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Childhood
(1) The time for a boy or girl from birth until he or she is an adult. (2) The more circumscribed period of time from infancy to the onset of puberty. During childhood, the potential of a unique human person must be nurtured by parents or…
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- Human Genome Organisation The international organization of scientists involved in the Human Genome Project, the global initiative to…
- Overgrowth Just what it sounds like: excessive growth
- MB ChB Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degrees. See: MBChB
- Crime scene investigation The use of physical evidence at the scene of the crime and the use of deductive and inductive reasoning to…
- Nares The nostrils or nasal passages. Nares is the Latin plural of naris, meaning nostril. Nares shares the same…
- Janus kinase 3 See: JAK3
- Homogentisate oxidase The enzyme encoded in the HGD gene. Mutation of HGD causes the genetic disease alkaptonuria. Homogentisate…
- Disc Shortened terminology for an intervertebral disc, a disk-shaped piece of specialized tissue that separates…
- Molar In dentistry, a molar is one of the posterior teeth well adapted to grinding, in keeping with its origin from…
- Child abuse, sexual Child abuse, sexual: Child abuse comprises four basic types of mistreatment: child neglect, physical abuse of…
- MRDM Malnutrition-related diabetes mellitus. See: Tropical diabetes