Pharmacology Terms

Name Description
Contusion An injury to soft parts without breaking the skin; bruise.
Convulsion A violent involuntary muscular contraction; spasm.
Cordage a substance used for rope.
Corn Wart.
Cosmetic a substance used to decorate the body.
Costiveness Constipation.
Counter-irritant An agent that cause irritation or a mild inflammation of the skin with the object of relieving a deep-seated inflammatory process.
Cramp Muscular contraction, muscle spasm.
Croup Any affection of the larynx of children, characterized by difficult and noisy respiration accompanied by a hoarse cough.
Cutaneous Relating to the skin.