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Spock, Benjamin
(1903-1998) American pediatrician whose book on 'Baby and Child Care' which first appeared in 1946 was one of the biggest best-sellers of all time. It sold some 50 million copies. Its revolutionary message to parents was that 'you know…
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Show more- Intestine, small The tubelike organ that receives the products of digestion from the stomach. It has three parts, the…
- Coccygeal vertebrae The coccyx, the small tail-like bone at the bottom of the spine near the anus, is made up of 3-5 (average of…
- PTSD Post-traumatic stress disorder. (The abbreviation PTSD has rapidly gained in popularity because saying…
- Blood draw Removal of blood, usually by venipuncture (phlebotomy, venous blood sampling). Blood draw is a popular term…
- Icterus Jaundice. At least one medical dictionary defines icterus as the presence of jaundice seen in the sclera of…
- Normotensive Having normal blood pressure. See also: Hypertensive; Hypotensive
- Synovitis Inflammation of the synovial membrane, the lining of the joint
- Discharge, nipple See: Breast discharge
- Lancet, The A weekly medical journal headquartered in London. Published uninterruptedly and with the same title since…
- Human Genome Research Institute, National RI): One of the newest of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), NHGRI's mission in formal terms is to…
- King's evil An old term for tuberculosis of the lymph nodes in the neck. Also known as scrofula
- Arthro- A prefix meaning joint, as in arthropathy and arthroscopic. Before a vowel, it becomes arthr-, as in…