| C |
canine [dent] |
| |
carbon |
| |
centigrade [Celsius] |
| |
kilocalorie |
| C smear |
cervical smear |
| c |
calorie |
| |
centum [cent] |
| |
child, children |
| |
circa |
| |
clonus |
| |
closure |
| |
compound |
| c |
cum [avec] |
| C1 |
1st cervical vertebra |
| C2H5OH |
alcool |
| C' |
complement |
C |
chlamydia |
| Ca |
calcium |
| |
cancer |
| |
carcinoma |
| CA |
calcium |
| |
calcium agonist |
| |
cancer |
| |
carcinoma |
| |
cardiac arrest |
| Ca2+ |
calcium |
| CAA |
cerebral amyloid angiopathy |
| CABG |
coronary artery bypass graft |
| CABS |
coronary artery bypass surgery |
| CAD |
coronary artery disease |
| CaEDTA |
calcium disodium edetate |
| CAG |
coronary artery graft |
| CAGS |
coronary artery graft surgery |
| CAHB |
chronic active hepatitis B |
| Cal |
calorie |
| CAL |
chronic airflow limitation |
| cAMP |
cyclic adenosine monophosphate |
| cann |
cannula |
| CANS |
central auditory nervous system |
| CAO |
chronic airways obstruction |
| CAPD |
continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis |
| |
central auditory processing disorder |
| CAPE |
Clifton Assessment Procedures for the Elderly |
| CAPS |
centrally mediated abdominal pain syndrome |
| |
Clinician Administered PTSD Scale |
| caps |
capsules |
| CAS |
Casualty department |
| CAT |
choline-acetyl transferase |
| |
computerised axial tomography |
| cath |
catheter |
| CAVHD |
continuous arterio-venous haemodialysis |
| CB |
cognitive behavioural (therapy) |
| CBC |
complete blood count |
| CBCL |
child behaviour checklist |
| CBD |
common bile duct |
| CBF |
cerebral blood flow |
| CBP |
chronic bacterial prostatitis |
| CBR |
complete bed rest |
| CBS |
chronic brain syndrome |
| CBT |
cognitive behavioural therapy |
| CBW |
chemical & biological warfare |
| cc |
carcinoma |
| |
cubic centimetre |
| CC |
chief complaint |
| C&C |
collar & cuff [écharpe de bras] |
| CCB |
calcium channel blocker |
| CCCR |
closed chest cardiac resuscitation |
| CCDC |
consultant for communicable disease control |
| CCF |
congestive cardiac failure |
| CCFP |
Certificate of the College of Family Physicians |
| CCI |
Charlson comorbidity index |
| CCK |
cholecystokynin |
| CCO |
clostridial collagenase ointment |
| CCPD |
continuous cycling peritoneal dialysis |
| CCS |
clean catch specimen [urine] |
| CCU |
Cardiac Care Unit |
| |
Coronary Care Unit |
| CCUS |
clean catch urine specimen |
| CD |
cluster of differentiation [CD4, etc] |
| |
controlled drug |
| |
conversion disorder |
| CD4 |
cluster of differentiation 4 [glycoprotéine] |
| CDAI |
Crohn’s disease activity index |
| CDH |
congenital dislocation of the hip |
| CDP |
computerized dynamic posturography |
| CE |
carotid endarterectomy |
| CEA |
carcinembryonic antigen |
| ceph |
cephalic |
| CERA |
cortical evoked response audiometry |
| cert |
certificate |
| CF |
cardiac failure |
| |
Factor IX, Christmas factor |
| |
complement fixation |
| |
counting fingers [acuité visuelle] |
| |
cystic fibrosis |
| CFQ |
cognitive failures questionnaire |
| CFS |
chronic fatigue syndrome |
| |
cutaneous field stimulation |
| CFT |
complement fixation test |
| CFTR |
cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator |
| CFU |
colony forming unit |
| CGD |
complicated grief disorder |
| CGI |
Clinical Global Impression scale |
| CGI-S |
Clinical Global Impression (severity) Scale |
| CGL |
chronic granulocytic leukaemia |
| cGMP |
cyclic guanosine monophosphate |
| CGN |
chronic glomerular nephritis |
| CRGP |
calcitonin gene-related peptide |
| CGS |
centimetre-gramme-second |
| CH |
cholesterol |
| CHART |
continuous hyperfractionated accelerated radiotherapy |
| CHB |
complete heart block |
| ChB |
Bachelor of Surgery |
| CHC |
