| cardinal points | The four point's in the pelvic inlet toward one of which the occiput of the baby is usually directed in case of head presentation: two sacroiliac articulations and the two iliopectineal eminences corresponding to the acetabula, six point's of a compound optical system: the anterior focal point, the posterior focal point, the two principal point's, and the two nodal point's. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| cardinal veins | The major systemic venous channels in adult primitive vertebrates and in the embryos of higher vertebrates; the anterior cardinal veins are the major drainage channels from the cephalic part of the body, and the (05 Mar 2000) |
| carding | The procedure of placing individual sets of anterior or posterior teeth in trays lined with a wax strip. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cardio- | 1. The heart. 2. The cardia (ostium cardiacum). Origin: G. Kardia, heart (05 Mar 2000) |
| cardio-omentopexy | Operation for the attachment of omentum to the heart with the object of improving its blood supply. Origin: cardio-+ omentum, + G. Pexis, fixation (05 Mar 2000) |
| cardioaccelerator | Accelerator of the heart beat. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cardioactive | Influencing the heart. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cardioangiography | Radiography of the heart and great vessels after injection of a contrast medium. (12 Dec 1998) |
| cardioaortic | Relating to the heart and the aorta. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cardioarterial | Relating to the heart and the arteries. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cardioarterial interval | The time between the apex beat of the heart and the radial pulse beat. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Cardiobacterium | A genus of nonmotile, pleomorphic, gram negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria found in the nasal flora and associated with endocarditis in humans. The type species is cardiobacterium hominis. Cardiobacterium hominis, a species that causes endocarditis in humans. The type species of Cardiobacterium. See: HACEK group. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cardiocele | A herniation or protrusion of the heart through an opening in the diaphragm, or through a wound. Origin: cardio-+ G. Kele, hernia (05 Mar 2000) |
| cardiochalasia | Achalasia of the cardia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cardiodiaphragmatic angle | The angle between the heart and the diaphragm at either lateral end of the cardiac projection on imaging (usually the chest X-ray film). The right cardiophrenic angle is normally indistinguishable from the cardiohepatic angle radiographically. Synonym: cardiodiaphragmatic angle, phrenopericardial angle. (05 Mar 2000) |