C Words Flashcards
A complicated metabolic syndrome related to underlying illness and characterized by muscle mass loss with or without fat mass loss
cachexia
A feverish delirium supposedly caused by the heat in the tropics.
calenture
Apple brandy, traditionally made in the Calvados region of Normandy.
calvados
The ability of a system to store an electric charge.
capacitance
Small concave pieces of wood, ivory, or plastic, joined in pairs by a cord and clicked together by the fingers as a rhythmic accompaniment to Spanish dancing.
castanet
In ethics, casuistry is a process of reasoning that seeks to resolve moral problems by extracting or extending abstract rules from a particular case, and reapplying those rules to new instances.
casuistic
The third part of an ancient Greek drama, in which the action is heightened for the catastrophe.
catastasis
A briefly popular or fashionable word or phrase used to encapsulate a particular concept.
catchword
An informal article or talk, typically on a literary subject.
causerie
A social event at which there is Scottish or Irish folk music and singing, traditional dancing, and storytelling.
ceilidh
Relating to division into hundredths.
centesimal
A process of engraving in which the design or the like is cut on a wax-coated metal plate from which a printing surface is subsequently produced by stereotyping or by electrotyping.
cerotype
Pertaining to or having pollination occur in a fully opened flower.
chasmogamous
Showing a band of bright reflected light caused by aligned inclusions in the stone.
chatoyant
A tall chest of drawers, often with a mirror on top.
chiffonier
