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- Vaccinia, congenital See Congenital vaccinia
- Roentgen, Wilhelm Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen (1845-1923), German-born, Dutch-educated physicist who first observed and documented…
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) One of the National Institutes of Health in the U.S., NIMH's mission is to 'provide national leadership…
- Syndrome, TMJ Disorder of the temporo-mandibular joint (TMJ) causing pain usually in front of the ear. Pain in the TMJ can…
- Treponema pallidum The cause of syphilis, this is a microscopic bacterial organism called a spirochete, a worm-like…
- Dementia Dementia: Significant loss of intellectual abilities such as memory capacity, severe enough to interfere with…
- Puerperal fever Fever that lasts for more than 24 hours within the first 10 days after a woman has had a baby. Puerperal…
- Genetic immunodeficiency disease See: Primary immunodeficiency disease
- Diachronic study A study done over the course of time. For example, a longitudinal study of children with Down syndrome…
- Iron supplementation, infant Iron is included in most infant formulas. Therefore, there is no evidence that iron supplementation is…