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|---|---|
| contingency | A future event or circumstance which is possible but cannot be predicted with certainty. Hits - 673 |
| convulsion | A sudden, violent, irregular movement of the body, caused by involuntary contraction of muscles and associated especially with brain disorders such as epilepsy, the presence of certain toxins or other agents in the blood, or fever in children. Hits - 724 |
| corneal reflex | Also known as the blink Hits - 623 |
| corpus luteum | A hormone-secreting structure that develops in an ovary after an ovum has been discharged but degenerates after a few days unless pregnancy has begun. Hits - 678 |
| cortex | The outer layer of the cerebrum (the Hits - 721 |
| craniodorsad | Is an anatomical description of a direction and means directed "upward" (cranial) and "rear" (dorsal). Hits - 641 |
| creatine phosphate | Organic compound of Hits - 697 |
| culled | Sent (an inferior or surplus farm animal) to be slaughtered. Hits - 707 |
| culling | In biology, culling is the process of segregating organisms from a group according to desired or undesired characteristics. In animal breeding, it is the process of removing or segregating animals from a breeding stock based on specific trait Hits - 674 |
| cusp | A pocket or fold in the wall of the heart or a major blood vessel that fills and distends if the blood flows backwards, so forming part of a valve Hits - 650 |
| cutability | The proportion of lean salable meat yielded by a carcass. Hits - 714 |
| cyanotic | A heart disease refers to a group of many different heart defects that are present at birth (congenital). They result in a low blood oxygen level. Hits - 687 |
| cyanotic mucous | Cyanosis Hits - 617 |
| cytoplasm | The jellylike material that makes up much of a cell inside the cell membrane, and, in eukaryotic cells, surrounds the nucleus. The organelles of eukaryotic cells, such as mitochondria, the endoplasmic reticulum, and (in green plants) chloroplasts, are contained in the Hits - 748 |