Cirrhosis
Gr. kirrhos = tawny yellow. Laennec coined this term for the yellowish liver of fat and fibrosis. It now has a wider application, tending to connote fibrosis irrespective of color.
Coccidioides
Gr. kokkis = little berry, and L. immitis = harsh A soil fungus found in the western United States and parts of Mexico and Central and South America, Coccidioides was discovered…
Cochliomya Hominivorax
Gr. kochlias = snail with a spiral shell, myia = fly. L. hominis = man and vorax = consuming. From the Greek kochlias (“snail with a spiral shell”) + myia (“fly”) and the…
Cocyx
Gr. kokkyx = a cuckoo. Adopted for anatomy from a supposed resemblance of this bone to the beak of a cuckoo.
Coelom
Gr. koiloma = a hollow. Used in embryology, and as a name for the general body cavity in the adult.
Conus
Gr. konos = a cone or peg. Used of various more or less peg-shapen anatomical structures, e.g. the conus medullaris of the spinal cord.
Coracoideus
Gr. kora = raven. Referring to the Raven like shape of the coracoid processus of the scapula.
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