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C canine (tooth); carbon; large calorie; cathode; Celsius (scale); clonus; complement; compliance; contraction; coulomb; cytosine or cytidine; cylindrical lens; color sense; cervical vertebrae (C1 to C7).
C /C / capacitance; clearance (subscripts denote the substance, e.g., C I or C In, inulin clearance); heat capacity.
c small calorie; centi-.
c /c / molar concentration; the velocity of light in a vacuum.
C 1
The symbol for the element carbon.

C 2
abbr.
1. Celsius
2. centigrade
3. coulomb
4. cytosine
5. large calorie

c
abbr.
1. blood capillary
2. small calorie

C,
1 symbol for capacitance.
2 symbol for clearance (subscripts denote the substance, e.g., C I or C In insulin clearance).
3 symbol for heat capacity.

c,
1 symbol for small calorie.
2 symbol for centi-.
3 symbol for capillary blood.
4 abbreviation for curie.

C,
1 symbol for canine (tooth).
2 symbol for carbon (molecular carbon atoms are frequently designated C1, C2, C3, etc., or alpha-C, beta-C, etc., beginning from one end or other standard reference point).
3 symbol for large calorie.
4 symbol for compliance (subscripts denote the structure, e.g., CL denotes lung compliance).
5 symbol for cathode.
6 symbol for Celsius (scale).
7 symbol for clonus.
8 symbol for complement (C1 through C9).
9 symbol for contraction.
10 symbol for coulomb.
11 abbreviation for cytosine.
12 symbol for cervical vertebra (C1 through C7).

C/kg,
a unit of radiation exposure in the SI system, coulombs per kilogram of air. 1 roentgen |m= 2.58 × 10-4 C/kg.

C
chemical symbol, carbon; cathode (cathodal); Celsius or centigrade (scale); cervical; clearance; clonus; closure; contraction; cylinder; cytosine; in the electrocardiogram, C stands for chest (precordial) lead2; symbol for complement.

c
symbol, centi-.

C
Symbol for: 1. Calorie 2. Carbon 3. Caudal 4. Centigrade 5. Chest 6. Cholesterol 7. Clearance rate 8. Closure 9. Cocaine–drug slang 10. Complement 11. Complex 12. Concentration 13. Constant region in immunoglobulin 14. Contracture 15. Contralateral 16. Cysteine 17. Cyanosis 18. Methcathinone; amphetamine–drug slang 19. Velocity of sound–blood, in Doppler ultrasonography

c
Symbol for: 1. calorie–11000 of a Calorie 2. centi- 3. Complementary–molecular biology 4. cum–Latin, with 5. Molar concentration


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