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FAE (fetal alcohol effects)
A softer diagnosis than fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS). The diagnosis of possible FAE is considered when: 1. The person has some signs of FAS; 2. The person does not meet all of the necessary criteria for FAS; and 3. There is a history of…
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Show more- Cutaneous papilloma A small tag of skin that may have a stalk (a peduncle). Cutaneous papillomas may appear on the skin almost…
- Dynacin Brand name for minocycline
- Starttheweekendearlyitis See: Fridayitis
- Fear of new things An irrational fear of anything new, of innovation, of new situations, places, or things. Also called…
- Orthodontics Orthodontics is the branch of dentistry that specializes in the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of dental…
- Quadriceps stretch An exercise to stretch the quadriceps muscle, the large muscle in the front of the thigh. To do this…
- Hershey-Chase experiment An extraordinarily important experiment in 1952 that helped to convince the world that DNA was the genetic…
- Heterotaxy The abnormal placement of organs due to failure to establish the normal left-right patterning during…
- P.o. Abbreviation meaning by mouth, orally (from the Latin 'per os', by mouth). One of a number of hallowed…
- Iatr- Prefix relating to a physician or medicine. An iatrogenic illness is one inadvertently caused by a physician…
- Colostomy, iliac A colostomy in which the exterior opening (stoma) is located on the lower left side of the abdomen
- Surgery, cataract See: Cataract surgery