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Developmental dyspraxia
A pattern of delayed, uneven, or aberrant development of physical abilities during childhood development. The physical abilities affected may be gross or fine motor skills. Developmental dyspraxia may be seen alone or in combination with…
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Show more- Plodia interpunctella See: Meal moth
- Asian flu A pandemic of influenza A (H2N2) in 1957-58. First identified in China in late February 1957, the Asian flu…
- Adrenal gland One of a pair of small glands, each of which sits on top of one of the kidneys. The adrenal is made up of an…
- Electrophysiology The biomedical field dealing with the study of electric activity in the body. Electrophysiology includes the…
- Perspiration 1) The secretion of fluid by the sweat (sudoriferous) glands. These small, tubular glands are situated within…
- Passive smoking The inhaling of environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) by someone who is not smoking. See: ETS
- Angioedema Like hives but affects deeper skin layer.
- Pachydermatous 1. Thick-skinned like a pachyderm (an elephant, rhinoceros, or hippopotamus). 2. By extension, insensitive
- Therapy, psychodynamic See: Psychodynamic therapy
- Jenny Craig Jenny Craig is a diet program that originated in Australia in 1983 in Australia and started U.S. operations…
- AML1 Acute myeloid leukemia 1 gene. See: Runx-1
- Burkholderia cepacia (B. cepacia, for short.) A group of bacteria found in soil and water that are often resistant to common…