| Cruveilhier-Baumgarten disease | <syndrome> Cirrhosis of the liver with patent umbilical or paraumbilical veins and varicose periumbilical veins (caput medusae). Synonym: Cruveilhier-Baumgarten disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Cruveilhier-Baumgarten murmur | A venous murmur heard over collateral veins, connecting portal and caval venous systems, on the abdominal wall. See: Cruveilhier-Baumgarten sign. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Cruveilhier-Baumgarten sign | <clinical sign> A murmur over the umbilicus often in the presence of caput medusae, resulting from portal hypertension, usually with hepatic cirrhosis; recanalization of the umbilical vein with reverse blood flow from the liver into the abdominal wall veins creates the murmur. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Cruveilhier-Baumgarten syndrome | <syndrome> Cirrhosis of the liver with patent umbilical or paraumbilical veins and varicose periumbilical veins (caput medusae). Synonym: Cruveilhier-Baumgarten disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| crux | A junction or crossing. Synonym: cross. Origin: L. (05 Mar 2000) |
| crux of heart | The zone of junction of the septa and walls of the four chambers of the heart. Synonym: cross. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Cruz trypanosomiasis | Trypanosomiasis caused by Trypanosoma (or Schizotrypanum) cruzi and transmitted by certain species of reduviid (triatomine) bugs. In its acute form, it is seen most frequently in young children, with swelling of the skin at the site of entry, most often the face, and regional lymph node enlargement; in its chronic form it can assume several aspects, commonly cardiomyopathy, but megacolon and megaesophagus also occur; natural reservoirs include dogs, armadillos, rodents, and other domestic, domiciliated, and wild mammals. Synonym: Chagas' disease, Chagas-Cruz disease, Cruz trypanosomiasis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Cruz, Oswaldo | <person> Brazilian physician, 1872-1917. See: Chagas-Cruz disease, Cruz trypanosomiasis. (05 Mar 2000) |