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Fontanel (fontanelle)
The word fontanel comes from the French fontaine for fountain. The medical term fontanel is a 'soft spot' of the skull. The 'soft spot' is soft precisely because the cartilage there has not yet hardened into bone between the skull bones…
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- Bereavement The period after a loss during which grief is experienced and mourning occurs. The time spent in a period of…
- Lay midwife A midwife who has entered the profession as an apprentice to a practicing midwife rather than attending a…
- Mouth, trench See: Trench mouth
- Foot-drop brace See Ankle-foot orthosis
- Premenstrual syndrome Premenstrual syndrome: A combination of physical and mood disturbances that occur in the last half of a…
- Fascioliasis See: Fasciola hepatica
- Mucopolysaccharidosis type IIIA Sanfilippo syndrome due to deficiency of the enzyme heparan N-sulfatase. See also: Mucopolysaccharidosis
- Heterosexual A person sexually attracted to persons of the opposite sex. Or a person who has sexual relations with the…
- Thalassemia minor Also called thalassemia trait, thalassemia minor is the carrier state for beta thalassemia. People who are…
- Hoarding, pathological Hoarseness is a term referring to abnormal voice changes. Hoarseness may be manifested as a voice that sounds…
- Pleomorphic Many-formed. A tumor may be pleomorphic. Pleomorphic is synonymous with protean (capable of assuming…