| CP | candle power; capillary pressure; cardiac pacing; cardiac performance; cardiopulmonary; caudate puta... |
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| CRC | cardiovascular reflex conditioning; clinical research center; colorectal carcinoma; concentrated red... |
| CRI | Cardiac Risk Index; catheter-related infection; chronic renal insufficiency; chronic respiratory ins... |
| CRM | Certified Reference Materials; counting rate meter; cross-reacting material; crown-rump measurement |
| CRP | chronic relapsing pancreatitis; corneal-retinal potential; coronary rehabilitation program; C-reacti... |
| MCA | minimum cross-sectional area |
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| SICRI | substance immunologically cross reactive with insulin |
| hair transplant | Autografts of punch biopsies of hair-bearing skin, such as occipital scalp, onto frontal scalp in male pattern alopecia. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| hair whorls | A spiral arrangement of the hairs, as at the crown of the head. Synonym: vortices pilorum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| scalp hair | A hair of the head. Synonym: capillus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pustulate hair | <dermatology> Hair with an enlarged base. (15 Dec 1997) |
| neck of hair follicle | The narrowed part of the hair follicle between the hair bulb and the surface of the skin. Synonym: collum folliculi pili. (05 Mar 2000) |
| stellate hair | Hair split in several strands at the free end. (05 Mar 2000) |
| syndrome, kinky hair | Genetic disorder with fragile twisted ( kinky ) hair and progressive deterioration of the brain. Due to an error in copper transport resulting in copper deficiency. Females are carriers and their sons with the gene have the disease. Also known as menkes syndrome. (12 Dec 1998) |
| tactile hair | The vibrissae or whiskers of animals such as rats and cats which have especially well developed touch endings in the follicular wall. (05 Mar 2000) |
| terminal hair | A mature pigmented, coarse hair. (05 Mar 2000) |
| exclamation point hair | <clinical sign> The type of dystrophic anagen hair found at margins of patches of alopecia areata. The bulb is absent. (21 Jun 2000) |
| kinky hair | Tightly curled or bent hair. See: kinky-hair disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| kinky-hair disease | Kinky hair disease, congenital defect of copper metabolism manifested in short, sparse, poorly pigmented kinky hair; associated with failure to thrive, physical and mental retardation, and progressive severe deterioration of the brain; apparently a defect of copper transport; X-linked recessive inheritance. Synonym: kinky-hair disorder, Menkes' syndrome, trichopoliodystrophy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| kinky-hair disorder | Kinky hair disease, congenital defect of copper metabolism manifested in short, sparse, poorly pigmented kinky hair; associated with failure to thrive, physical and mental retardation, and progressive severe deterioration of the brain; apparently a defect of copper transport; X-linked recessive inheritance. Synonym: kinky-hair disorder, Menkes' syndrome, trichopoliodystrophy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| kinky hair syndrome | <syndrome> Genetic disorder with fragile twisted ( kinky ) hair and progressive deterioration of the brain. Due to an error in copper transport resulting in copper deficiency. Females are carriers and their sons with the gene have the disease. Also known as menkes syndrome. (12 Dec 1998) |
| lady's hair | <botany> A plant of the genus Briza (B. Media); a variety of quaking grass. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |