Medical terms beginning with C

The comparison of the structure (anatomy) of one animal or plant with the structure of a different animal or plant.

A way to provide an investigational therapy to a patient who is not eligible to receive that therapy in a clinical trial, but who has a serious or life-threatening illness for which other treatments…

One of a group of about 20 proteins that is found in the blood and is important in fighting infections and other diseases.

Forms of treatment that are used in addition to (complementary) or instead of (alternative) standard treatments.

Practices often used to enhance or complement standard treatments.

Surgery to remove the entire uterus, including the cervix.

Surgery to remove all metastases (tumors formed from cells that have spread from the primary tumor).

The disappearance of all signs of cancer in response to treatment.

The best result a scan can show, and a statement about the limits of measurement as much as about the cancer.

Treatment to reduce lymphedema (swelling caused by a buildup of lymph fluid in tissue).

The word places all responsibility on one side of a two-sided relationship, which is precisely why it fell out of favor.

An added medical problem arising during an illness or after treatment, a complication may or may not relate to the original disease or procedure.

A rare form of lymphoma (cancer that begins in cells of the immune system) in which different types of lymphoma cells occur at the same time.

A compound is a substance formed when two or more elements bond chemically in a fixed ratio, producing distinct new properties.

A type of mole formed by groups of nevus cells found in the epidermis and dermis (the two main layers of tissue that make up the skin).

Pressure exerted against a body structure, whether from an external wrap, an internal growth, or a deliberate diagnostic technique, is called compression.

A bandage designed to provide pressure to a particular area.

A type of break in a bone caused by pressure and in which the bone collapses.

Elastic worn to move fluid rather than to squeeze a limb thinner, with the pressure deliberately highest furthest from the heart.

A machine used to keep blood and lymph flowing by pushing air through bands or sleeves that are placed on the arms or legs.