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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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- Accessibility of services The ability to get medical care and services when needed
- Endotherm An endotherm is a warm-blooded animal (such as homo sapiens). Another term for us warm-blooded creatures is…
- Fatty acid, trans An unhealthy substance, also known as trans fat, made through the chemical process of hydrogenation of oils…
- Endostatin Endostatin is a piece (a fragment) of a protein, collagen 18, found in all blood vessels. This fragment is…
- Voiding cystourethrography A procedure done to examine the bladder and urethra while the bladder fills and empties. A radiopaque liquid…
- Accessory dwelling unit (ADU) A separate housing arrangement within a single-family home. The ADU is defined by Medicare as a…
- Carcinoma, basal cell Carcinoma, basal cell: The most common type of skin cancer, a disease in which the cancer cells resemble the…
- Galactosemia A genetic metabolic disease in which there is a defect in the body's ability to use the sugar galactose. In…
- Low vision A visual impairment, not corrected by standard glasses, contact lenses, medicine, or surgery, that interferes…