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Urinary infection in children
See: Urinary tract infection in children
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- Vesical Refers to the urinary bladder. The word comes from the Latin vesica meaning a bag or bladder
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- Minor A minor is someone who is not yet an adult and, in a larger sense, it is something that is less than…
- Diseases, inherited metabolic Also called inborn errors of metabolism, these are heritable (genetic) disorders of biochemistry. Examples…
- Maroteaux-Lamy syndrome A form of mucopolysaccharidosis with the clinical onset before age 3 that is characterized by an inability to…
- Left ventricle The left lower chamber of the heart that receives blood from the left atrium and pumps it out under high…
- Phenomenon, Raynaud's A condition resulting in discoloration of fingers and/or toes when a person is exposed to changes in…
- Deinococcus radiodurans A bacterium that can survives extremely high levels of radiation and therefore has high potential for…
- Cheek The side of the face forming the side wall of the mouth. The cheek bone is part of the temporal bone of the…
- Fornices Plural form of fornix