| CFA | colonization factor antigen; colony-forming assay; complement-fixing antibody; complete Freund's adj... |
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| CHB | chronic hepatitis B; complete heart block; congenital heart block |
| CLBBB | complete left bundle branch block |
| CM | California mastitis [test]; calmodulin; capreomycin; carboxymethyl; cardiac murmur; cardiac muscle; ... |
| comp | comparative; compensation, compensated; complaint; complete; composition; compound, compounded; comp... |
| stationary cataract | A cataract that does not progress. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| stellate cataract | Congenital cataract with lens opacities radiating toward the periphery, with subcapsular and cortical changes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| subcapsular cataract | A cataract in which the opacities are concentrated beneath the capsule. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sugar cataract | Any cataract associated with intralenticular accumulation of pentose or hexose alcohols. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nuclear cataract | A cataract involving the nucleus. Synonym: hard cataract. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sunflower cataract | chalcosis lentis |
| sutural cataract | A congenital type of cataract with opacities along the Y sutures of the foetal lens nucleus; usually does not affect vision. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dendritic cataract | A congenital sutural cataract with complicated branching. (05 Mar 2000) |
| diabetic cataract | A cataract occurring in insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. (27 Sep 1997) |
| disk-shaped cataract | Congenital cataract in which a central white membrane replaces the nucleus. Synonym: disk-shaped cataract, life-belt cataract, umbilicated cataract. (05 Mar 2000) |
| immature cataract | A stage of partial lens opacification. (05 Mar 2000) |
| infantile cataract | A cataract affecting a very young child. (05 Mar 2000) |
| infrared cataract | A cataract secondary to absorption of heat by the lens, or by transmission from the adjacent iris. Synonym: furnacemen's cataract, glassworker's cataract. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intumescent cataract | A cataract swollen because of fluid absorption. (05 Mar 2000) |
| overripe cataract | A cataract in which the lens cortex becomes liquid, with the nucleus gravitating within the capsule (Morgagni's cataract). Synonym: overripe cataract. (05 Mar 2000) |