| colourimetric | Relating to colourimetry. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| colourimetric caries susceptibility test | A colourimetric test for determining dental caries activity or susceptibility based on the rate of acid production by acidogenic oral microorganisms (e.g., lactobacillus) in a glucose medium, using bromcresol green as the indicator, and producing a colour change from green to yellow. Synonym: colourimetric caries susceptibility test. (05 Mar 2000) |
| colourimetric test | <investigation> A test that depends on a colour change to demonstrate the presence (or absence) of a particular compound or chemical. Examples include home urine pregnancy testing, finger stick blood glucose testing and urinalysis (dip urine). (27 Sep 1997) |
| colourimetric titration | A titration in which the end point is marked by a colour change. (05 Mar 2000) |
| colourimetry | Any technique by which an unknown colour is evaluated in terms of standard colours. The technique may be visual, photoelectric, or indirect by means of spectrophotometry. It is used in chemistry and physics. (12 Dec 1998) |
| colourrhagia | An abnormal discharge from the colon. Origin: colo-+ G. Rhegnymi, to burst forth (05 Mar 2000) |
| colourrhaphy | Suture of the colon. Origin: colo-+ G. Rhaphe, suture (05 Mar 2000) |
| colourrhoea | Rarely used term for diarrhoea thought to originate from a condition confined to or affecting chiefly the colon. Synonym: colonorrhoea. Origin: colo-+ G. Rhoia, a flow (05 Mar 2000) |
| colovaginal fistula | A fistula between colon and vagina. (05 Mar 2000) |
| colovesical fistula | A fistula between colon and urinary bladder. Synonym: vesicocolic fistula. (05 Mar 2000) |