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Child abuse, psychological
Child abuse, psychological: 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…
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Show more- Gallstones Gallstones: Stones that form when substances in the bile harden. Gallstones can be as small as a grain of…
- Syncope, swallowing The temporary loss of consciousness upon swallowing. Syncope is the temporary loss of consciousness or, in…
- Polyostotic fibrous dysplasia A mass of tissue that develops on the inside wall of a hollow organ, as within the colon or rectum. The word…
- Brachytherapy, coronary artery A slow heart rate, usually defined as less than 60 beats per minute. The word bradycardia is logically…
- Genome, rice The first commercially important plant to have its genome sequenced. This feat, completed early in 2001, is…
- Canine genome See: Dog genome
- Ab- Prefix meaning 'from, away from, off' as in abduction (movement of a limb away from the midline of the body)…
- Android pelvis There are significant differences in the anatomy of the pelvis in the female and male. The android or male…
- Conventional medicine Medicine as practiced by holders of M.D. (medical doctor) or D.O. (doctor of osteopathy) degrees and by their…
- Hydroxytryptamine See: Serotonin
- Dioscorides Dioscorides of Anazarbus. First century Greek physician, botanist and pharmacologist whose encyclopedia of…
- Exercise test A test (sometimes called the treadmill test or exercise treadmill test) in which a continuous…