Glossary - Understandable Definitions of Medical Terms Beginning with 'C'
The Spine-health Medical Glossary provides accurate, easy-to-understand definitions for common (and not-so-common) terms related to chronic pain, spine surgery, back pain, and more. Click on a letter to get started.
Glossary Term
- Calcitonin
- Cancellous Bone
- Cartilage
- Cauda Equina
- Cerebrospinal Fluid
- Cervical Disc
- Cervical Myelopathy
- Cervical Radiculopathy
- Cervical Spine
- Cervical Stenosis
- Cervical Vertebrae
- Chemonucleolysis
- Chiropractic Adjustment
- Chiropractor
- Chronic Pain
- Clinical Trial
- Cobalt Chrome
- Coccydynia
- Coccyx
- Cognitive Restructuring
- Collagen
- Comminuted Fracture
- Compressed Nerve
- Compression Fracture
- Computed Tomography (CT Scan)
- Congenital Disorder
- Conservative Treatment
- Cordotomy
- Corpectomy
- Cortical Bone
- Costovertebral Junction
- COX-2 Inhibitor
- Craniosacral Therapy