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Child abuse, sexual
Child abuse, sexual: Child abuse comprises four basic types of mistreatment: child neglect, physical abuse of a child, emotional abuse of a child, and sexual abuse of a child. Sexual abuse is the least frequently reported form of child…
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- Thomas Sydenham See: Sydenham, Thomas
- Fertilization, in vitro IVF, a laboratory procedure in which sperm are placed with an unfertilized egg in a Petri dish to achieve…
- Black plague In 14th-century Europe, the victims of the 'black plague' had bleeding below the skin (subcutaneous…
- Amastia A rare condition wherein the normal growth of the breast or nipple does not occur. Unilateral amastia (just…
- Tube, Eustachian The tube that runs from the middle ear to the pharynx. The function of the Eustachian tube is to protect…
- Catheterization, venous The insertion of a tiny tube (a catheter) into a peripheral or central vein to deliver fluids or medication…
- Fistulize To form or make a fistula, an abnormal passageway. As, for example, fistulizing Crohn's disease
- Tibial muscular dystrophy See: Muscular dystrophy, tibial
- Microscopy, electron Too small a body. A child with microsomia has significant undergrowth. The prefix "micro-" is derived from…
- Rumination 1. Regurgitating food after a meal and then swallowing and digesting some of it. Cattle and other ruminant…
- Renal Fanconi syndrome Failure of the tubules in the kidney to reabsorb small molecules, causing increased urinary loss of…