| BAVCP | bilateral abductor vocal cord paralysis |
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| CBL | circulating blood lymphocytes; chronic blood loss; cord blood leukocytes |
| CC | calcaneal-cuboid; calcium cyclamate; cardiac catheterization; cardiac contusion; cardiac cycle; card... |
| CCT | carotid compression tomography; central conduction time; cerebrocranial trauma; chocolate-coated tab... |
| CORD | Commissioned Officer Residency Deferment; Council of Residency Directors |
| genital cord | One of a pair of mesenchymal ridges bulging into the caudal part of the celom of a young embryo and containing the mesonephric and paramesonephric duct. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| medial cord of brachial plexus | In the brachial plexus, the bundle of nerve fibres formed by the anterior division of the inferior trunk which lies medial to the axillary artery; it gives off the medial pectoral nerve, the medial brachial cutaneous, and medial antebrachial cutaneous, nerves and end by dividing into the medial root of the median nerves and the ulnar nerve. Synonym: fasciculus medialis plexus brachialis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vitelline cord | A persistent yolk stalk in the form of a solid cord of tissue connecting ileum to umbilicus. Synonym: omphalomesenteric cord. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vocal cord nodules | Small, circumscribed, bilateral, beadlike enlargements on the vocal cords caused by overuse or abuse of the voice; often reversible by voice therapy. Synonym: singer's nodes, singer's nodules, teachers' nodes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vocal cord paralysis | Paralysis of one or both of the vocal cords. (12 Dec 1998) |
| central cord syndrome | <syndrome> Quadriparesis most severely involving the distal upper extremities, with or without sensory loss and bladder dysfunction, usually due to ischemia from osteophytic or traumatic compression of the central part of the cervical spinal cord and/or artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gubernacular cord | The content of the gubernacular canal, usually composed of remnants of dental lamina and connective tissue. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Weitbrecht's cord | A slender band extending from the lateral part of the coronoid process of the ulna distad and laterad to the radius immediately distal to the bicipital tuberosity. Synonym: chorda obliqua, oblique cord, round ligament of elbow joint, Weitbrecht's cord, Weitbrecht's ligament. (05 Mar 2000) |
| condyle cord | A line through the two mandibular condyles around which the mandible may rotate during a part of the opening movement. Synonym: condyle cord. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cord | A stack of wood consisting of 128 cubic feet. A cord has standard dimensions of 4' x 4' x 8' including air space and bark. One cord contains about 1.2 BDT. (05 Dec 1998) |
| cord blood | Blood taken post partum from the umbilical cord. (18 Nov 1997) |
| cord factor | Glycolipid (trehalose 6, 6' dimycolate) found in the cell walls of Mycobacteria (causing them to grow in serpentine cords) and important in virulence, being toxic and inducing granulomatous reactions identical to those induced by the whole organism. (18 Nov 1997) |
| cord factors | Trehalose-6,6'-dimycolate. A toxic glycolipid of mycobacterium tuberculosis. Induces cellular biochemical disfunction in animals; used as immunoadjuvant. (12 Dec 1998) |
| cord hydrocele | Isolated hydrocele of spermatic cord. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cord of tympanum | chorda tympani |