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Culturally Competent Care
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D065246 |
[Health care services that are respectful of and responsive to the health beliefs, practices and cultural and linguistic needs of diverse patients. The provider and the patient each bring their individual learned patterns of language and culture to the health care experience which must be transcended to achieve equal access and quality health care.
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Culture
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D003469 |
[A collective expression for all behavior patterns acquired and socially transmitted through symbols. Culture includes customs, traditions, and language.
, The process by which the dominant symbols, acts, or meanings of a society reinforce the perspective of a dominant group while making invisible, stereotyped, or marked as “other” the variations in symbols, acts, and meanings from culture to culture.in the perspectives of subordinate or targeted groups. This includes the presumed universality of the dominant group’s experience, culture, and religion.
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Culture Media
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D003470 |
[Any liquid or solid preparation made specifically for the growth, storage, or transport of microorganisms or other types of cells. The variety of media that exist allow for the culturing of specific microorganisms and cell types, such as differential media, selective media, test media, and defined media. Solid media consist of liquid media that have been solidified with an agent such as AGAR or GELATIN.
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Culture Media, Conditioned
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D017077 |
[Culture media containing biologically active components obtained from previously cultured cells or tissues that have released into the media substances affecting certain cell functions (e.g., growth, lysis).
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Culture Media, Serum-Free
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D016895 |
[CULTURE MEDIA free of serum proteins but including the minimal essential substances required for cell growth. This type of medium avoids the presence of extraneous substances that may affect cell proliferation or unwanted activation of cells.
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Culture Techniques
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D046508 |
[Methods of maintaining or growing biological materials in controlled laboratory conditions. These include the cultures of CELLS; TISSUES; organs; or embryo in vitro. Both animal and plant tissues may be cultured by a variety of methods. Cultures may derive from normal or abnormal tissues, and consist of a single cell type or mixed cell types.
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Cultured Milk Products
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D043302 |
[Derivatives of milk that are produced by controlled FERMENTATION.
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Cuminum
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D028527 |
[A plant genus of the family APIACEAE. The seed is used in SPICES.
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Cumulative Trauma Disorders
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D012090 |
[Harmful and painful condition caused by overuse or overexertion of some part of the musculoskeletal system, often resulting from work-related physical activities. It is characterized by inflammation, pain, or dysfunction of the involved joints, bones, ligaments, and nerves.
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Cumulus Cells
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D054885 |
[The granulosa cells of the cumulus oophorus which surround the OVUM in the GRAAFIAN FOLLICLE. At OVULATION they are extruded with OVUM.
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Cuniculidae
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D065469 |
[The singular genus of Cuniculidae.
, A family of large (20 to 30 inches long) plant eating rodents found in Central and South America. They are nearly tailless and have chunky bodies, dark brown fur with spotted lines along their sides and back, with stout legs and hind limbs that are longer than the forelimbs, and a large, square head with short ears.
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Cunninghamella
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D020093 |
[A genus of zygomycetous fungi of the family Cunninghamellaceae, order MUCORALES. Some species cause systemic infections in humans.
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Cunninghamia
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D032486 |
[A plant genus of the family TAXODIACEAE. Members contain DITERPENES.
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Cuphea
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D031562 |
[A plant genus of the family LYTHRACEAE. Members contain lauric acid and cuphiin.
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Cupping Therapy
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D000079742 |
[A traditional practice, most notably in traditional medicine, which involves placing cups on the skin to create suction believed to help increase blood flow and promote healing associated with chronic neck and low back pain in the short term (From National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, https://nccih.nih.gov/news/cupping (Accessed 11/5/2018)).
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Cupressaceae
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D029779 |
[A plant family of the order Pinales, class Pinopsida, division Tracheophyta. They are mainly resinous, aromatic evergreen trees.
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Cupressus
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D029781 |
[A plant genus of the family CUPRESSACEAE. Cypress ordinarily refers to this but also forms part of the name of plants in other genera.
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Cupriavidus
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D049921 |
[A genus of gram-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped bacteria, in the family BURKHOLDERIACEAE, that are mobile by means of peritrichous FLAGELLA. The genus was formerly called Wautersia and species in this genus were formerly in the genus RALSTONIA.
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Cupriavidus necator
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D020118 |
[A gram-negative, facultatively chemoautotrophic bacterium, formerly called Wautersia eutropha, found in water and soil.
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Cuprizone
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D003471 |
[Copper chelator that inhibits monoamine oxidase and causes liver and brain damage.
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