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connective tissue

Supporting tissue that surrounds other tissues and organs. Specialized connective tissue includes bone, cartilage, blood, and fat. … [Read more...]

consecutive case series

A clinical study that includes all eligible patients identified by the researchers during the study registration period. The patients are treated in the order … [Read more...]

Consensus Development Program

A program of the National Institutes of Health to bring together an independent group of experts to review scientific evidence related to an important public … [Read more...]

consolidation therapy

Treatment that is given after cancer has disappeared following the initial therapy. Consolidation therapy is used to kill any cancer cells that may be left in … [Read more...]

Constant-T

(Other name for: theophylline) … [Read more...]

constipation

A condition in which stool becomes hard, dry, and difficult to pass, and bowel movements don … [Read more...]

constitutional acupuncture

A type of acupuncture based on a form of Oriental medicine in which treatment is based on a person … [Read more...]

contiguous

Touching or very close together. … [Read more...]

contiguous lymphoma

Lymphoma in which the lymph nodes containing cancer are next to each other. … [Read more...]

continent reservoir

A pouch formed from a piece of small intestine to hold urine after the bladder has been removed. … [Read more...]