Medical terms beginning with C

Narrowing causes symptoms during exertion, but it is a plaque that suddenly ruptures which causes most heart attacks.

Narrowed heart arteries starve the muscle of blood, causing chest pain on effort and, when one blocks, a heart attack.

In anatomy, corpus names the main body of an organ or structure, setting it apart from a neck, head, or other named part.

Two jobs sit under one name, calming inflammation and holding on to salt, and each drug leans toward one or the other.

Corticotropin release follows a daily pattern and rises further during physical or emotional stress, driving a corresponding rise in cortisol.

A bacterium that may stimulate the immune system to fight cancer.

A substance being studied in the treatment of several types of cancer.

The smell of new-mown hay and tonka beans, and the plant chemical that mold converted into the first true blood thinner.

An estrogen-like substance (phytoestrogen) made by some plants.

A type of coumestan.

The word stretches from grief support to a genetics appointment, so the qualifier in front of it carries most of the meaning.

An inherited condition that scatters benign growths through many organs and raises the lifetime risk of several cancers.

An inherited disorder marked by the formation of many noncancerous growths called hamartomas.

An enzyme that speeds up the formation of substances that cause inflammation and pain.

An abbreviation for a chemotherapy combination used to treat chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL).

A drug used to treat certain types of non-small cell lung cancer.

A substance that is being studied in the treatment of cancer.

A substance that is being studied in the treatment of cancer.

A condition of the prostate gland that continues or gets worse over a long period of time.

A substance that is being studied in the treatment of cancer.