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Vitamin requirements, infant
Vitamins are organic substances that are essential in minute quantities for the proper growth, maintenance, and functioning of the baby. Vitamins must be obtained from food because the body cannot produce them. The exception is vitamin D…
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- German disease Syphilis. Depending upon someone's thoughts as to where the disease came from, syphilis was also known as the…
- Dissection, neck Surgery in which the neck is opened -- to 'dissect' means to 'cut apart' -- in order to identify, examine…
- Invasive candidiasis A fungal infection that occurs when Candida (a yeast-like fungus) enters the bloodstream and then spreads…
- Morton's syndrome A syndrome characterized by a shortened first metatarsal (foot) bone that results in excessive force on the…
- Kyphoscoliosis Combination of kyphosis and scoliosis (lateral curving of the spine). Part of good health maintenance is to…
- Arthritis, Lyme Inflammation of the joints associated with Lyme disease, a bacterial disease spread by ticks
- Renal cell cancer Cancer that develops in the lining of the renal tubules, which filter the blood and produce urine. Also…
- Diabetes, gestational A form of diabetes mellitus that appears during pregnancy (gestation) in a woman who previously did not have…
- Rickettsia A member of a group of microorganisms that (like viruses) require other living cells for growth but (like…
- Tag, preauricular A common minor anomaly, this is a rudimentary tag of ear tissue. It often contains a core of cartilage. The…