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Next to child neglect, physical abuse is the second most frequently reported form of child abuse, accounting for 25% of all cases of child abuse. Physical child abuse is physical injury inflicted upon the child with cruel and/or malicious…
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Show more- Binaural Relating to both ears. From the Latin bini, a pair, + auris, ear = a pair (of) ears = both ears. Synonymous…
- Insulinoma A tumor of the beta cells in areas of the pancreas called the islets of Langerhans. Although not usually…
- Polysomnography Continuous recording of specific physiologic variables during sleep. Polysomnography typically records brain…
- Clonote The first cell produced by the combination of a nucleus and an enucleated ovum that launches the process of…
- Chronic obstructive lung disease (COLD) Any disorder that persistently obstructs bronchial airflow. COLD mainly involves two related diseases --…
- Womb The womb (uterus) is a hollow, pear-shaped organ located in a woman's lower abdomen between the bladder and…
- RT 1. Respiratory therapist.2. Radiation therapy.3. Reverse transcriptase
- Diabetes insipidus Diabetes insipidus: Excessive urination and extreme thirst as a result of inadequate output of the pituitary…
- Tinea incognito Tinea corporis, a common fungal infection of the skin, better known as ringworm, whose appearance has been…
- Hepatic An artery that distributes blood to the liver, pancreas and gallbladder as well as to the stomach and…
- U (uracil) A nucleotide base and one member of the A-U (adenine-uracil) base pair in RNA. The other base pair in RNA is…
- Human herpesvirus 6 A herpes virus that apparently lies dormant in many people, human herpesvirus 6 is most likely to cause…