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Nanny
A woman employed full-time to take care of one or more children in a family home. Nanny is the diminutive of Ann or Anne and a nanny is also a female goat but the origin of the term nanny as a woman caring for children is conjectural. The…
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Show more- Nurse, licensed practical A nurse who has completed a one- or two-year training program in health care and earned a state license. LPNs…
- Cell, cone A type of specialized light-sensitive cell (photoreceptor) in the retina of the eye that provide sharp…
- Headache, thunderclap A sudden and excruciatingly painful headache. Some doctors feel that in the absence of a known headache…
- Uvea Part of the eye, consisting collectively of the iris, the choroid of the eye, and the ciliary body > >The…
- EPR Abbreviation for Electrophrenic respiration. Also known as diaphragm pacing. See: Diaphragm pacing
- Reticuloendotheliosis, leukemic See: Hairy cell leukemia
- Cisplatin An anticancer drug that belongs to the family of drugs called platinum compounds. Cisplatin is used in the…
- Thorax The area of the body located between the neck and the abdomen that contains the lungs, the heart and part of…
- Deficiency, protein C Protein C is a protein in plasma that enters into the cascade of biochemical events leading to the formation…
- Dura The outermost, toughest, and most fibrous of the three membranes (meninges) covering the brain and the spinal…
- Decubitus ulcer A bed sore, a skin ulcer that comes from lying in one position too long so that the circulation in the skin…
- Adjuvant therapy Treatment that is given in addition to the primary (initial) treatment. Adjuvant treatment is an addition…