Medical terms beginning with C

Chemotherapy or radiation therapy given to the central nervous system (CNS) as a preventive treatment.

A tumor of the central nervous system, including brain stem glioma, craniopharyngioma, medulloblastoma, and meningioma.

A tube surgically placed into a blood vessel for the purpose of giving intravenous fluid and drugs.

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

A drug being studied in the treatment of acute leukemias and some other types of cancer.

Cephalosporins are a large class of antibiotics related to penicillins, grouped into generations with differing ranges of bacterial coverage.

A benign, slow-growing tumor in the cerebellum (part of the brain at the back of the head), made up of abnormal blood vessel growth.

Having to do with two structures of the brain, the cerebellum (located at the lower back of the brain) and the pons (located at the base of the brain in front of the cerebellum) and the area between…

Damage on one side shows on the same side of the body, the opposite of what the rest of the brain does.

One half of the cerebrum, the part of the brain that controls muscle functions and also controls speech, thought, emotions, reading, writing, and learning.

Cerebrospinal fluid cushions the brain and spinal cord, circulating through the fluid filled spaces that surround these structures and helping clear cellular waste.

A process used to drain fluid that has built up around the brain and spinal cord.

Each half controls the opposite side of the body, so the site of an injury predicts which side loses function.

Ceremony describes a formal event marking a significant occasion or transition, a concept relevant to end of life, cultural, and professional health care practices.

Years usually pass between the first abnormal cells and an invasive tumor, and that long window is what screening exploits.

Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia describes abnormal cell growth confined to the surface layer of the cervix, identified through routine screening.

Surgery to remove the cervix (the end of the uterus that forms a canal between the uterus and the vagina).The upper part of the vagina and certain pelvic lymph nodes may also be removed.

A device used to deliver drugs directly to the cervix (the lower, narrow end of the uterus that forms a canal between the uterus and vagina).

Being reachable from outside the body is what makes this organ unusual, because its surface cells can be sampled and examined directly.

A substance that increases production of saliva and tears.