| criminal abortion | Termination of pregnancy without legal justification. Synonym: illegal abortion. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| criminal anthropology | Anthropology in relation to the physical and mental characteristics, heredity, and social relations of the criminal. See: criminology. (05 Mar 2000) |
| criminal hygiene | An obsolete term for the branch of mental hygiene or penology devoted to the study of the causes and prevention of criminality and the treatment of criminals. (05 Mar 2000) |
| criminal insanity | In forensic psychiatry, a term that describes the degree of mental competence and that is defined by such currently applicable legal precedents as the American Law Institute rule, Durham rule, M'Naghten rule, and the New Hampshire rule. (05 Mar 2000) |
| criminal law | A branch of law that defines criminal offenses, regulates the apprehension, charging and trial of suspected persons, and fixes the penalties and modes of treatment applicable to convicted offenders. (12 Dec 1998) |
| criminal psychology | The branch of psychology which investigates the psychology of crime with particular reference to the personality factors of the criminal. (12 Dec 1998) |
| criminology | The study of crime and criminals with special reference to the personality factors and social conditions leading toward, or away from crime. (12 Dec 1998) |
| crinin | Old term for a substance that will stimulate the production of secretions by specific glands. Origin: G. Krino, to secrete, + -in (05 Mar 2000) |
| crinis | Synonym: pilus. Origin: L. (05 Mar 2000) |
| crinogenic | Causing secretion; stimulating a gland to increased function. Origin: G. Krino, to separate, + -gen, to produce (05 Mar 2000) |
| crinophagy | <cell biology> Digestion of the contents of secretory granules following their fusion with lysosomes. (18 Nov 1997) |
| crippled | Denoting a person who, owing to a physical defect or injury, is partially or completely disabled. Origin: A.S. Creopan, to creep (05 Mar 2000) |
| crippled strain | <microbiology> A strain of bacteria, typically highly pathogenic, that has been genetically engineered so that it cannot survive on anything but a veryspecialised medium of nutrients, this is done so that geneticists can experiment on certain pathogens without the risk that they will escape fromthe lab. (09 Oct 1997) |
| crisis | A sudden paroxysmal intensification of symptoms in the course of a disease. Origin: L., Gr. Krisis (18 Nov 1997) |
| crisis intervention | Brief therapeutic approach which is ameliorative rather than curative of acute psychiatric emergencies. Used in contexts such as emergency rooms of psychiatric or general hospitals, or in the home or place of crisis occurence, this treatment approach focuses on interpersonal and intrapsychic factors and environmental modification. (12 Dec 1998) |