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Shaken baby syndrome
Syndrome: Ines, particularly to the head, caused by violently shaking an infant. The syndrome is the commonest cause of infant death from head injuries and one of the most serious kinds of child abuse. The syndrome also goes by other names…
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- Antimicrobial medication A drug used to treat a microbial infection. The term 'antimicrobial' is a general one that refers to a group…
- Artificial pancreas A machine that constantly measures the level of glucose (sugar) in the blood and, in response to an elevated…
- Alpha-ethltryptamine An illicit hallucinogenic drug related to tryptamine. Street names for alpha-ethyltryptamine include…
- Tubule A small tube.
- BM Abbreviation for 'black male' used by doctors as shorthand when jotting down the results of their physical…
- Long arm of a chromosome The long arm of a chromosome is termed the q arm. All human chromosomes have 2 arms, the p (short) arm and…
- Minipill A form of oral contraceptive taken daily, like combined oral contraceptives (the 'pill'), but containing only…
- Shunt, Glenn See: Glenn shunt
- Recombinant tPA Recombinant tissue plasminogen activator. See: Tissue plasminogen activator
- Child urine infection See: Urinary tract infection in children
- Infection, Leishmania See: Leishmania infection