Biology Dictionary: C
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- C polysaccharide
- C value
- C-reactive protein
- C3 carbon fixation pathway
- C3 plant
- C4 carbon fixation pathway
- C4 cycle
- C4 plant
- Ca
- Cactoidea
- Cactus
- Cadherin
- Caduceus
- Caecum
- Caffeine
- Cain complex
- Calcareous
- Calcidiol
- Calcification
- Calcium
- Calcium carbonate
- Calcium metabolism
- Calculus
- Caliber
- Calibration
- Calibre
- Callose
- Callus
- Calor
- Calorie
- Calorimeter
- Calves
- Calvin cycle
- Calvin- Benson-Bassham cycle
- Calvin-Benson cycle
- Calyptra
- Calyx
- CAM
- CAM plant
- Cambium
- Camelid
- Camouflage
- Canal
- Canaliculus
- Canaliculus innominatus
- Canalis incisivus
- Canalis palatinus major
- Cancellous bone
- Cancer
- Cancroid
- Candida albicans
- Candles
- Candy
- Canidae
- Canine eminence
- Canine fossa
- Canine tooth
- Cannibalism
- Canopy
- Canthoplasty
- Canthotomy
- Canthus
- Cantor tube
- Cap
- Cap stage
- Capacitance
- Capacity
- Capillaries
- Capillary action
- Capillary fragility test
- Capillary permeability
- Capitation
- Capping
- Capsid
- Capsomere
- Capsular space
- Capsule
- Capsulorrhaphy
- Capture
- Carapace
- Carbinol
- Carbohydrate
- Carbohydrate sequence
- Carbohydrates
- Carbon
- Carbon cycle
- Carbon dioxide
- Carbon fixation
- Carbon monoxide
- Carbon-12
- Carbonate
- Carbonic acid
- Carboxyl group
- Carboxysome
- Carcass
- Carcinology
- Cardenolide
- Cardenolides
- Cardiac
- Cardiac muscle
- Cardiac notch of left lung
- Cardiac orifice
- Cardinal
- Cardinal points
- Cardinals
- Cardio-
- Cardiotonic agent
- Cardiovalvulitis
- Cardiovascular system
- Carminative Enema
- Carnal
- Carnivore
- Carnivorous diet
- Carnivory
- Carotene
- Carotenoid
- Carpal bones
- Carpel
- Carpology
- Carpospore
- Carr-price test
- Carrier
- Carrier cell
- Carrier protein
- Carrier state
- Carrots
- Carrying capacity
- Cartilage
- Cartilage cell
- Cartilagines laryngis
- Cartilaginous
- Cartilaginous joint
- Cartilago articularis
- Caryopsis
- Cascade
- Case
- Casein
- Caseinase
- Casparian strip
- Cast
- Casting
- Castor oil enema
- Castration
- Castration cells
- Casualty
- Cat
- Catabolic pathway
- Catabolism
- Catadromous
- Catalase
- Catalyse
- Catalysis
- Catalyst
- Catalyze
- Cataracta brunescens
- Catarrhine
- Catatropic image
- Catch muscle
- Cation
- Cattle
- Catu virus
- Cauda
- Caudal
- Causal treatment
- Causality
- Cause
- Cavalry bone
- Cavitation
- Cavity
- Cc
- Cca
- Cdc
- Celiotomy
- Cell
- Cell adhesion
- Cell adhesion molecule
- Cell body
- Cell center
- Cell culture
- Cell cycle
- Cell death
- Cell determination
- Cell differentiation
- Cell disruption
- Cell division
- Cell Fate
- Cell growth
- Cell immobilization
- Cell inclusion
- Cell junction
- Cell line
- Cell locomotion
- Cell matrix
- Cell membrane
- Cell membrane permeability
- Cell morphology
- Cell plate
- Cell recognition
- Cell sap
- Cell signaling
- Cell strains
- Cell survival
- Cell theory
- Cell wall
- Cell-mediated immunity
- Cellobiose
- Cells
- Cellulae mastoideae
- Cellular
- Cellular respiration
- Cellulase
- Cellules
- Celluloid strip
- Cellulose
- Celom
- Cement
- Cements
- Cenesthesia
- Cenocyte
- Centimorgan
- Central canal
- Central metal ion
- Central necrosis
