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Screening, newborn hearing
Testing of the newborn baby's ability to hear. Newborn screening of hearing is done with automated auditory brainstem response tests or, less often, with what are called otoacoustic emission or conventional auditory brainstem response…
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Show more- Syndrome, sicca An autoimmune diseases, also known as Sjogren syndrome, that classically combines dry eyes, dry mouth, and…
- Genome, Hereford See: Bovine genome
- Hyoglossus The muscle that permits the tongue to be held on the floor of the mouth
- Tympanoplasty A surgical operation to correct damage to the middle ear and restore the integrity of bones of the middle ear…
- Pre-sleep dream Also called a hypnagogic hallucination, this type of dream is characteristically vivid and occurs as one is…
- Ectromelia virus A member of the poxvirus family which is a highly virulent natural pathogen of mice that causes mousepox, a…
- Splenectomy An operation to remove the spleen
- Pollenosis See: Pollinosis
- PAD Peripheral artery disease
- Chromesthesia A type of synesthesia in which which a nonvisual stimulus causes the individual to perceive color. Color…
- Infant fat requirements Fat in human milk provides 30%-35% of the total daily caloric needs for a growing infant. Manufacturers of…
- Assisted living A type of long-term care facility for elderly or disabled people who are able to get around on their own but…