Child Health Clinic |
| |
Community Health Council |
| CHD |
congenital heart disease |
| |
congenital hip dislocation |
| |
coronary heart disease |
| ChD |
Doctor of Surgery |
| ChE |
cholinesterase |
| CHF |
congestive heart failure |
| CHL |
conductive hearing loss |
| CHM |
Committee on Human Medicines |
| ChM |
Master of Surgery |
| CHO |
carbohydrate |
| chol |
cholesterol |
| CHOP |
cyclophosphamide, hydroxydaunorubicin, oncovin and prednisone [chimiothérapie par] |
| CHP |
charcoal haemoperfusion |
| chr |
chronic |
| ChVS |
chorionic villus sampling |
| CI |
cardiac index |
| |
colour index |
| |
confidence interval |
| |
contraindications |
| Ci |
Curie |
| ci |
contraindications |
| cib |
cibus [un repas] |
| CIBD |
chronic inflammatory bowel disease |
| CIC |
cardioinhibitory centre |
| |
completely in-canal [aide auditive] |
| CICr |
creatinine clearance |
| CIED |
cardiac implantable electronic device |
| CIEN |
cervical intra-epithelial neoplasia |
| CIS |
central inhibitory state |
| CISD |
critical incident stress debriefing |
| CIV |
continuous infusion |
| CJD |
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease |
| CK |
creatine kinase |
| CL |
clubbing |
| |
corpus luteum |
| CLE |
cutaneous lupus erythematosus |
| CKD |
chronic kidney disease |
| CLL |
chronic lymphocytic leukaemia |
| CLR |
renal clearance |
| CLR |
total clearance |
| CM |
cryptococcal meningitis |
| |
cochlear microphonic [audiologie]
|
| cm |
centimetre |
| c/m |
counts per minute |
| CMax |
maximum concentration |
| CMChM |
Master of Surgery |
| CMF |
cranio-maxillo-facial |
| CMI |
cell-mediated immunity |
| CMin |
minimum concentration |
| c/min |
counts per minute |
| CML |
chronic myelocytic leukaemia |
| CMR |
centrally acting muscle relaxant |
| CMMV |
continuous mandatory mechanical ventilation |
| CMV |
continuous mandatory ventilation |
| |
cytomegalovirus |
| CMW |
community midwife |
| CN |
cranial nerves |
| CN XII |
cranial nerve [twelfth] |
| |
cyanogen |
| CNS |
central nervous system |
| |
clinical nurse specialist |
| CNV |
contingent negative variation [audiologie] |
| CO |
carbon monoxide |
| |
cardiac output |
| c/o |
complains of |
| C/o |
complains of |
| CO2 |
carbon dioxide |
| COAD |
chronic obstructive airway disease |
| COC |
combined oral contraceptive |
| COCP |
combined oral contraceptive pill |
| COD |
cause of death |
| COETT |
cuffed oral endotracheal tube |
| COLD |
chronic obstructive lung disease |
| comm |
community |
| CON |
certificate of need |
| COMAH |
Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations |
| comp |
compounded of |
| Cons |
consultant |
| cons |
consciousness |
| |
consultation |
| contra |
against |
| Conveen |
Conveen™ [condom de cathéter] |
| COP |
cryptogenic organising pneumonia |
| COPD |
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
| CORA |
conditioned orientation response audiometry |
| CORD |
chronic obstructive respiratory disease |
| COS |
control of symptoms |
| COSHH |
Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations |
| COT |
College of Occupational Therapists |
| |
cuffed oral tube |
| CP |
canal paresis [audiologie] |
| |
candle power |
| |
cerebral palsy |
| |
chemically pure |
| |
chronic prostatitis |
| cp |
compare |
| C&P |
cystoscopy & pyelogram |
| CPA |
cyproterone acetate |
| |
cerebello-pontine angle [audiologie] |
| CPAP |
continuous positive airway pressure |
| CPB |
cardiopulmonary bypass |
| CPD |
cephalo-pelvic disproportion |
| |
citrate phosphase dextrose |
| |
continuous peritoneal dialysis |
| CPE |
chronic pulmonary emphysema |
| CPK |
creatine phosphokinase |
| CPM |
continuous passive motion |
| c.p.m. |
counts per minute |
| CPN |
Community Psychiatric Nurse |
