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Injury, mental child
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 emotional child abuse is…
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Show more- Exocrine gland A gland that secretes a substance out through a duct. The exocrine glands include the salivary glands, sweat…
- Vaccinia keratitis Infection of the cornea due to implantation of vaccinia virus from a smallpox vaccination. People with…
- Leukemia, chronic phase of Leukemia, chronic phase of: A stage in which there are few blast cells in the blood or bone marrow, and few…
- Traditional Chinese medicine The current name for an ancient system of health care from China. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is based…
- Deafness and keratopachydermia See Keratitis-ichthyosis-deafness syndrome.
- Poisoning, silver Silver poisoning, medically termed argyria, causes ashen gray discoloration of the skin (and other tissues of…
- Snowblindness A burn of the cornea (the clear front surface of the eye) by ultraviolet B rays (UVB). Also called radiation…
- Tear gland The gland that makes tears. An abnormality of the tear glands can impair the production of the tears and lead…
- Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor See: G-CSF
- Morton toe See: Morton's syndrome
- Fibroid A benign tumor of the uterus and the single most common indication for hysterectomy. Fibroids can be present…
- Ophthalmoplegia-plus syndrome See: Kearns-Sayre syndrome