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Test, child development
A test of the status of a newborn, an infant or young child as regards their developmental progress. One of the first tests was devised by the pioneering pediatrician and child psychologist Arnold L. Gesell (1880-1961). Gesell founded the…
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- Pulse, Corrigan A pulse that is full and then suddenly collapses. Named for the Irish physician Dominic John Corrigan…
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 6 ALS6. A form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) inherited in an autosomal dominant manner due to mutation…
- Local seizure See: Partial seizure
- Occupational medicine The field of medicine encompassing occupational disease, diseases due to factors in people's occupations. For…
- Chinese restaurant syndrome A syndrome first described in 1968 in people who had eaten Chinese food on which MSG (monosodium glutamate)…
- Melanoma, malignant See: Melanoma
- CCR5 A chemokine receptor found on monocytes and lymphocytes that serves as the coreceptor for HIV. HIV strains…
- Pinosome A tiny fluid-filled vesicle (bubble) within a cell. Pinosomes are created in the process of pinocytosis in…
- Cor The Latin word for the heart. For example, cor pulmonale is heart disease that results from abnormally high…
- Multisection CT See: Multidetector computed tomography
- Gaucher disease Gaucher disease: A series of 5 diseases due to deficient activity of the enzyme glucocerebrosidase, leading…