- Central nervous system
- Centric Fragment
- Centrifugal force
- Centrifugation
- Centriole
- Centrolecithal egg
- Centromere
- Centromeric index
- Centrosome
- Centrosphere
- Centrum of a vertebra
- Cephalad
- Cephalea
- Cephalic
- Cephalochordate
- Cephalodynia
- Cerate
- Cercaria
- Cereal
- Cerebellorubral tract
- Cerebellum
- Cerebral cortex
- Cerebral cranium
- Cerebral hemisphere
- Cerebral hemispheres
- Cerebralgia
- Cerebroside
- Cerebrospinal fluid
- Cerebrum
- Cervical margin of tooth
- Cestoda
- Cestode
- Cf
- CFU-GEMM
- Cg
- Cga
- CGMP
- Chad
- Chalaza
- Chalone
- Chamber
- Chambers
- Chameleon
- Chance
- Chancre redux
- Chandelier sign
- Change
- Channel
- Channel forming ionophore
- Chaparral
- Chaperone
- Chaperonins
- Chara
- Characean algae
- Character analysis
- Characteristic
- Characteristics
- Characterization
- Charcoal
- Charcot-bottcher crystalloids
- Chargaffs rules
- Charge
- Charged particles
- Charophyta
- Cheek
- Cheilosis
- Chelate
- Chelating agent
- Chelating agents
- Chelation
- Chelator
- Chelicera
- Chelicerate
- Chelidon
- Chemical
- Chemical bond
- Chemical change
- Chemical energy
- Chemical equilibrium
- Chemical formula
- Chemical prophylaxis
- Chemical reaction
- Chemical synapse
- Chemical taxonomy
- Chemiosmosis
- Chemiosmotic coupling
- Chemiosmotic coupling hypothesis
- Chemiosmotic hypothesis
- Chemiosmotic theory
- Chemoautotroph
- Chemoheterotroph
- Chemokine
- Chemokinesis
- Chemolithotroph
- Chemoreceptor
- Chemosynthesis
- Chemotactic
- Chemotaxis
- Chemotaxonomy
- Chemotherapeutic agent
- Chemotherapeutic index
- Chemotherapy
- Chemotroph
- Chemotropism
- Cherubic facies
- Chest
- Chi structure
- Chi-square test
- Chiasma
- Chickenpox
- Child
- Chills
- Chimera
- Chimeric molecule
- Chiral
- Chiroptera
- Chirospasm
- Chitin
- Chitobiose
- Chlamydomonas
- Chlorenchyma
- Chloride
- Chlorine
- Chlorofluorocarbons
- Chlorophyll
- Chlorophyll a
- Chlorophyll b
- Chlorophyll c
- Chlorophyll d
- Chlorophyll e
- Chlorophyta
- Chloroplast
- Chloroplast DNA
- Chlorosis
- Chlorosome
- Cho cell
- Choanate
- Choanocytes
- Choanoflagellate
- Choanomastigote
- Choleperitonitis
- Cholera
- Cholesterol
- Cholinergic system
- Chondrichthyes
- Chondroblast
- Chondrocyte
- Chop
- Chordae tendineae
- Chordata
- Chorion
- Chorionic villus sampling
- Christmas factor
- Chromaffin cell
- Chromate
- Chromatic
- Chromatic fibre
- Chromatid
- Chromatids
- Chromatin
- Chromatin body
- Chromatography
- Chromatophore
- Chrome
- Chromomere
- Chromophore
- Chromoplast
- Chromosomal crossover
- Chromosomal inversion
- Chromosomal mutation
- Chromosomal rna
- Chromosome
- Chromosome 2
- Chromosome map
- Chromosome Number
- Chromosome rosette
- Chromosome satellite
- Chronaxia
- Chronaxie
- Chronic disease
- Chronobiologist
- Chronobiology
- Chrysophyta
- Chyle
- Chyle cistern
- Chylomicron
- Chyme
- Cilia
- Ciliary body
- Ciliate
- Cilium
- Cinnamon
- Circadian clock
- Circadian rhythm
- Circe effect
- Circinate
- Circinate retinopathy
- Circinnate
- Circle
- Circles
- Circuit
- Circular dna
- Circular muscles
- Circulation
- Circulatory fluid
- Circulatory system
- Circulus arteriosus iridis minor
- Circumduction gait
- Circumference
- Circumferentia articularis radii
- Circumoral
