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Infant formula
A substitute for breast milk for feeding infants. Pediatricians generally advise exclusively breastfeeding (that is, breastfeeding with no formula) for all full term, healthy infants for the first 6 months of life. However, many infants…
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Show more- Nature (journal) The name of a venerable British scientific journal that has over the past century or so published much of…
- Syndrome, Boerhaave's See: de Lange syndrome.
- Syncephaly Conjoined twins whose heads are joined together. From syn-, together + -cephaly, head = heads together. Also…
- Intervertebral foramen An opening between vertebrae through which nerves leave the spine and extend to other parts of the body. Also…
- Toxic shock See Toxic shock syndrome
- Menstrually associated migraine See: Menstrual migraine
- URI Commonly used abbreviation for Upper Respiratory Infection, an infection in the respiratory tract shy of the…
- Blush A redness of the skin, typically over the cheeks or neck. A blush is usually temporary and brought on by…
- FDA recalls Recalls: The recall of a defective or possibly harmful product by the US Food & Drug Administration (the…
- Granuloma, calcified A calcified granuloma is a granuloma containing calcium deposits. Since it usually takes some time for…
- Hiatal Pertaining to an hiatus, an opening. An hiatal hernia occurs when a part of the stomach protrudes through the…
- Swallowing syncope The temporary loss of consciousness upon swallowing. Syncope is the temporary loss of consciousness or, in…