| crustaceous | Brittle, of marine algae, encrusted with calcium carbonate. (09 Oct 1997) |
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| crustecdysone | <endocrinology> A hormone, or biochemical substance produced by one part of the body to trigger an event elsewhere in the body, which causes molting (shedding of the exoskeleton) in crustaceans (such as crabs, lobster, shrimp, etc.), so that the crustacean can undergo a growth spurt before a new exoskeleton hardens. (09 Oct 1997) |
| crusted ringworm | 1. <dermatology> A disease of the scalp, produced by a vegetable parasite. 2. A tile or flagstone cut into an hexagonal shape to produce a honeycomb pattern, as in a pavement. Synonym: favas and sectila. Origin: L, honeycomb. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| crusted tetter | <dermatology, microbiology> A contagious pyoderma caused by direct inoculation of group A streptococci or Staphylococcus aureus into superficial cutaneous abrasions or compromised skin. It is most commonly seen in children, usually located on the face, especially about the nose and mouth. The characteristic features are the presence of discrete fragile vesicles surrounded by an erythematous border that become pustular and rupture to discharge a thin, amber coloured seropurulent fluid that dries and forms a thick yellowish crust, the pustules may spread peripherally with central healing, evolving into annular, circinate or gyrate patterns. (18 Nov 1997) |
| crutch | A device used singly or in pairs to assist in walking when the act is impaired by a lower extremity (or trunk) disability; it transfers all or part of weight-bearing to the upper extremity. Origin: A. S. Cryce (05 Mar 2000) |
| crutch palsy | A form of pressure paralysis affecting the arm, and caused by compression of the brachial plexus or radial nerve by the crosspiece of a crutch. Synonym: crutch palsy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| crutch paralysis | A form of pressure paralysis affecting the arm, and caused by compression of the brachial plexus or radial nerve by the crosspiece of a crutch. Synonym: crutch palsy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| crutches | Devices of wood or metal, ordinarily long enough to reach from the armpit to the ground, with a concave surface fitting under the arm and a cross bar for the hand, used for supporting the weight of the body. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Cruveilhier's disease | A serious neurologic disease that results from the progressive degeneration of the motor neurons. (27 Sep 1997) |
| Cruveilhier's fascia | The membranous layer of the subcutaneous tissue in the urogenital region attaching posteriorly to the border of the urogenital diaphragm, at the sides to the ischiopubic rami, and continuing anteriorly onto the abdominal wall. Synonym: fascia perinei superficialis, Colles' fascia, Cruveilhier's fascia, membranous layer of superficial fascia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Cruveilhier's fossa | A boat-shaped hollow. A longitudinal hollow on the posterior surface of the superior portion (root) of the medial pterygoid plate; it gives origin to the tensor veli palati muscle. Synonym: fossa scaphoidea ossis sphenoidalis, Cruveilhier's fossa, fossa navicularis Cruveilhier, scaphoid fossa of sphenoid bone. Synonym: scapha. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Cruveilhier's joint | A pivot synovial joint between the dens of the axis and the ring formed by the anterior arch and the transverse ligament of the atlas. Synonym: articulatio atlantoaxialis mediana, Cruveilhier's joint, middle atlantoepistrophic joint. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Cruveilhier's ligaments | The counterparts in the foot of the palmar ligaments in the hand. Synonym: ligamenta plantaria, accessory plantar ligaments, Cruveilhier's ligaments, glenoid ligament. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Cruveilhier's plexus | A nerve plexus formed by communications between the dorsal primary rami of the first three cervical nerves; it lies deep to the semispinalis capitis muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Cruveilhier, Jean | <person> French pathologist and anatomist, 1791-1874. See: Cruveilhier's disease, Cruveilhier's fascia, Cruveilhier's fossa, fossa navicularis Cruveilhier, Cruveilhier's joint, Cruveilhier's ligaments, Cruveilhier's plexus, Cruveilhier-Baumgarten disease, Cruveilhier-Baumgarten murmur, Cruveilhier-Baumgarten sign, Cruveilhier-Baumgarten syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| crucible |
Container made of substance highly resistant to great heat, for melting, fusing, heating or transferring molten material.
출처: www.peakagents.ca/glossary/c19.htm
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| crude |
Raw or natural condition. Not refined or processed. Unfinished. Rough.
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| Crustacea |
A class of arthropods, which have gills and bodies covered by a hard shell (eg crabs, lobsters, shrimps).
출처: www.deh.gov.au/soe/2001/coasts/glossary.html
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| crust |
The thin outer layer of the Earth's surface, averaging about 10 kilometers thick under the oceans and up tp about 50 kilometers thick on the continents. This is the only layer of the Earth that humans have actually seen.
출처: www.msnucleus.org/membership/html/jh/earth/diction...
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| crus |
L. leg. The crus of the fornix. Crus cerebri.
출처: www.vh.org/adult/provider/anatomy/MicroscopicAnato...
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| CRU | a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible |
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| CRU | remove crumbs from |
| CRU | break into crumbs |
| CRU | coat with bread crumbs |
| CRU | cake or coffeecake topped with a mixture of sugar and butter and flour |
| CRU | fall into decay or ruin |
| CRU | break or fall apart into fragments |
| CRU | fall apart |
| CRU | broken into small fragments |
| CRU | excessive breakableness |
| CRU | apt to break into small fragments or disintegrate |
| CRU | a Renaissance woodwind with a double reed and a curving tube (crooked horn) |