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Apgar
Abbreviation for the Apgar score, a practical method of evaluating the physical condition of a newborn infant shortly after delivery. The Apgar score is a number arrived at by scoring the heart rate, respiratory effort, muscle tone, skin…
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Show more- Anemic Relating to anemia, the condition of having less than the normal number of red blood cells or less than the…
- Goiter, iodide Just as too little iodine can cause thyroid disease, so may prolonged intake of too much iodine also lead to…
- Cardiomyopathy, dilated See: Dilated cardiomyopathy
- Chronic bacterial prostatitis Prostatitis: Longstanding bacterial infection of the prostate gland superimposed on a defect in the prostate…
- Euploid The normal number of chromosomes for a species. In humans, the euploid number of chromosomes is 46 with the…
- Queasy A feeling of nausea
- Stroke, silent Small strokes that do not cause any symptoms. Silent strokes still damage brain tissue. The most common…
- Adoption medicine Medicine for the adopted child, including pre-adoption counseling and evaluation based on a child's medical…
- Folic acid One of the B vitamins that is a key factor in the synthesis (the making) of nucleic acid (DNA and RNA). A…
- Darwin, Charles English naturalist (1809-82), considered the father of evolution. Darwin voyaged aboard the Beagle to see the…
- Navel The umbilicus, the former site of attachment of the umbilical cord, usually found in about the middle of the…
- Vena cava The superior vena cava is the large vein which returns blood to the heart from the head, neck and both upper…