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Primary teeth
The first teeth which are shed and replaced by permanent teeth. The first primary tooth comes in at about 6 months of age and the 20th and last primary tooth erupts at around 2 1/2 years of age. The primary teeth are replaced beginning…
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- Neglect, child Child neglect is the most frequently reported form of child abuse (60% of all cases) and the most lethal…
- Euthanasia, active The active acceleration of a 'good' death by use of drugs etc, whether by oneself or with the aid of a…
- Blush A redness of the skin, typically over the cheeks or neck. A blush is usually temporary and brought on by…
- Aortic atresia Congenital absence of the normal valvular opening from the left ventricle of the heart into the aorta…
- Stillbirth The tragic birth of a dead baby, the delivery of a fetus that has died before birth. There is no possibility…
- Fear of drinking alcohol An abnormal and persistent fear of drinking alcohol. Sufferers of this fear experience undue anxiety about…
- Stanolone A semisynthetic analog of dihydrotestosterone
- Naris One of the two nares, the openings to the nasal cavities that allow air to flow in and out or, more simply, a…
- Nephroblastoma See: Wilms tumor
- Synaptonemal complex A protein structure that forms between two homologous chromosomes during meiosis and that is thought to…