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Child health is the purview of pediatrics. 'Pediatrics is concerned with the health of infants, children and adolescents, their growth and development, and their opportunity to achieve full potential as adults.' (Richard E.Behrman in…
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Show more- Nonsyndromic Not part of a syndrome. Hearing loss, for instance, can be syndromic or nonsyndromic
- Gastric outlet obstruction Any disease that mechanically impedes gastric emptying, the normal emptying of the stomach. There is…
- Diethylstilbestrol The earliest synthetic (man-made) form of the hormone estrogen. Diethylstilbestrol (DES) was once widely…
- Remission induction chemotherapy See Induction therapy
- Muscle, piriformis A muscle that begins at the front surface of the sacrum (the V-shaped bone between the buttocks at the base…
- Neurectomy The removal of part or all of a nerve
- Microangiopathy Angiopathy means disease of the blood vessels (arteries, veins, and capillaries). There are two types of…
- Anesthesia Loss of feeling or awareness. A general anesthetic puts the person to sleep. A local anesthetic causes loss…
- Paget disease of the breast The combination of scaly skin changes of the nipple resembling eczema and an underlying cancer of the breast…
- Serratus posterior superior One of the serratus muscles of the back and thorax. The serratus posterior superior originates from the…
- Salvage radiotherapy Radiation treatment given after recurrence of a tumor. See: Salvage therapy
- Barium 1. A metallic element belonging to the alkaline earths with an atomic number of 56 and an atomic weight of…