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Mineral requirements, infant
Minerals (calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, iron, iodine, copper and zinc) and trace elements (manganese, chromium, selenium, and molybdenum) are included in most infant formulas. Therefore, there is no evidence that mineral supplementation…
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Show more- Bronchospasm, exercise-induced Also called exercise-induced asthma, this is asthma that is triggered by vigorous physical activity…
- Vesicles In dermatology, vesicles are small blisters, most often on the skin. Vesicles also can crop up on the mucous…
- Babinski response An important neurologic examination based upon what the big toe does when the sole of the foot is stroked. If…
- Progressive Increasing in scope or severity. Advancing. Going forward. In medicine, a disease that is progressive is…
- SI joint pain See sacroiliac joint dysfunction
- Ringworm of the nails Ringworm of the nails: The most common fungus infection of the nails, also called onychomycosis…
- Parenteral Entering the body not by the alimentary tract but rather by another means (such as the subcutaneous, the…
- Antigen, prostate specific See: PSA
- Tapeworm, pork Taenia solium
- Regional enteritis Crohn's disease, a chronic inflammatory disease of the intestine primarily in the small and large intestines…
- Hump, dowager An outward curvature of the vertebrae of neck, creating a hump at the back of the neck, once thought to be a…
- Palsy, laryngeal nerve Paralysis of the larynx (voice box) caused by damage to the recurrent laryngeal nerve or its parent nerve…