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Shaken baby syndrome
Syndrome: Ines, particularly to the head, caused by violently shaking an infant. The syndrome is the commonest cause of infant death from head injuries and one of the most serious kinds of child abuse. The syndrome also goes by other names…
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- Macroscopic Large enough to be seen with the naked eye, as opposed to microscopic. For example, a macroscopic tumor is…
- Subarachnoid Literally, beneath the arachnoid, the middle of three membranes that cover the central nervous system. In…
- Abstinence, periodic Also known as fertility awareness, natural family planning, and the rhythm method, this approach entails not…
- Immunization, H. flu This immunization is designed to prevent disease due to Haemophilus influenzae (H. flu), specifically…
- Miasma A poisonous vapor or mist believed to be made up of particles from decomposing material that could cause…
- White-footed mouse A rodent capable of carrying the types of hantavirus that cause HPS (hantavirus pulmonary syndrome) in the…
- Hives Hives: A raised, itchy area of skin that is usually a sign of an allergic reaction. It can be rounded or…
- Cymbalta Brand name for duloxetine hydrochloride, a drug approved by the FDA to treat major depresssion in adults and…
- Inheritance, mitochondrial The type of hereditary pattern seen when there is more than one genetic factor involved and, sometimes, when…
- Trachoma A chronic inflammatory eye disease due to infection with a bacterium called Chlamydia trachomatis. Trachoma…
- Galenic arteriovenous malformation See: Vein of Galen aneurysm