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Pediatric bladder infection
See: Urinary tract infection in children
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Show more- Parenteral nutrition Intravenous feeding. Also called parenteral alimentation
- Bacteriophage See: Phage
- Genitalia, female external See: Female external genitalia
- LaCrosse encephalitis Enzyme that breaks down the milk sugar lactose into glucose and galactose. Persons with a deficiency of…
- Unicornuate Having one horn or being horn-shaped. The uterus is normally unicornuate
- Calcium A mineral found mainly in the hard part of bones, where it is stored. Calcium is added to bones by cells…
- Vesicatory A substance that causes tissue blistering. Also referred to as a vesicant
- Deafness, acquired Deafness, acquired: The loss of hearing that occurs or develops some time during a person's life but was not…
- Syndrome, trisomy 13 Condition with three rather than the normal two chromosomes #13. Children born with this syndrome have…
- Rash, varicella Rash, varicella: Varicella (chickenpox) is characterized by a rash, often the first sign of the disease. The…
- Artery, central retinal The blood vessel that carries blood into the eye and supplies nutrition to the retina. The counterpart to the…
- Leukemia, smoldering A condition in which the bone marrow does not function normally. It does not produce enough blood cells. This…