| A | B |
|---|
| concave | curved inward; depressed |
| confidential | not to be shared or told; to be held in confidence, or dept to oneself |
| congenital | present at birth |
| constipation | difficulty in emptying the bowel; infrequent bowel movements |
| contra angle | attachment used on dental handpieces to cut and polish |
| contracture | tightening or shortening of a muscle |
| convex | curved outward; projected |
| cross-match | a blood test that checks the compatibility of the donor's blood and the recipient's blood before a transfusion |
| dangling | positioning the patient in a sitting position with his or her feet and legs over the side of the bed prior to ambulation |
| deduction | somethng subtracted or taken out (for example, monies taken out of a paycheck for various purposes) |
| delirium | acute, reversible mental confusion caused by illness, medical problems, and/or medications |
| delusion | a false belief |