| CPPS |
chronic pelvic pain syndrome |
| CPPV |
continuous positive pressure ventilation |
| CPR |
cardiopulmonary resuscitation |
| CPS |
chronic pain syndrome |
| c.p.s. |
cycles per second |
| CPT |
cold pressor test |
| |
cognitive processing therapy |
| C-PTSD |
complex post traumatic stress disorder |
| CR |
central ray |
| |
closed reduction |
| |
complete response |
| Cr |
creatinine |
| C&R |
convalescence & rehabilitation |
| CRC |
colorectal carcinoma |
| CRCP |
Certificate of the Royal College of Physicians |
| CRCS |
Certificate of the Royal College of Surgeons |
| CRD |
chronic renal disease |
| |
chronic respiratory disease
|
| CRF |
cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis |
| crem |
cream |
| creps |
crepitation |
| CRF |
chronic renal failure |
| |
corticotropin releasing factor
|
| CRI |
chronic renal insufficiency |
| CRIES |
children’s revised Impact of Events scale |
| CROS |
contralateral routing of signals [audiologie] |
| CRP |
C-reactive protein test |
| |
current return pad |
| CRRT |
continuous renal replacement therapy |
| CRS |
congenital rubella syndrome |
| CRT |
cathode ray tube |
| CRT-D |
cardiac resynchronisation therapy - debrillation |
| CRT-P |
cardiac resynchronization therapy - pacemaker |
| CS |
caesarian section |
| |
cardiovascular system
|
| |
coronary sclerosis |
| C&S |
culture & sensitivity [prélèvement] |
| CS&CC |
culture sensitivity & colony count [prélèvement] |
| c-section |
caesarean section |
| CSF |
cerebrospinal fluid |
| |
colony stimulating factor |
| CSF1 |
macrophage colony stimulating factor |
| CSF2 |
granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factors |
| CSF3 |
granulocyte colony-stimulating factors |
| CSII |
continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion |
| CSP |
Chartered Society of Physiotherapists |
| CSR |
Cheyne-Stokes respiration |
| |
combat stress reaction |
| CSSD |
central sterile supplies department |
| CSSU |
central sterile supplies unit |
| CSM |
cerebrospinal meningitis |
| |
Committee on the Safety of Medicines |
| CSU |
catheter specimen of urine |
CSWD |
conservative sharp wound debridement |
| CT |
calcitonin |
| |
cautery tool |
| |
chemotherapy
|
| |
circulation time
|
| |
clotting time
|
| |
coarse touch |
| |
cognitive therapy |
| |
computerised tomography scan |
| |
coronary thrombosis
|
| CT1 |
Core Trainee, year 1 |
| CT2 |
Core Trainee, year 2 |
| C/T |
continue treatment |
| CTA |
clear to auscultation |
| |
computerised tomographic arteriography |
| |
computerised tomography of the abdomen |
| CTAB |
cetrimonium bromide [cétrimide] |
| CTC |
clinical trial certificate |
| |
common toxicity criteria |
| CTD |
cumulative trauma disorder |
| CTG |
cardiotocograph |
| CTL |
cytotoxic lymphocyte |
| CTR |
cardiothoracic ratio |
| CTS |
carpal tunnel syndrome |
| CTX |
clinical trial exemption certificate |
| CTZ |
chemoreceptor trigger zone |
| CUC |
chronic ulcerative colitis |
| CUP |
carcinoma of unknown primary |
| CUSA |
cavitron ultrasonic surgical aspirator |
| CuTS |
cubital tunnel syndrome |
| CV |
cardiovascular |
| |
cerebrovascular |
| |
coefficient of variation |
| CVA |
cerebrovascular accident |
| |
costo-vertebral angle |
| CVC |
central venous catheter |
| |
consonant-vowel-consonant [audiologie] |
| CVD |
cardiovascular disease |
| CVHR |
complex ventral hernia repair |
| CVI |
cerebral vascular insufficiency |
| CVP |
central venous pressure |
| CVS |
cardiovascular system |
| |
chorionic villus sampling
|
| |
clean voided specimen |
| CVSo |
cardiovascular system normal |
| CWC |
Child Welfare Clinic |
| Cx |
cervical spine |
| |
cervix |
| |
circumflex artery |
| CXR |
chest X-ray |
| Cy |
cyanosis |