- Circus rhythm
- Cirrhosis
- Cirri
- Cirrus
- Cis dominance
- Cis fatty acid
- Cis trans test
- Cistern
- Cisterna
- Cisterna ambiens
- Cisterna basalis
- Cisterna pontis
- Cisternae
- Cistron
- Cities
- Citric acid
- Citric Acid Cycle
- Cl
- Clade
- Cladophyll
- Clamp connection
- Clan
- Clasmatosis
- Clasp-knife rigidity
- Class
- Class aves
- Classical conditioning
- Classification
- Classification system
- Claustral
- Clavata
- Clay
- Cleansing enema
- Clearance
- Cleavage
- Cleavage furrow
- Cleavage product
- Cleavage site
- Cleft
- Climacteric
- Climatic
- Climax ecosystem
- Clinical
- Clinical anatomy
- Clinical burden
- Clinical chemistry
- Clinical medicine
- Clinical neuroscience
- Clinical syndrome
- Clinical trial
- Clitellum
- Clitoris
- Clone
- Clone bank
- Cloning
- Cloning vector
- Clonorchis sinensis
- Closed circulatory system
- Clostridium tetani
- Cloud Cover
- Clouding of consciousness
- Cloudy swelling
- Club moss
- Clubbing
- Clump
- Clumping
- CMP
- Cnidarian
- Cnidoblast
- Cnidocyst
- Cnidocyte
- CNS
- Coa
- Coagulation
- Coagulum
- Coarse adjustment knob
- Coarse dispersion
- Coat
- Coat protein
- Coated pits
- Coated vesicles
- Coating
- Cobalt
- Cocci
- Coccidia
- Coccus
- Coccygeal spinal nerve
- Cochlear duct
- Coculture
- Code
- Codominance
- Codominant trait
- Codon
- Codon initiator
- Coefficient
- Coefficients
- Coelom
- Coelomate
- Coelome
- Coenesthesia
- Coenzyme
- Coercion
- Coevolution
- Cofactor
- Coffee
- Cognate
- Cognates
- Cognition
- Coherence
- Cohesion
- Cohesion Tension Theory
- Cohesive end
- Cohort
- Cohorts
- Coil
- Coils
- Coitus
- Col
- Colcemid
- Colchicine
- Cole-cecil murmur
- Coleocele
- Coleoptile
- Coleorhiza
- Collaboration
- Collagen
- Collagen fiber
- Collapse
- Collar
- Collarette
- Collateral
- Collateral ganglion
- Collenchyma
- Collision
- Collisions
- Collodion
- Colloid
- Colon
- Colonization
- Colony
- Colony morphology
- Colony-forming unit
- Colostrum
- Colour blindness
- Colour sense
- Columella nasi
- Column
- Columnae carneae
- Columnar epithelium
- Columns
- Coma
- Coma vigil
- Comb plate
- Combination
- Combustion
- Comedonecrosis
- Comfort zone
- Comma tract of schultze
- Commensal
- Commensalism
- Commerce
- Commercial forest land
- Commitment
- Commodity chemical
- Common lymphoid progenitor cell
- Common Name
- Common name
- Common tendinous ring
- Common vehicle spread
- Commotion
- Communicable disease
- Communication
- Communism
- Community (biology)
- Community-acquired infections
- Compact bone
- Compact substance
- Companion cell
- Comparative anatomy
- Comparative physiology
- Compartment
- Compartmentation
- Compartments
- Compatible
- Compensation
- Compensatory
- Compensatory polycythemia
- Competence
- Competency
- Competent cell
- Competition
- Competitive binding assay
- Competitive inhibition
- Complaint
- Complement
- Complement fixation test
- Complemental air
- Complementary
- Complementary air
- Complementary base pairing
- Complementary DNA
- Complementary strands
- Complete cleavage
- Complete dominance
- Complete Medium
- Complete metamorphosis
- Complete penetrance
- Complete tetanus
- Complex
- Complex learning processes
- Complex locus
- Complexion
- Complexity
- Compliance
- Complication
- Complications
