Glossary
BioScience.com.pk try the best to avoid the use of medical terms that could make it more difficult to understand the information on this website. Still, there are a number of terms that can't be avoided and that are useful to know because they are so often used by the doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals with whom you might speak. The list below includes the terms used on BioScience.com.pk for which we have provided definitions.
Term | Definition |
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Calcification | Hardening of tissue resulting from the formation of calcium salts |
Calibrate | To adjust the output or reading from a testing device to assure that it gives a correct answer; the adjustment is based on measurement of one or more known substances called standards (or calibrators). |
Capillary | The tiniest of blood vessels. Through the one-cell-layer-thick walls of capillaries, oxygen and nutrients are delivered to body tissues and carbon dioxide and other wastes are cleared from body tissues. |
Carbohydrate | The starches and sugars that are the chief energy sources of the body |
Carbuncle | |
Carcinoid tumor | Slow-growing mass that can develop in the mucous membrane of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract and sometimes the lungs |
Cardiovascular System | The heart and blood vessels involved in the pumping of blood and the transport of nutrients, oxygen, and waste products throughout the body |
Carrier | 1. Person, generally in apparent good health, who harbours organisms that can infect and cause disease in others |
Cartilage | |
Catheter | 1. long, thin, flexible tube inserted into a body cavity or vessel to allow the passage of fluids |
Central Nervous System | Also known as: CNS |
Centrifugation | The automated process of separating lighter portions of a solution, mixture, or suspension from the heavier portions, by centrifugal force |
Cerebrospinal Fluid | Also known as: CSF |
Cervical Adenitis | Lymph node inflammation in the neck |
Chain of Custody | Legal document created when a piece of evidence is obtained that records the movement, location, handling and/or testing of the evidence from the time it is collected until the evidence is used in a legal proceeding and/or until it is no longer needed and is discarded or destroyed |