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Test, Denver Developmental Screening
The Denver Developmental Screening Test (DDST) is a widely used assessment for examining children 0-6 years of age as to their developmental progress. The name 'Denver' reflects the fact that this screening test was created at the…
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Show more- Surveillance and containment See: Ring vaccination
- Memory, recent Short-term memory. Also called working memory. Recent memory is a system for temporarily storing and managing…
- Pyuria Pus in the urine. Pyuria is a sign of inflammation often related to infection
- Nasal septum perforation A hole in the nasal septum, the wall inside the nose that runs down the middle dividing it into two sides…
- Lysergic acid diethylamide Better known as LSD. (LSD is the abbreviation for the German name for the drug: Lysergsaure-Diathylamid.)…
- Homeopath A person who practices homeopathy.
- Bulbar conjunctiva That part of the conjunctiva, a clear membrane of the eye, which covers the outer surface of the eye. The…
- Fibrosarcoma A malignant tumor that begins in fibrous connective tissue at the ends of the arm or leg bones and may spread…
- Flu, bird See: Avian influenza
- Tumor, sweat gland A benign (harmless) skin tumor called a syringoma that derives from cells related to sweat glands. (These…
- Talipes equinovarus The common ('classic') form of clubfoot. Talipes is made up of the Latin talus (ankle) + pes (foot). Equino-…
- Anovulatory Not accompanied by ovulation, the release of an ovum (egg) from the ovary. For example, anovulatory…