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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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- National Institutes of Health (NIH) The clinical research facility of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the U.S. As a national resource…
- Neurotransmitter A chemical that is released from a nerve cell which thereby transmits an impulse from a nerve cell to another…
- Presenteeism The problem of workers being on the job but, because of medical conditions, not fully functioning. The health…
- Keratectomy, photorefractive (PRK) A kind of laser eye surgery designed to change the shape of the cornea to eliminate (or reduce) the need for…
- Taenia solium The pork tapeworm. Contracted from eating undercooked or measly pork (pork infected with the larval forms of…
- Pityriasis alba A common mild rash of unknown origin that can appear on a person of any age (most commonly at 10-35 years of…
- Reading retardation Reading retardation means impaired ability to read. Reading retardation is an impairment that may, for…
- Cervical vertebra, second The second cervical vertebra is called the axis. It is so-named because the uppermost cervical vertebra…
- Circadian Refers to events occurring within a 24-hour period, in the span of a full (24-hour) day, as in a circadian…
- FBLN3 The gene encoding the protein known as fibulin 3. See: Fibulin 3
- Staphylococcus A group of bacteria that cause a multitude of diseases. Under a microscope, Staphylococcus bacteria are round…