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COPD

Acronym for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease... Read More

coping

An adaptive or otherwise successful method of dealing with individual or environmental situations that involve psychological and physiological stress or threat... Read More

core

Pertaining to friction ridge identification: (1) the approximate center of a fingerprint pattern and (2) a specific formation within a fingerprint pattern, defined by classification systems such as Henry... Read More

corona of glans penis

The rounded, prominent border of the glans on the distal portion of the penile shaft... Read More

coronal plane

A vertical plane of the body in reference to any plane parallel to an imaginary line dissecting the anterior (front) and posterior (back) portions of the body... Read More

coronal sulcus

The rounded border of the glans penis, separated from the corpora cavernosa penis by the neck of the glans... Read More

coroner

Generally refers to an elected or appointed official whose duty is to oversee medicolegal death investigations, usually for a single county, and certify cause and manner of death... Read More

corpus cavernosa

Two internal columns of spongy erectile tissue on either side of the shaft of the penis that enlarge when engorged with blood... Read More

corpus spongiosum

A single column of spongy erectile tissue that runs longitudinal and extends to form the glans penis; enlarges when engorged with blood... Read More

cosmic blast

Street, slang, or code word for synthetic cathinones... Read More

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