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Child abuse, emotional
Child abuse, emotional: 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…
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- Fear of heat Thermophobia. An abnormally excessive and persistent fear of heat, including hot weather and hot objects…
- Prothrombin time A clotting test, the prothrombin time is done to test the integrity of part of the clotting scheme. The…
- PARK11 Familial Parkinson disease type 11
- Fragile site A term devised in 1969 by Frederick Hecht to denote a heritable point on a chromosome where gaps and breaks…
- Underload syndrome Literally being 'bored sick.' Lack of stimulation in life (such as with an extremely dull job) can result in…
- Branchial cyst Branchial cyst: Also called a branchial cleft cyst, this is a cavity that is a remnant from embryologic…
- Infant, postmature A baby born 2 weeks (14 days) or more after the usual 9 months (280 days) of gestation. The gestation (length…
- Bursitis, calcific A bursa is a thin fluid-filled sac that reduces friction forces between tissues of the body. Chronic…
- Neuronitis, vestibular See: Vestibular neuronitis
- Second stage of labor The part of labor from the full dilatation of the cervix until the baby is completely out of the birth canal…
- Triage The process of sorting people based on their need for immediate medical treatment as compared to their chance…