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Abuse, psychological 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- Placental chorioangioma A benign vascular (blood vessel) tumor of the placenta (afterbirth). Large chorioangiomas cause complications…
- Sideropenic dysphagia See: Plummer-Vinson syndrome
- Aneurysm, brain An aneurysm is a localized widening (dilatation) of an artery, vein, or the heart. At the area of an…
- Epicondylitis Epicondylitis is an inflammation or damage to the area of an epicondyle of bone. An epicondyle is a…
- Toothache Toothache: Pain in or near a tooth. Also called odontalgia. The most common cause of a toothache is a dental…
- Uterus, prolapsed A uterus that has moved from its normal position in the abdominal cavity, usually into a lower position…
- Prior authorization In pharmacy, a cost-containment procedure that requires a prescriber to obtain permission to prescibe a…
- Acute membranous gingivitis This is trench mouth, a progressive painful infection with ulceration, swelling and sloughing off of dead…
- Neurectomy The removal of part or all of a nerve
- Surgery, GERD (fundoplication) A surgical technique that strengthens the barrier to acid reflux when the lower esophageal sphincter does not…
- Molluscacide An agent capable of killing snails and other mollusks or of controlling their growth
- Melanoma, benign A tumor of the melanocytes that is not cancerous