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Abuse, sexual child
Child abuse comprises four basic types of mistreatment: child neglect, physical abuse of a child, emotional abuse of a child, and sexual abuse of a child. Sexual abuse is the least frequently reported form of child abuse (6% of all cases)…
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- Reuptake The reabsorption of a secreted substance by the cell that originally produced and secreted it. The process of…
- Miller-Dieker syndrome A congenital malformation syndrome characterized by lissencephaly ('smooth brain') and a characteristic…
- Cholecystogram, oral See: Oral cholecystogram
- Central nervous system, spongy degeneration of the Also called Canavan disease, this is a severe progressive fatal inherited (genetic) disorder of the central…
- Fire ant sting A scourge, these red or yellow ants of small-to-medium size, originally from South America, have a severe…
- Fasciitis, plantar Inflammation of the plantar fascia (fasciitis), the 'bowstring-like' tissue stretching from the heel…
- Gastrointestinal stromal tumor GIST. A type of tumor that usually begins in cells in the wall of the gastrointestinal tract. It can be…
- Sickle cell disease A genetic blood disease due to the presence of an abnormal form of hemoglobin, namely hemoglobin S…
- Multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) A form of computed tomography (CT) technology for diagnostic imaging. In MDCT, a two-dimensional array…
- Mortality, infant The death of an infant before his or her first birthday. The infant mortality rate is, by definition, the…
- Crime scene investigation The use of physical evidence at the scene of the crime and the use of deductive and inductive reasoning to…