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Abuse, verbal child
Also known as emotional child abuse, this 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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- Allergy shots See Allergy desensitization
- Letrozole Letrozole: An oral antiestrogen. Letrozole inhibits the enzyme aromatase in the adrenal glands that produces…
- Typhus, scrub A mite-borne infectious disease caused by a microorganism, Rickettsia tsutsugamushi, characteristically with…
- Ala Alanine. See also: Amino acid symbols
- SNP A change in which a single base in the DNA differs from the usual base at that position. These single base…
- Operon A set of genes transcribed under the control of an operator gene. More specifically, an operon is a segment…
- Cranium The upper portion of the skull, which protects the brain. The bones of the cranium include the frontal…
- Ulcer, gastric A hole in the lining of the stomach corroded by the acidic digestive juices which are secreted by the stomach…
- Hematoma, intracerebral See: Intracerebral hematoma
- KSS Kearns-Sayre syndrome
- Orthosis, thoracolumbosacral (TLSO) One of the two main types of braces used to correct the lateral (sideways) curve of the spine in scoliosis…