemming's fixative; it differs from Flemming's fixative in substituting bichromate for acetic acid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Chanarin | I., 20th century British haematologist. See: Dorfman-Chanarin syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Chance | G.Q., 20th century British radiologist. See: Chance fracture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chance fracture | <radiology> Horizontal fracture through vertebra (body, pedicles, laminae), sudden deceleration with lap-only seatbelt, usually L1 or L2 (12 Dec 1998) |
| chancre | The primary skin lesion of syphilis which begins at the site of infection after an interval of 10-30 days as a papule or red ulcerated skin lesion. (27 Sep 1997) |
| chancre redux | A second chancre occurring in a syphilitic subject, possibly an allergic reaction without the presence of the specific spirochete. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chancriform | Resembling chancre. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chancriform pyoderma | A persistent, necrotizing, ulcerated, single pyogenic lesion, usually on the face or genitalia. (05 Mar 2000) |