CBC CBC: A commonly used abbreviation in medicine that stands for complete blood count, a set values of the cellular (formed
elements) of blood. These measurements are generally determined by
specially designed machines that analyze the different components of
blood in less than a minute.
The values...
CBER CBER: Center for Biologics Evaluation & Research: Part of the FDA (the US Food & Drug Administration)....
CCD (Central core disease of muscle) CCD (Central core disease of muscle): One of the
conditions that produces 'floppy baby' syndrome. CCD causes hypotonia
(floppiness) in the newborn baby, slowly progressive muscle weakness, and muscle cramps
after exercise. Muscle biopsy shows a key diagnostic finding (absent mitochondria in the
cen...
CCD (cleidocranial dysostosis) CCD (cleidocranial dysostosis):
A genetic (inherited) disorder of bone development characterized by:
Absent or incompletely formed collar bones (the "cleido-" part refers to the clavicles, the collar bones) The child with this disorder can bring its shoulders together or nearly so.
Typical crania...
CCR5 CCR5: A chemokine receptor found on monocytes and lymphocytes that serves as the coreceptor for HIV. HIV strains that use this coreceptor are referred to as R5 viruses. Polymorphisms in the coding and non-coding regions of the CCR5 gene influence the natural history of HIV infection. CCR5 (or CCCR5)...
CD10 CD10: A cell surface enzyme with neutral metalloendopeptidase activity. CD10 is also known as CALLA (common acute lymphocytic leukemia antigen). It serves as a marker for the common form of ALL (acute lymphocytic leukemia) as well as for Burkitt lymphoma and follicular germinal center lymphoma. CD10...