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Childhood
(1) The time for a boy or girl from birth until he or she is an adult. (2) The more circumscribed period of time from infancy to the onset of puberty. During childhood, the potential of a unique human person must be nurtured by parents or…
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Show more- Sign, Babinski A neurologic reflex that constitutes an important medical examination based upon what the big toe does when…
- Metatarsal One of the five cylindrical bones extending from the heel (the tarsus) to the toes on each foot. The…
- Neutral posture The posture when the joints are not bent and the spine is aligned and not twisted. Working in neutral…
- Auricular Of or pertaining to the outer ear. Adjective form of auricle. (Not to be confused with avuncular which refers…
- Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) An enzyme that is normally present in liver and heart cells. ALT is released into blood when the liver or…
- Septuagenarian Someone in his or her seventies. See also: Age by decade
- Allopathy The system of medical practice which treats disease by the use of remedies which produce effects different…
- Tubercle A small tuber, a small lump or bump.
- Deuteranomaly Colorblindness of the red-green type, also known as deuteranopia or Daltonism. The term 'Daltonism' is…
- Temperature The temperature is the specific degree of hotness or coldness of the body. It is usually measured with a…
- Chromosome, Y See: Y chromosome
- Atrial septal defect (ASD) A hole in the septum, the wall, between the atria, the upper chambers of the heart. Commonly called an ASD…