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Shock, shell
The World War I name for what is known today as post-traumatic stress, this is a psychological disorder that develops in some individuals who have had major traumatic experiences (and, for example, have been in a serious accident or…
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Show more- Forensic Dealing with the application of scientific knowledge to legal problems and legal proceedings as, for example…
- Chronic lymphocytic leukemia See: Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia.
- Peripheral pulmonary stenosis with cholestasis Also known as arteriohepatic dysplasia or Alagille syndrome, this ia a genetic disorder characterized by…
- Abuse, emotional child Emotional child abuse is the third most frequently reported form of child abuse (after child neglect and…
- Chancre The classic painless ulcer of syphilis. The chancre forms in the first (primary) stage of syphilis. It is…
- Insomnia Insomnia that occurs most nights and lasts a month or more. The treatment of chronic insomnia consists of…
- Heterotopic In the wrong place, in an abnormal place, misplaced. From the Greek roots 'hetero-' meaning 'other' + 'topos'…
- Anemia, Fanconi See Fanconi anemia
- Pathologist, speech-language See: Speech-language pathologist
- Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) A life support system that circulates the blood through an oxygenating system. ECMO is like a…
- Inheritance, mitochondrial The type of hereditary pattern seen when there is more than one genetic factor involved and, sometimes, when…
- Hera In Greek mythology, a protector of women, who with her daughter Eileithyia was often called upon during…