Medical terms beginning with C

The chemical family behind the surge of a fright, named for a ring of carbon that every member shares.

One word covers devices as different as a bladder drain and a line threaded into a large vein near the heart.

One word covering procedures that share nothing but a tube: draining a bladder and steering a wire into the heart both qualify.

Deliberately destroying a small patch of tissue to seal a bleeding point or remove an unwanted growth.

Anatomy and dentistry use one word for opposite things: a normal hollow space, and a hole that has no business being there.

A CBC is often the first laboratory test ordered when evaluating unexplained fatigue, infection, bleeding, or bruising.

A type of psychotherapy that helps patients change their behavior by changing the way they think and feel about certain things.

Handwriting is the whole problem: a hurried cc reads as u, the old abbreviation for units, and the quantity changes entirely.

A substance being studied in the treatment of prostate cancer, multiple myeloma, and other types of cancer.

A type of monoclonal antibody used in cancer detection or therapy.

A drug that is similar to thalidomide, and is used to treat multiple myeloma and certain types of anemia.

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

A drug used to treat advanced renal cell carcinoma (a type of kidney cancer).

A chimeric (made from human and mouse proteins) monoclonal antibody being studied in the treatment of advanced kidney cancer and other types of cancer.

Funds awarded to certain U.S.

A protein being studied in the treatment of cancer.

A protein found on the surface of some bone marrow and blood cells.

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

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

CEA abbreviates carcinoembryonic antigen, a blood protein tracked over time to help monitor colorectal cancer for recurrence after treatment.