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Site: VetLogic - E Learning and training for Vet Nurses
Course: VetLogic - E Learning and training for Vet Nurses (VetLogic)
Glossary: Glossary with audio assistance
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Contamination

the soiling or making inferior by contact or mixture

Contrast

the difference in radiographic density between adjacent areas on a radiograph

Contrast media

substances which are introduced into the patient to increase or decrease radiopacity and contrast during an X-ray

Contrast study

a radiographic procedure which improves the contrast of the area under examination

Controlled drug

a drug whose use and possession  is controlled by legislation

Coprophagia

eating faeces

Coupage

percussion of the chest using cupped hands to aid removal of secretions

Cranial fermenter

herbivorous animal whose main microbial fermentation takes place in a modified stomach

Cranium

the skull containing the brain

Crossed grid

two parallel grids at right angles to each other