| CRS | Carroll rating scale for depression; catheter-related sepsis; caudal regression syndrome; cervical s... |
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| CT | calcitonin; calf testis; cardiac tamponade; cardiothoracic [ratio]; carotid tracing; carpal tunnel; ... |
| DCC | day care center; detected in colon cancer; dextran-coated charcoal; diameter of cylindrical collimat... |
| DDC | dangerous drug cabinet; dideoxycytidine; diethyl-dithiocarbamate; direct display console; diverticul... |
| HACR | hereditary adenomatosis of the colon and rectum |
| iliac bone | <anatomy> The upper and largest, part of the bony pelvic girdle (iliac wing). The ilium articulates on its inner aspect with the sacrum (sacroiliac joint). (27 Sep 1997) |
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| iliac branch of iliolumbar artery | <anatomy, artery> Terminal branch of iliolumbar artery (with lumbar branch) distributed to iliac fossa to supply iliac muscle, ilium, and portions of muscles having attachment to the iliac crest. Synonym: ramus iliacus arteriae iliolumbalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| iliac bursa | <anatomy> The bursa at the attachment of the iliopsoas muscle into the lesser trochanter. Synonym: bursa subtendinea iliaca, iliac bursa. (05 Mar 2000) |
| iliac crest | <anatomy> The hip bone in which a large quantity of bone marrow is concentrated. (16 Dec 1997) |
| iliac fascia | The fascia covering the iliacus and psoas muscles, continuous with transversalis fascia anterolaterally and with femoral sheath inferiorly. Synonym: fascia iliaca. (05 Mar 2000) |
| iliac fossa | The smooth inner surface of the ilium above the arcuate line, giving attachment to the iliacus muscle. Synonym: fossa iliaca. (05 Mar 2000) |
| iliac horn | Bony spur of posterior part of ilium, often found in nail-patella syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| iliac horns | Symmetrical bilateral central posterior iliac processes. In other words, horn-like malformations of the crest of both iliac bones of the pelvis. A characteristic finding in the nail-patella syndrome. (12 Dec 1998) |
| iliac muscle | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, iliac fossa; insertion, tendon of psoas, anterior surface of lesser trochanter, and capsule of hip joint; action, flexes thigh and rotates it medially; nerve supply, lumbar plexus. Synonym: musculus iliacus, iliac muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| iliac plexus | The autonomic plexus lying on the iliac arteries, derived from the aortic plexus. Synonym: plexus iliaci. (05 Mar 2000) |
| iliac region | The topographical area of the inferior abdomen related to the inguinal canal, lateral to the pubic region. Synonym: regio inguinalis, groin, iliac region, inguen. (05 Mar 2000) |
| iliac roll | A sausage-shaped, often painful, nonfluctuating mass, with convexity to the right, palpable in the left iliac fossa, due to induration of the walls of the sigmoid flexure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| iliac spine | See: anterior inferior iliac spine, anterior superior iliac spine, posterior inferior iliac spine, posterior superior iliac spine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| iliac steal | The decrease in flow in one common iliac artery when an occlusion of the other common iliac artery is released. (05 Mar 2000) |
| iliac tubercle | A prominence on the outer lip of the iliac crest about 5 cm behind the anterior superior iliac spine. Synonym: tuberculum iliacum, iliac tubercle. (05 Mar 2000) |