| cryptodidymus | Conjoined twins, with the poorly developed parasitic twin concealed within the larger autosite. See: conjoined twins. Origin: crypto-+ G. Didymos, twin (05 Mar 2000) |
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| cryptogam | A plant whose sexual reproductive parts are not conspicuous, a plant that produces spores, not seeds, in its sexual reproductive cycle, for example ferns, mosses, algae. Compare: phanerogam. (09 Oct 1997) |
| Cryptogamia | A montaxonomic division of the plant kingdom containing all forms of plant life that do not reproduce by means of seeds; included are the algae, bacteria, fungi, lichens, mosses, liverworts, ferns, horsetails, and club mosses. Origin: crypto-+ G. Gamos, marriage (05 Mar 2000) |
| cryptogenic | Of obscure, indeterminate aetiology or origin, in contrast to phanerogenic. Origin: crypto-+ G. Genesis, origin (05 Mar 2000) |
| cryptogenic cirrhosis | Cirrhosis of unknown aetiology, with no history of alcoholism or previous acute hepatitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cryptogenic epilepsy | tonic-clonic seizure |
| cryptogenic infection | Bacterial, viral, or other infection, the source of which is unknown. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cryptogenic pyaemia | Pyaemia whose source is not evident. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cryptogenic septicaemia | A form of septicaemia in which no primary focus of infection can be found. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cryptolith | A concretion in a gland follicle. Origin: crypto-+ G. Lithos, stone (05 Mar 2000) |
| cryptomenorrhoea | Occurrence each month of the general symptoms of the menses without any flow of blood, as in cases of imperforate hymen. Origin: crypto-+ G. Men, month, + rhoia, flow (05 Mar 2000) |
| cryptophthalmus | Cryptophthalmia Congenital absence of eyelids, with the skin passing continuously from the forehead onto the cheek over a rudimentary eye. Origin: crypto-+ G. Ophthalmos, eye (05 Mar 2000) |
| cryptophthalmus syndrome | <syndrome> An association of cryptophthalmus with multiple anomalies, including middle and outer ear malformations, cleft palate, laryngeal deformity, displacement of umbilicus and nipples, digital malformations, separation of symphysis pubis, maldevelopment of kidneys, and masculinization of genitalia in females; autosomal recessive inheritance. Synonym: cryptophthalmus syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cryptopodia | A swelling of the lower part of the leg and the foot, in such a manner that there is great distortion and the sole seems to be a flattened pad. Origin: crypto-+ G. Pous, foot (05 Mar 2000) |
| cryptopyrrole | 3-Ethyl-2,4-dimethylpyrrole;one of the pyrrole derivatives obtained by the drastic reduction of haem. (05 Mar 2000) |