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Crippled
Crippled A medically outmoded and politically incorrect term that implies a serious loss of normal function through damage or loss of an essential body part or element.
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Essential
1. Something that cannot be done without. 2. Required in the diet, because the body cannot make it. As in an essential amino acid or an essential fatty acid. 3. Idiopathic. As in essential hypertension.
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Cripple
1. A person who is lame or disabled. 2. To maim or disable a person.
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Crick
A painful sudden spasmodic stiffness in the muscles of the neck or back.
Crick-Brenner experiment
"The experiment proved that the genetic code was a triplet code and that the triplets were not separted by ""punctuation."" Crick and Brenner demonstrated that a triplet of bases in the DNA determines an amino acid unit and a string of triplets thereby specifies the full sequence of amino acids in a protein. The Crick-Brenner experiment consisted of deleting bases, one by one, in the DNA and showing that only after three bases had been eliminated in close proximity did the DNA-transcribing system come back into correct phase."
Crime scene investigation
"The use of physical evidence at the scene of the crime and the use of deductive and inductive reasoning to gain knowledge of the events surrounding the crime. Crime scene investigation is multidisciplinary and involves a systematic search of the crime scene; meticulous observation and documentation of the scene; photography and sketching of the scene; the identification, processing and collection of physical evidence such as fingerprints, footwear impressions, hair, fibers, biological fluids, and materials for DNA analysis; and. perhaps most important, the application of careful reasoning to the facts."
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever
A viral disease characterized by hemorrhage (bleeding) and fever.
Cripple
1. A person who is lame or disabled. 2. To maim or disable a person.
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Critical care
Intensive care. The specialized care of patients whose conditions are life-threatening and who require comprehensive care and constant monitoring, usually in intensive care units.
Critical incident stress management
A way of providing crisis counseling that includes debriefing people who have exposed to a traumatic event. Although this method has been widely practiced, there is no convincing evidence it is effective or beneficial.
Crohn colitis
Crohn disease involving only the large intestine (colon). Crohn disease is a chronic inflammatory disorder, primarily involving the small and large intestine, but which can affect other parts of the digestive system as well.
Crohn ileitis
Inflammation of the ileum (the farthest segment of the small intestine) due to Crohn disease.
Crohn ileocolitis
Crohn disease involving the ileum (the lowest portion of the small intestine) and the colon (the large intestine).
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