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Septum, cardiac
The cardiac septum is the dividing wall between the right and left sides of the heart. That portion of the septum that separates the two upper chambers (the right and left atria) of the heart is termed the atrial (or interatrial) septum…
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- Re-uptake See: Reuptake
- Rash, yeast diaper Rash, yeast diaper: Infection in the diaper area caused by a yeast formerly called Monilia and now called…
- DiGeorge syndrome A genetic disorder characterized by hypocalcemia, immunodeficiency, and congenital heart disease: >…
- Psychooncology See: Psycho-oncology.
- Child Health and . . . (NICHD) National Institute of (NICHD): One of the US National Institutes of Health, NICHD is in a sense the NIH for…
- Rotavirus Rotavirus (RV): A leading cause of severe winter diarrhea in young children, RV each year causes an estimated…
- Water requirements, infant Water is an important part of a baby's diet because water makes up a large proportion of the baby's body…
- Otitis media, acute See: Acute otitis media
- PX Medical abbreviation for prognosis
- Heteroclite Deviating from the ordinary; irregular or abnormal; anomalous. As, for example, retroviruses represent a…