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Torture
An act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person, for a purpose such as obtaining information or a confession, punishment, intimidation or coercion, or for any reason based on…
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- Battered child syndrome A disease in which children are physically abused. The battered child syndrome is a form of child abuse. Not…
- Syndrome, Hurler An inherited error of metabolism in which there is deficiency of the enzyme alpha-L-iduronidase which…
- Smallpox vaccination in eczema See Eczema vaccinatum
- Kartagener syndrome A genetic syndrome characterized by sinusitis, bronchiectasis (widening and inflammation of the bronchi)…
- Radon A radioactive element formed as a gas during the breakdown of radium.
- Plasmodium The parasite guilty in the case of malaria (paludism). Plasmodium is a type of protozoa, a single-celled…
- Behind-the-ear hearing aid A hearing aid worn behind the ear. The device amplifies sounds more than most other types of hearing aids…
- Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia A general term for the growth of abnormal cells on the surface of the cervix. Numbers from 1 to 3 may be used…
- Ruptured spleen Rupture of the capsule of the spleen, an organ in the upper left part of the abdomen, is a potential…