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Nanny
A woman employed full-time to take care of one or more children in a family home. Nanny is the diminutive of Ann or Anne and a nanny is also a female goat but the origin of the term nanny as a woman caring for children is conjectural. The…
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- Meningitis, Kernig sign of This clinical hallmark of meningitis, inflammation of the meninges, the membranes covering the brain and…
- Yeast vulvitis A yeast infection of the external genital organs of the female (the vulva). The vulva includes the labia…
- Ventricular Pertaining to the ventricles, the lower chambers of the heart, as in ventricular fibrillation and ventricular…
- Psychological imprinting A remarkable genetic phenomenon that occurs in animals, and theoretically humans, in the first hours of life…
- Glans and foreskin, inflammation of the In the uncircumcised male, balanitis (inflammation of the glans, the rounded head of the penis) and posthitis…
- Iodine excess Just as too little iodine can cause thyroid disease, so may prolonged intake of too much iodine also lead to…
- Visceral Referring to the viscera, the internal organs of the body, specifically those within the chest (as the heart…
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