- Component
- Components
- Composite
- Composite transposon
- Composition
- Compositions
- Compost
- Compound
- Compound microscope
- Compound names
- Compressed tablet
- Compression
- Compulsion
- Concatenate
- Concatos disease
- Concave
- Concavity
- Concentration
- Concentration gradient
- Concentric
- Concentric lamella
- Concept
- Conception
- Concomitant symptom
- Concordance
- Concordance rate
- Concrete thinking
- Concurrent disinfection
- Condensation
- Condensation polymer
- Condense
- Condenser
- Condensing enzyme
- Condensing vacuole
- Condiments
- Condition
- Conditional mutation
- Conditional-lethal mutant
- Conditioned response
- Conditioning
- Conditions
- Conduct
- Conductance
- Conduction
- Conductivity
- Conductor
- Conductors
- Conduit
- Conduits
- Condyloid joint
- Cone
- Cone of light
- Confidence interval
- Configuration
- Confinement
- Conflict
- Conflicts
- Confluence
- Conformation
- Conformational change
- Conformer
- Confounding factors
- Confrontation
- Confusion
- Congener
- Congeneric
- Congenital
- Congestion
- Conglomerate
- Congruous hemianopia
- Coni
- Conical papillae
- Conidia
- Conjugants
- Conjugate
- Conjugate vaccine
- Conjugated protein
- Conjugation
- Conjugation tube
- Conjugative plasmid
- Conjunctival sac
- Connection
- Connections
- Connective tissue
- Connector
- Connexin 26
- Conoid
- Consanguinity
- Consciousness
- Consensus sequence
- Conservation
- Conservation of energy
- Conservative
- Conserve
- Conserved sequence
- Consistency principle
- Consolidation
- Consortium
- Conspecific
- Conspecificity
- Constancy
- Constant
- Constellation
- Constellations
- Constipation
- Constituent enzyme
- Constitution
- Constitutional
- Constitutional formula
- Constitutive enzyme
- Constitutive expression
- Constitutive gene
- Constitutive heterochromatin
- Constitutive heterochromatin banding
- Constitutive mutant
- Constitutive mutation
- Constriction
- Constrictions of ureter
- Construct
- Consumer
- Consumption
- Contact
- Contact area
- Contact inhibition of cell division
- Contact surface of tooth
- Contagious
- Contagious disease
- Contamination
- Content
- Contiguity
- Contiguous
- Contiguous map
- Continental Drift
- Continents
- Contingency table
- Contingent negative variation
- Continuity
- Continuous
- Continuous variable
- Continuous variation
- Contour
- Contour lines of owen
- Contract
- Contracted kidney
- Contractile
- Contractile proteins
- Contractile vacuole
- Contraction
- Contracts
- Contralateral
- Contrast
- Contrast enhancement
- Contrast stain
- Control
- Control element
- Control group
- Control plot
- Control release suture
- Control variable
- Controlled experiment
- Controlled variable
- Convalescent period
- Convalescent serum
- Convection
- Conventional
- Conventional signs
- Convergence
- Convergent evolution
- Convergent muscles
- Conversion
- Convex
- Convexity
- Convolute
- Convoluted
- Convoluted seminiferous tubule
- Convolution
- Convolutions
- Coolant
- Cooperativity
- Coordinate
- Coordinate covalent bond
- Coordinate gene
- Coordinates
- Coordination
- Coping
- Copolymer resin
- Coprophagia
- Coprozoic
- Copula
- Copulation
- Copy choice
- Cor
- Cor pendulum
- Coracidium
- Coral
- Coral polyp
- Cordial
- Cords
- Core
