| cyclotron resonance | <radiobiology> Charged particles in a magnetic field resonate with (and absorb energy from) an electric field (perpendicular to the magnetic field) which oscillates at the particles' cyclotron frequency, or at a harmonic (multiple) of that frequency. (09 Oct 1997) |
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| cyclotrons | Devices for accelerating charged particles in a spiral path by a constant-frequency alternating electric field. This electric field is synchronised with the movement of the particles in a constant magnetic field. (12 Dec 1998) |
| cyclotropia | A disparity of ocular position in which one eye is rotated around its visual axis, with respect to the other eye. Origin: cyclo-+ G. Trope, a turn, turning (05 Mar 2000) |
| cyclozoonosis | A zoonosis that requires more than one vertebrate host (but no invertebrate) for completion of the life cycle; e.g., various taenioid cestodes such as Taenia saginata and T. Solium in which humans are an obligatory host; hydatid disease, a cyclozoonosis in which man is not an obligatory host. Origin: cyclo-+ G. Zoon, animal, + nosos, disease (05 Mar 2000) |