Blepharospasm - Uncontrollable winking caused by involuntary contraction of an eyelid muscle.

Bradycardia - Abnormally slow heartbeat.

Bronchitis - Acute or chronic inflammation of the mucous membrane of the bronchial tubes.

Bubo - Inflammatory swelling of one or more lymphnodes, the confluent mass of nodes usually suppurates and drains pus.

Bubonic - Characterized by or pertaining to buboes.

BW - Biological Warfare.

Calcium Hypochlorite - A decontaminant to be used only if STB is not available.

CAM - Chemical Agent Monitor.

CARM - Chemical agent resistant material.

CBIRF - Navy/Marine Corps Chemical /Biological Incident Response Force.

CBPS - Chemically and Biologically Protected Shelter.

CDC - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

CFR - Code of Federal Regulations.

CG - Phosgene.

Chemical Agent - Substance that is intended for use in military operations to kill, seriously injure or incapacitate people because of its physiological effects. Excluded from this definition are riot control agents, herbicides, smoke, and flame.

Chemoprophylaxis - Administration of a chemical to prevent the development of an infection or the progression of an infection to active manifest disease.

Chemotherapy - use of a chemical to cure a clinically recognizable disease or to limit further disease progress.

CHL - Combat Health Logistics.

Chlamydia - A genus of the family Chlamydiaceae occurring as two species which cause a wide variety of diseases in man and animals. Obligatory intracellular parasites that grow only within living cells.

Choroid - Highly vascularized layer of eyeball which lies between the retina and the sclera.