- Corepressor
- Cork
- Cork cambium
- Cormophyta
- Cormophyte
- Corms
- Corn
- Cornea
- Cornification
- Corolla
- Corona
- Coronary
- coronavirus COVID-19
- Coronoid process
- Corpora
- Corpora bigemina
- Corporeal
- Corpus
- Corpus adiposum
- Corpus adiposum buccae
- Corpus fibulae
- Corpus luteum
- Corpus sterni
- Corpuscle
- Corpusculum tactus
- Correction
- Correlation
- Correlation coefficient
- Correspondence
- Corrosive
- Corrugator cutis muscle of anus
- Cortex
- Cortex glandulae suprarenalis
- Cortical convexity
- Cortical substance
- Corticosteroid
- Corticotroph
- Corynebacterium xerosis
- Cos
- Costa
- Costal arch
- Costal tuberosity
- Cotransport
- Cotyledon
- Cotyloid ligament
- Count density
- Countershading
- Counterstain
- Couple
- Coupled reaction
- Couples
- Couplet
- Coupling
- Coupling factor
- Coupling phase
- Course
- Courtship
- Courvoisiers law
- Covalent bond
- Covalently closed circular dna
- Cover
- Cover class
- Coverage
- Coverslip
- Coxal bone
- Cpk
- Cpm
- Cr
- Crabs
- Crabtree effect
- Cracked-pot resonance
- Cracks
- Cradle
- Cramps
- Crampton test
- Cranial
- Cranial capacity
- Cranial cavity
- Cranial nerve
- Cranium
- Cranium cerebrale
- Cranium viscerale
- Crassulacean acid metabolism
- Crd
- Crease
- Creatine
- Creatine phosphate
- Creep
- Crenation
- Crepuscular
- Crescent
- Crest
- Cretinism
- Crevice
- Crevicular epithelium
- Crinogenic
- Crisis
- Crisis period
- Crista urethralis femininae
- Crista urethralis masculinae
- Cristae
- Criterion
- Critical
- Critical concentration
- Critically endangered species
- Crocodile
- Crocodilia
- Crop
- Crop yield
- Cross
- Cross linking
- Cross-pollination
- Cross-section
- Cross-sectional study
- Cross-sections
- Crossbreed
- Crossbreeding
- Crowding
- Crowing inspiration
- Crown
- Crown of head
- Crowning
- Crt
- Crus
- Crus dextrum fasciculi atrioventricularis
- Crus of penis
- Crus sinistrum fasciculi atrioventricularis
- Crush
- Crust
- Crustacean
- Crux
- Crypt
- Cryptogamia
- Cryptomonad
- Crystal
- Crystal structure
- Crystalline
- Crystallization
- Ct scan
- Cubital fossa
- Cuboidal epithelium
- Cues
- Cuff
- Culm
- Cultivar
- Cultivated yeast
- Cultivation
- Cultural characteristics
- Culture
- Culture media
- Culture medium
- Cultured
- Cumulative
- Cumulative effects
- Cumulus ovaricus
- Cup
- Cupule
- Curare
- Curarine
- Curby hock
- Curing
- Current
- Curvatura ventriculi minor
- Curvature
- Cushion
- Cushions
- Cuspid tooth
- Cusps
- Cut
- Cutaneous
- Cutaneous nerve
- Cuticle
- Cutin
- Cuttings
- Cv
- Cyanobacteria
- Cyclic
- Cyclic adenosine monophosphate
- Cyclic compound
- Cyclic guanosine monophosphate
- Cyclins
- Cyclophrenia
- Cyclosis
- Cyclozoonosis
- Cylinder
- Cylindrical
- Cylindrical epithelium
- Cypsela
- Cys
- Cyst
- Cysteine
- Cystic fibrosis
- Cystitis
- Cytidine
- Cytidine monophosphate
- Cytidine triphosphate
- Cytochrome
- Cytochrome c
- Cytogenetics
- Cytokine
- Cytokinesis
- Cytokinin
- Cytolemma
- Cytology
- Cytolysis
- Cytomorphology
- Cytopathic effect
- Cytopharynx
- Cytophylactic
- Cytoplasm
- Cytoplasmic
- Cytoplasmic bridge
- Cytoplasmic matrix
- Cytoplasmic streaming
- Cytorrhysis
- Cytosine
- Cytoskeleton
- Cytosmear
- Cytosol
- Cytosolic
- Cytotoxic
- Cytotoxic T cell