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Child abuse, emotional
Child abuse, emotional: Emotional child abuse 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- Therapeutic Relating to therapeutics, that part of medicine concerned specifically with the treatment of disease. The…
- Areflexia Absence of neurologic reflexes such as the knee jerk reaction
- Fear of nudity An abnormal and persistent fear of nudity is called gymnophobia. Sufferers of this phobia experience undue…
- Homeostasis A property of cells, tissues, and organisms that allows the maintenance and regulation of the stability and…
- Child abuse, sexual Child abuse, sexual: Child abuse comprises four basic types of mistreatment: child neglect, physical abuse of…
- Focal dystonia due to torticollis Spasm of the muscles in the neck that control the position of the head, causing the head to twist and turn to…
- Co-payment A payment made by an individual who has health insurance, usually at the time a service is received, to…
- Syndrome, Edwards This is trisomy 18 syndrome. There are three instead of the normal two chromosomes #18. Children with this…
- Microduplication 22q11.2 syndrome A syndrome due to duplication of a tiny part of chromosome band 22q11.2. Features of the syndrome include the…
- JMML Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia
- Screening mammogram Mammogram: A mammogram (an X-ray of the breast) in women who have no signs of breast cancer. It usually…
- Pharynx The hollow tube about 5 inches long that starts behind the nose and ends at the top of the trachea (windpipe)…