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Child abuse, physical
Child abuse, physical: Next to child neglect, physical abuse is the second most frequently reported form of child abuse, accounting for 25% of all cases of child abuse. Physical child abuse is physical injury inflicted upon the child with…
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Show more- Aqueduct A channel for the passage of fluid.
- Hematoma, nasal septum See: Nasal septum hematoma
- Probability The likelihood that something will happen. For example, a probability of less than .05 indicates that the…
- Gallus gallus genome The genome of the Red Jungle Fowl, the ancestor of domestic chickens. See: Chicken genome
- Manic-depression Alternating moods of abnormal highs (mania) and lows (depression). Called bipolar disease because of the…
- Adenoids Masses of lymphoid tissue in the upper part of throat behind the nose.
- Parathyroid hormone See Parathormone
- Acquired epileptiform aphasia See Landau-Kleffner syndrome
- Palliative care 1) Medical or comfort care that reduces the severity of a disease or slows its progress rather than providing…
- Coffin-Lowry syndrome An X-linked form of mental retardation in which the affected males have short stature and characteristic…
- Oral moniliasis Yeast infection of the mouth and throat caused by a fungus formerly called Monilia, now known as Candida…
- Cul-de-sac A viewer writes regarding the term 'cul-de-sac': 'I know we live on one. Is there a medical meaning for it?'…