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Car booster seat
A car seat for a child who has outgrown both an infant seat and a toddler seat. The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the American Academy of Pediatrics recommend that: > >All children 12 and under should ride in the…
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Show more- Joint, TM The joint that hinges the lower jaw (mandible) to the skull
- Retinol >Beta carotene: An antioxidant which protects cells against oxidation damage that can lead to cancer. Beta…
- Ketoacidosis A feature of uncontrolled diabetes mellitus characterized by a combination of ketosis and acidosis. Ketosis…
- End-of-life companion See: Doula (the second meaning)
- Rate, maternal mortality The number of maternal deaths related to childbearing divided by the number of live births (or by the number…
- Troche A small medicated lozenge designed to dissolve. For example, to soothe the throat as a cough drop. Strictly…
- Beta particle An electron ejected from the nucleus of a decaying atom. Although beta particles can be stopped by a thin…
- Truncate To shorten, to cut short. A malformation (birth defect) may truncate a limb. A mutation may create a stop…
- Syndrome, Hermansky-Pudlak (HPS) See: Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome
- Acoustic aphasia See: Auditory aphasia
- Astigmatic Referring to astigmatism or a person with astigmatism, a common form of visual impairment in which part of an…
- Nerve cell See: Neuron