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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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- Seborrheic keratosis See: Keratosis, seborrheic
- Trip-hammer pulse See: Pulse, water hammer
- Diabetes, type 1 An autoimmune disease that occurs when T cells attack and decimate the beta cells in the pancreas that are…
- Orthodontics Orthodontics is the branch of dentistry that specializes in the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of dental…
- Heart ventricle One of the two lower chambers of the heart. The right ventricle is the chamber that receives blood from the…
- Villus, intestinal See: Intestinal villus
- Hypertrophy Enlargement or overgrowth of an organ or part of the body due to the increased size of the constituent cells…
- Cryopreservation The process of cooling and storing cells, tissues, or organs at very low temperatures to maintain viability…
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