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Longitudinal study
A study done over the passage of time. For example, a longitudinal study of children with Down syndrome (trisomy 21) might involve the study of 100 children with this condition from birth to 10 years of age. Also called a diachronic study…
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- Heparin An anticoagulant (anti-clotting) medication. Heparin is useful in preventing thromboembolic complications…
- B. burgdorferi Short for Borrelia burgdorferi, the cause of Lyme disease. Once the full name of a bacterium has been given…
- Laparoscopic 1. Pertaining to the procedure of laparoscopy.2. Pertaining to a laparoscope, the instrument by which…
- Pericardium The conical sac of fibrous tissue that surrounds the heart and the roots of the great blood vessels. The…
- Infant mineral requirements Minerals (calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, iron, iodine, copper and zinc) and trace elements (manganese…
- Itching Itching: An uncomfortable sensation in the skin that feels as if something is crawling on the skin or in the…
- RDS (respiratory distress syndrome) Formerly known as hyaline membrane disease, a syndrome of respiratory difficulty in newborn infants caused by…
- Tympanometry A test that measures the function of the middle ear. Tympanometry works by varying the pressure within the…
- Dyspeptic Pertaining to dyspepsia, a term that is probably more often encountered today in advertising than in…
- Atrioventricular (AV) Pertaining to the atria (the upper chambers of the heart) and the ventricles (the lower chambers of the…
- Syndrome, Alstrom See: Alstrom syndrome