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  • Central line
    Updated: Sep 10, 2009 - 20:06

    A central line provides fast access for doctors to give you medicine or take blood samples, so no more needles! It’s sometimes called a Hickman® line, a Groshong® line, a central venous catheter or central cannular. Line, catheter and cannula are all just posh words for tube!

  • Chemotherapy
    Updated: Dec 15, 2009 - 12:05

    Chemotherapy is a powerful medicine for treating cancer. The term 'chemo' means chemical, and 'therapy' means treatment. People often just call it chemo for short. Cancer cells grow really fast and out of control, and they can harm healthy tissue and organs, so they need to be treated. Chemothe...

  • Chloride test
    Updated: Feb 04, 2010 - 14:24

    A chloride test is a kind of blood test. Your doctor uses the chloride test to see how much chloride there is in your blood. Chloride isn’t normally tested for on its own – it’s usually part of lots of tests that are done together called electrolytes. Electrolytes are minerals in your blood that ...

  • Cochlear implant
    Updated: Jan 12, 2010 - 11:01

    A cochlear implant is a small electronic machine, also known as bionic ear, which a doctor puts inside your ear to help you hear if you have severe hearing loss. Usually the sound enters your ear and makes vibrations. A part of your inner ear called the cochlea changes the vibrations into sign...

  • Colonoscopy
    Updated: Oct 23, 2009 - 09:42

    ‘Colon’ means large intestine and ‘scopy’ means seeing, so colonoscopy just means ‘seeing the colon’. Colonoscopy uses a camera to see inside your large intestine. The camera is so small it can fit inside a thin tube, and the tube goes in through your bottom. Pictures are sent along the tube ...

  • CT scan
    Updated: Sep 10, 2009 - 20:07

    CT scans are a way for doctors to diagnose certain problems and illnesses. CT stands for computed tomography. You might also hear them called CAT (computed axial tomography) scans. CT scans are like more detailed x-rays. They use x-rays, but they are different because they can see LOTS more. ...

  • Cystoscopy
    Updated: Nov 13, 2009 - 15:34

    Cystoscopy is when a doctor uses a long, thin tube with a light and a camera on the end called a cystoscope to look inside your bladder. The term ‘cysto’ means a bladder and ‘-scopy’ means looking, so cystoscopy means looking inside your bladder. There are two types of cystoscopes, one is rigid a...

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