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Keloid
Keloid: A scar that doesn't know when to stop. When the skin is injured, cells grow back to fill in the gap. Somehow, they normally 'know' when the scar tissue is level with the skin, at which point the cells stop multiplying. When the…
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Show more- Gland, pituitary The main endocrine gland. It is a small structure in the head and is called the master gland because it…
- Blindness Loss of useful sight. Blindness can be temporary or permanent. Damage to any portion of the eye, the optic…
- Sterilization, female surgical Female surgical sterilization blocks (or removes part or all of) the fallopian tubes so the egg cannot travel…
- Gesell Developmental Schedules A measure of child development devised by the American child psychologist and pediatrician Arnold Gesell…
- Smallpox vaccination in eczema See Eczema vaccinatum
- Toddler elbow See: Nursemaid's elbow
- Warshaw, Joseph (1936-2003) Eminent American pediatrician and pioneer in human developmental biology. Warshaw used…
- Immunization, anthrax Anthrax: A series of six shots over six months and booster shots annually, the anthrax vaccine now in use in…
- Neuralgia, sphenopalatine A distinctive syndrome of headaches, better known today as cluster headache. There are two main clinical…
- Abuse, emotional child Emotional child abuse is the third most frequently reported form of child abuse (after child neglect and…
- Superfluous Beyond what is sufficient. A sixth finger is superfluous
- Imagery Both a mental process (as in imagining) and a wide variety of procedures used in therapy to encourage changes…