| CHIME | coloboma, heart anomaly, ichthyosis, mental retardation, ear abnormality |
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| CMH | cardiomyopathy, hypertrophic; community mental health [services or program]; congenital malformation... |
| CMHC | community mental health center |
| CMMS | Columbia Mental Maturity Scale |
| CROME | congenital cataracts-epileptic fits-mental retardation [syndrome] |
| crown tubercle | Tubercle of cuneate nucleus, the bulbous rostral extremity of the fasciculus cuneatus corresponding to the position of the cunate nucleus, lying lateral to the clava and separated from the tuberculum cinereum on its lateral side by the posterior lateral sulcus. Synonym: tuberculum nuclei cuneati, tuberculum cuneatum, wedge-shaped tubercle. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| posterior tubercle of atlas | A protuberance of the posterior extremity of the arch of the atlas, a rudiment of the spinous process giving attachment to the musculus rectus capitis posterior minor muscle. Synonym: tuberculum posterius atlantis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posterior tubercle of cervical vertebrae | A posterior projection from the transverse processes. Synonym: tuberculum posterius vertebrarum cervicalium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| postmortem tubercle | postmortem wart |
| cuneiform tubercle | A rounded eminence on the posterior part of the aryepiglottic fold, formed by the underlying cuneiform cartilage. Synonym: tuberculum cuneiforme, Wrisberg's tubercle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hard tubercle | A tubercle lacking necrosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Princeteau's tubercle | A slight prominence on the temporal bone near the apex of the petrous part where the superior petrosal sinus commences. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Santorini's tubercle | A rounded eminence on the posterior part of the aryepiglottic fold, formed by the underlying corniculate cartilages. Synonym: tuberculum corniculatum, Santorini's tubercle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| scalene tubercle | A small spine on the inner edge of the first rib, giving attachment to the scalenus anterior muscle. Synonym: tuberculum musculi scaleni anterioris, Lisfranc's tubercle, scalene tubercle of Lisfranc, tubercle of anterior scalene muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| scalene tubercle of Lisfranc | A small spine on the inner edge of the first rib, giving attachment to the scalenus anterior muscle. Synonym: tuberculum musculi scaleni anterioris, Lisfranc's tubercle, scalene tubercle of Lisfranc, tubercle of anterior scalene muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| prosector's tubercle | postmortem wart |
| sebaceous tubercle | A small subepidermal keratin cyst, usually multiple and therefore commonly referred to in the plural. Synonym: sebaceous tubercle, tuberculum sebaceum, whitehead. Origin: L. Millet (05 Mar 2000) |
| pterygoid tubercle | A slight prominence on the posterior surface of the medial pterygoid plate, inferior and to the medial side of the pterygoid canal. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pubic tubercle | A small projection at the anterior extremity of the crest of the pubis about 2 cm from the symphysis. Synonym: tuberculum pubicum, pubic spine, spina pubis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hyaline tubercle | A form of fibrous tubercle in which the cellular fibrous tissue and collagenous fibres become altered and merged into a fairly homogeneous, acellular, deeply acidophilic, firm mass. (05 Mar 2000) |