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Cholecalciferol
- noun - a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets
Cholecystectomy
- noun - surgical removal of the gall bladder (usually for relief of gallstone pain)
Cholecystokinin
- noun - a gastrointestinal hormone that stimulates the secretion of pancreatic enzymes and the contraction and emptying of the gall bladder; its release is stimulated by the presence of fatty acids and amino acids in the small intestine
Cholinesterases
- noun - an enzyme that hydrolyses acetylcholine (into choline and acetic acid)
Chondrichthians
- noun - fishes in which the skeleton may be calcified but not ossified
Chondrification
- - Formation of, or conversion into, cartilage.
Chondroganoidea
- - An order of ganoid fishes, including the sturgeons; -- so called on account of their cartilaginous skeleton.
Chondropterygii
- - A group of fishes, characterized by cartilaginous fins and skeleton. It includes both ganoids (sturgeons, etc.) and selachians (sharks), but is now often restricted to the latter.
Chondrosarcomas
- noun - a malignant neoplasm of cartilage cells
Chorale Prelude
- noun - a composition for organ using a chorale as a basis for variations