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MEDICAL TERMS

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• CALCULUS: Commonly referred to as «the stone», most often found in the bladder.
• CALCULUS VESICAE / VESICAL: Commonly referred to as «the stone», most often
found in the bladder (calculus vesica).
• CANCER: A malignant growth.
• CANCRUM ORIS: Ulceration of the mouth, associated with ill-fed children.
• CARCINOMA: malignant tumour.
• CARDITIS: Inflammation of the heart .

• CARDITIS RHEUMATIC: Inflammation of the heart associated with rheumatic
fever.
• CARIES: Decay of bone.
• CATALEPSY: Atrance-like state, where limbs will remain in any position they are
placed.
• CATARACT: Opaqueness of the lens of the eye.
• CELLULITIS: Inflammation of the cellular tissue (the tissue located immediately
beneath the skin).

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