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Kiddie cam
A camcorder (a video camera and video recorder in one unit) that displays a live feed so that parents can monitor their children from a remote location. A kiddie cam may have other uses, as in a day-care center. Also known as a kinder-cam…
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Show more- Brain biopsy Biopsy of the brain. Removal of a small piece of tissue from the brain for diagnostic purposes. One way the…
- Sweat A colorless transparent acidic fluid with a distinctive odor secreted by the small tubular sudoriferous…
- Disease, Canavan A severe progressive inherited (genetic) disorder of the central nervous system (CNS). The signs of Canavan…
- Keratitis, rosacea See: Rosacea keratitis
- Giant cell tumor, malignant A type of bone tumor characterized by massive destruction of bone near the end (epiphysis) of a long bone…
- Paleolithic diet The Paleolithic diet is a weight loss plan based upon the premise of consuming only those foods available…
- Solipsism The doctrine that I alone exist. The self can know only its feelings and changes. There is only subjective…
- Oral candidiasis Yeast infection of the mouth and throat caused by the fungus Candida albicans; also known as thrush. Yeast…
- Pathophysiology Deranged function in an individual or an organ that is due to a disease. A pathophysiologic alteration is a…
- Alopecia areata Alopecia areata: A patchy baldness which typically begins with patchy hair loss on the scalp and sometimes…
- Posteroanterior In anatomy, posteroanterior (PA) means from back-to-front. For example, a PA X-ray of the chest is taken from…
- Serration A finely notching like that along the cutting edge of a saw. The serratus muscles take their name from their…