CATABOLISM—A destructive process in which the complex compounds of thedigestive process are reduced to more simple substances.CATHARTICS—Drugs that promote bowel movement.CERVICAL—Pertaining to the neck or the neck of any organ or structure.CHEYNE-STOKES—Breathing characterized by alternating periods of apneaand deep respirations.COAGULATION—Clotting.COAPTATION—To fit together, as the edges of a wound or the ends of a fracturedbone; category of splint.COCCYX—Tailbone.COLATION—The process of straining or filtration.COMMUNICABLE—Capable of being transmitted from one person to another.COMMUNICABLE PERIOD—The period of time in which an infectious agentmay be passed from an infected animal or man to a receptive host. There may bemore than one such period of time during the course of disease.COMMINUTION—The process of physical reduction of a substance to fineparticle size.CONTACT—A person or animal known to have been associated with an infectedperson or animal, or a contaminated environment, and to have had theopportunity to acquire the infection.CONTAMINATION—The presence of an infectious agent or toxin on the surfaceof a body or inanimate article, such as clothing, dishes, surgical dressings orinstruments, as well as in food or water.CONTRACTURE—A condition of muscle shortening and fibrous tissuedevelopment that results in a permanent joint deformity.CONTUSION—A bruise.CORROSIVE—A substance that rapidly destroys or decomposes body tissue atpoint of contact.CREPITUS—The cracking or grating sound produced by fragments of fracturedbones rubbing together.DEBILITY—The state of abnormal bodily weakness.DEBRIDEMENT—The removal of all foreign matter and devitalized tissue in orabout a wound.DECANTATION—Separating liquids from solids by letting the solids settle to thebottom and pouring off the liquid.DECEREBRATE—A person with brain damage that produces certain abnormalneurologic signs.DECORTICATION—Removing portions of the cortical substance of a structureor organ, such as the brain, kidney, or lung.DECUBITUS ULCER—Bed or pressure sore.DESQUAMATE—To shed, peel, or scale off.AV-3 .
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