Palabras que empiezan con C

A word ending that means carbon dioxide in the blood.

A word ending that means a hernia, swelling or bulge.

A word ending that means a puncture with a needle to draw out fluid.

A word ending that means killing, or something that kills.

A word ending that means to secrete, or release a substance.

A word ending that means cell.

A mobile x-ray unit shaped like a C, with the x-ray tube at one end and the image intensifier at the other, used for fluoroscopy in the OR.

A protein made by the liver whose blood level rises when there is inflammation somewhere in the body.

Clostridioides difficile, a spore-forming bacterium that can infect the colon (the large intestine).

A blood test for cancer antigen 125, a protein used as a tumor marker for ovarian cancer.

The Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs, which accredits surgical technology and surgical assisting programs.

Compressions, airway, breathing: the order of steps the American Heart Association teaches for CPR.

Severe, ongoing loss of muscle and fat, with weakness, that eating more does not fully reverse.

A word root that means calcium.

A hormone made by the thyroid gland that lowers blood calcium; a lab-made form is used as a drug.

The active form of vitamin D, given as a drug to raise calcium absorption or, as an ointment, for psoriasis.

A mineral that builds bones and teeth and that nerves, muscles, the heart and blood clotting need to work.

A calcium salt taken by mouth as an antacid for heartburn and as a calcium supplement.

A drug that slows the movement of calcium into heart and blood vessel muscle cells, relaxing the vessels.

A calcium salt given by IV to raise the blood calcium quickly.

A calcium supplement taken by mouth that can be absorbed with or without food.

A calcium salt, given IV or by mouth, used to raise a low blood calcium level and in some emergencies.

An open operation that enters the maxillary sinus through the mouth, above the upper teeth, to clear disease and make a drainage window into the nose.

Unkind and not caring about other people's feelings; less often, hardened and thickened.

A thick, hard patch of skin formed by repeated rubbing or pressure; also, the new bone that forms as a fracture heals.

A unit that measures the energy in food and the energy the body uses.

A small triangle near the neck of the gallbladder bordered by the cystic duct, the common hepatic duct and the cystic artery.

One of the cup-shaped spaces inside the kidney that collect urine from the tips of the renal pyramids and pass it on to the renal pelvis.

The video tower unit that the endoscopic camera plugs into, which processes its signal into the picture on the monitor.

A ring-shaped channel in the eye, where the cornea meets the sclera, that carries aqueous humor from the trabecular meshwork into the veins.

The light, porous inner bone made of a network of thin struts, with marrow in the spaces between them; also called spongy bone.

A group of yeasts that normally live on the skin and in the mouth, gut and vagina and can overgrow to cause infection.

An infection caused by Candida, a yeast (a kind of fungus).

A walking stick used to give support and balance while walking.

A compound from the cannabis plant that does not cause a high, sold as a prescription seizure drug and in many products.

A thin tube placed into the body or a body opening to deliver or remove fluid or air.

Either corner of the eye, where the upper and lower eyelids meet.

The passing of electrosurgical current through intact insulation into a nearby metal object, which can then burn the tissue it touches.

In suture, a strand's ability to soak up fluid and carry it along its length, also called wicking.

One of the tiniest blood vessels, joining the smallest arteries to the smallest veins.

A quick test that measures how fast color returns to a nail bed after it is pressed and released.

Measuring the carbon dioxide in each breath out and showing it as a number and a wave on the monitor.

A pain-relief cream, lotion or patch made from the substance that makes chili peppers hot.

A drug form in which medicine is held inside a small shell, usually of gelatin, that is swallowed.

The step of cataract surgery that tears a continuous round opening in the front of the lens capsule.

An ACE inhibitor taken by mouth to lower blood pressure and to treat heart failure.

Swelling of the soft tissue of a newborn's scalp, formed by pressure on the head during birth.

A drug used to prevent seizures, to treat a type of facial nerve pain and to stabilize mood in bipolar disorder.

One of the main nutrients in food, made of sugars and starches, that the body uses for energy.

A gas made by the body's cells as waste, carried in the blood to the lungs and breathed out.