Nouns starting with C

• cardiovascular disease — Noun – English ～ a disease of the heart or blood vessels
• chestnut-bark disease — Noun – English ～ a disease of American chestnut trees
• celiac disease — Noun – English ～ a disorder in children and adults; inability to tolerate wheat protein (gluten); symptoms include foul-smelling diarrhea and emaciation; often accompanied by lactose intolerance
• caisson disease — Noun – English ～ pain resulting from rapid change in pressure
• Crohn's disease — Noun – English ～ a serious chronic and progressive inflammation of the ileum producing frequent bouts of diarrhea with abdominal pain and nausea and fever and weight loss
• Cupid's disease — Noun – English ～ a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact
• Cushing's disease — Noun – English ～ a glandular disorder caused by excessive ACTH resulting in greater than normal functioning of the adrenal gland; characterized by obesity
• congenital disease — Noun – English ～ a disease or disorder that is inherited genetically
• communicable disease — Noun – English ～ a disease that can be communicated from one person to another
• contagious disease — Noun – English ～ any disease easily transmitted by contact
• chafing dish — Noun – English ～ a metal pan over a heater; used to cook or to keep things warm at the table
• compact-disk burner — Noun – English ～ recording equipment for making compact disks
• compact disk — Noun – English ～ a digitally encoded recording on an optical disk that is smaller than a phonograph record; played back by a laser
• civil disobedience — Noun – English ～ a group's refusal to obey a law because they believe the law is immoral (as in protest against discrimination); "Thoreau wrote a famous essay justifying civil disobedience"
• cyclothymic disorder — Noun – English ～ a mild bipolar disorder that persists over a long time
• cyclic disorder — Noun – English ～ a mild bipolar disorder that persists over a long time
• chromosonal disorder — Noun – English ～ any change in the normal structure or number of chromosomes; often results in physical or mental abnormalities
• conversion disorder — Noun – English ～ a mental disorder characterized by the conversion of mental conflict into somatic forms (into paralysis or anesthesia having no apparent cause)
• congenital disorder — Noun – English ～ a defect that is present at birth
• cash dispenser — Noun – English ～ an unattended machine (outside some banks) that dispenses money when a personal coded card is used

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