Webster's New World Medical Dictionary

comedones
The plural of comedo. See also
comedo.
comminuted fracture
See 
fracture, commin-
uted.
common bile duct
The duct that carries bile
from the gallbladder and liver into the duodenum
(upper part of the small intestine). The common
bile duct is formed by the junction of the cystic duct,
from the gallbladder, and the common hepatic duct,
from the liver.
common cold
See 
cold, common.
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communicable disease
A disease caused by an
infectious organism.
communication disorder
A disorder of the
speech apparatus and/or of the mental faculties
used to speak or communicate by other means.
Treatment includes speech therapy and other inter-
ventions, as appropriate, for the underlying condi-
tion. See also 
aphasia; apraxia of speech;
articulation disorder; autism; cluttering; speech
disorder; stuttering.
comorbid
Occurring together. For example, if a
person has both Crohn’s disease and stomach
ulcers, these are comorbid conditions.
compassionate use
A term used in the US for a
method of providing experimental treatments, gen-
erally for very ill individuals who have no other
treatment options, prior to final FDA approval for
use in humans.
complementary medicine
A group of diagnos-
tic and therapeutic disciplines that are used
together with conventional medicine. An example of
a complementary therapy is using aromatherapy to
help lessen a patient’s discomfort following surgery.
Complementary medicine is traditionally not taught
or used in Western medical schools or hospitals.
Complementary medicine includes a large number
of practices and systems of health care that, for a
variety of cultural, social, economic, or scientific
reasons, have not been adopted by mainstream
Western medicine. See also 
alternative medicine;
conventional medicine.