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Psychological child abuse
Child abuse: Also known as emotional child abuse, this is the third most frequently reported form of child abuse (after child neglect and physical child abuse), accounting 17% of all cases of child abuse. It is likely that emotional child…
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Show more- Fahrenheit Thermometer scale in which the freezing point of water is 32°F and the boiling point of water 212°F. The…
- Serrated Finely notched like the cutting edge of a saw. The serratus muscles take their name from their serrated…
- Poisoning, carbon monoxide See: Carbon monoxide poisoning
- Hairball A wad of swallowed hair. Hairballs can sometimes be found to cause blockage of the digestive system…
- Keratectomy Removal of part of the cornea. This can be done by surgical excision or by laser. One such laser procedure is…
- Bumps The raised area of a bump or bruise results from blood leaking from these injured blood vessels into the…
- Anesthesiology The branch of medicine specializing in the use of drugs or other agents that cause insensibility to pain…
- XX gonadal dysgenesis with sensorineural deafness See Perrault syndrome
- Hole, macular A hole in the macula, the tiny oval area made up of millions of nerve cells located at the center of the…
- Shock lung See: ARDS
- Frostbite Frostbite: Damage to tissues from freezing due to the formation of ice crystals within cells, rupturing the…
- Acanthosis nigricans A skin condition characterized by dark thickened velvety patches, especially in the folds of skin in the…