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Induced disease by proxy
See: Munchhausen syndrome by proxy
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- DBT Dialectical behavioral therapy
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- Sigmoidoscope A thin lighted instrument used to view the inside of the rectum and lower colon
- Thelarche The beginnings of breast development at puberty. Thelarche is now a normal event at an earlier age (e.g., age…
- Shin 1. The tibia, the larger of the two bones in the lower leg.2. The anterior aspect (front) of the tibia
- Craniosynostosis Premature fusion of the cranial sutures (the fibrous joints between the bones of the skull) in an infant…
- Body packing The practice of internally concealing illicit drugs. See: Body packer
- Ethnography The study of specific human cultures. The branch of anthropology that deals with the scientific description…
- Superior A large vein that receives blood from the head, neck, upper extremities, and thorax and delivers it to the…
- CCD (cleidocranial dysostosis) >Absent or incompletely formed collar bones (the 'cleido-' part refers to the clavicles, the collar bones)…
- Cerebral Pertaining to the brain, the cerebrum or the intellect. The word 'cerebral' was borrowed directly from the…