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Emotional child abuse
Child abuse: Emotional child abuse 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 greatly…
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- Signature 1) That part of the prescription that contains the doctor's directions to the patient. For example, the…
- Caesarian section, vaginal birth after It was once the rule that after a C-section, the next delivery also had to be by C-section. Now vaginal…
- Syndrome, Aase-Smith II See: Aase-Smith syndrome II
- Myofascial pain syndrome A condition characterized by chronic pain in the muscle tissues, similar to fibromyalgia. MPS is sometimes…
- Nine-day measles An acute highly contagious viral disease with fever, runny nose, cough, red eyes, and a spreading skin rash…
- AChE (acetylcholinesterase) Abbreviation for acetylcholinesterase. See: Acetylcholinesterase
- Agonist maintenance treatment See: Methadone treatment program
- Oscillating vision See: Oscillopsia
- Blood bank A place where blood is collected from donors, typed, separated into components, stored, and prepared for…
- Nerve, fourth cranial The fourth cranial nerve, the trochlear nerve, is the nerve supply to the superior oblique muscle of the eye…
- Transaminase, serum glutamic pyruvic (SGPT) An enzyme that is normally present in liver and heart cells, and is released into blood when the liver or…