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Camillo Golgi refers to the Italian physician who made the discovery in the early 1870s that silver chromate stained dead neurons black. This discovery allowed people to visualize individual neurons for the first time.
Canalization refers to genetic restriction of phenotype to a small number of developmental outcomes; a highly canalized attribute is one for which genes channel development along predetermined pathways, so the environment has little effect on the phenotype that emerges.
Cancellous bone refers to spongy, porous bone that lies under cortical bone.
Cancer refers to malignant cell growth, which may occur in many organ systems in the body. It is a category of usually-fatal medical conditions involving abnormal cell growth and malignancy. Moreover, Cancer is a group of diseases characterized by the presence of new cells that grow and spread beyond control.