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Bottlefeeding
The use of a substitute for breast milk for feeding infants. Pediatricians generally advise exclusively breastfeeding (that is, breastfeeding with no formula) for all full term, healthy infants for the first 6 months of life. However, many…
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Show more- Tonsillectomy Tonsillectomy: The surgical removal of both tonsils. A tonsillectomy may be performed in cases of recurrent…
- Acne, adult Popular name for rosacea. For more information, see: Rosacea
- HNPCC Hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer
- Seizure, partial See: Partial seizure
- Leg, ankle and foot bones There are 62 lower extremity bones. They consist of 10 hip and leg, 14 ankle and 38 foot bones. > >The 10 hip…
- Mitochondrial encephalopathy, MELAS MELAS is the acronym for Mitochondrial Encephalopathy, Lactic Acidosis, and Stroke-like episodes. MELAS is a…
- Fluorosis A much-used anticancer drug that belongs to the family of drugs called antimetabolites. Full name…
- Breadbasket A popular term for the stomach in both senses: 1. The digestive organ, as to hear the breadbasket rumble with…
- Systemic therapy Treatment that reaches cells throughout the body by traveling through the bloodstream
- Shinbone The larger of the two bones in the lower leg (the smaller one being the fibula). The shinbone is anatomically…
- Intravenous (IV) 1) Into a vein. Intravenous (IV) antibiotics are a solution containing antibiotics that is administered…
- Fungistatic Capable of inhibiting the growth of fungi