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The most complete online medical dictionary: 16,436 terms covering anatomy, physiology, pathologies, diagnostic exams, pharmacology and every clinical specialty.
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Child injury, mental
Also known as emotional child abuse, this is the third most frequently reported form of child abuse (after child neglect and physical child abuse), accounting 17% of all cases of child abuse. It is likely that emotional child abuse is…
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- Bottlefeeding The use of a substitute for breast milk for feeding infants. Pediatricians generally advise exclusively…
- BRCA breast cancer gene Breast cancer gene: One of several genetic mutations linked to breast cancer and ovarian cancer. There is now…
- Caps Abbreviation for capsules. One of a number of hallowed abbreviations of terms that have traditionally been…
- Test, inkblot A test used in clinical psychology and psychiatry involving inkblots. The inkblots are used to determine what…
- Histamine Substance that plays a major role in many allergic reactions. Histamine dilates blood vessels and makes the…
- Disease, cystine transport Commonly known as cystinuria, this is an inherited (genetic) disorder of the transport of an amino acid (a…
- UAG A triplet consisting of uracil, adenine, guanine, in that order, that acts as a stop codon in messenger RNA…
- Allergic rhinitis Medical term for hay fever, a condition due to allergy that mimics a chronic cold. (Hay fever is a misnomer…
- Centromere The cinched 'waist' of the chromosome essential for the division and the retention of the chromosome in the…
- Blood The familiar red fluid in the body that contains white and red blood cells, platelets, proteins, and other…
- Pap test, ThinPrep A modified Pap test technique designed to reduce some of the technical problems inherent in the traditional…