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Protein malnutrition
Insufficient intake of nitrogen-containing food (protein) to maintain a nitrogen balance or nitrogen equilibrium. Children are particularly prone to develop protein malnutrition. To grow, children have to consume enough nitrogen-containing…
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Show more- Viable Capable of life. For example, a viable premature baby is one who is able to survive outside the womb.
- Cardio-cutaneous syndrome See: LEOPARD syndrome
- Mab Monoclonal antibody. See: MAB
- Scleredema adultorum A misleading term since scleredema can also occur in children. See: Scleredema
- Vasomotor Relating to the nerves and muscles that cause the blood vessels to constrict or dilate
- Invest In medicine, this has nothing to do with the stock market. It means to envelop, cover, or embed.
- Ejaculate To ejaculate is to release semen during an orgasm in a male. The ejaculate (used as a noun) is the semen.
- Hormone A chemical substance produced in the body that controls and regulates the activity of certain cells or…
- Cesarian section, lower segment (LSCS) A Cesarian section in which the surgical incision (cut) is made in the lower segment of the uterus
- CISM Critical incident stress management
- Superior A large vein that receives blood from the head, neck, upper extremities, and thorax and delivers it to the…
- ALS5 See: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 5