Medical terms beginning with C

A condition in which abnormal cells grow on the thin layer of tissue that covers the cervix (the lower, narrow end of the uterus).

Abnormal cells are found in the cervical epithelium (the innermost lining of the cervix).

A closed loop that delivers oxygen and fuel to every cell and carries away what those cells no longer need.

The heart and its network of vessels, a closed loop delivering oxygen and fuel to tissue and carrying waste away.

Surgery to remove part or all of the foreskin (loose skin that covers the head of the penis).

A type of chronic, progressive liver disease in which liver cells are replaced by scar tissue.

One of the older SSRIs, distinguished within the class less by how well it works than by its effect on the heart's electrical timing.

A drug used to lessen the toxic effects of substances that block the action of folic acid, especially the anticancer drug methotrexate.

Melanoma that is found only in the epidermis (outer layer of skin).

Melanoma that has spread from the epidermis (outer layer of skin) down into the papillary dermis (the thin top layer of the dermis).

Melanoma that has spread down through the papillary dermis (the thin top layer of the dermis) but not into the reticular dermis (the thick bottom layer of the dermis).

Melanoma that has spread down into the reticular dermis (the thick bottom layer of the dermis).

Melanoma that has spread down into the subcutaneous tissue (tissue beneath the skin).

A system for describing how deep melanoma has spread into the skin.

The most common type of Hodgkin lymphoma, which is a cancer of the immune system.

The only bony strut between the arm and the trunk, lying under thin skin where it can be seen and felt along its whole length.

A type of cell that looks clear inside when viewed under a microscope.

A rare type of tumor, usually of the female genital tract, in which the insides of the cells look clear when viewed under a microscope.

A description of what the cells look like on a slide, applied to tumors that arise in several unrelated organs.

A soft tissue tumor that begins in a tendon (tough, fibrous, cord-like tissue that connects muscle to bone or to another structure).