| child development disorders, pervasive | Severe distortions in the development of many basic psychological functions that are not normal for any stage in development. These distortions are manifested in sustained social impairment, speech abnormalities, and peculiar motor movements. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| language development disorders | Failure to understand or speak the language at the expected age. Causal factors include slow maturation, hearing loss, brain injury, mental retardation and emotional disorders. (12 Dec 1998) |
| growth and embryonic development | Developmental processes from cell division to embryogenesis to postnatal growth and maturity. (12 Dec 1998) |
| state health planning and development agencies | Agencies established under pl93-641 to coordinate, conduct, and implement state health planning activities. Two primary responsibilities are the preparation of an annual state health plan and giving assistance to the statewide health coordinating council. (12 Dec 1998) |
| land conservation and development commission | (LCDC) A commission appointed to determine land use policy in Oregon. (05 Dec 1998) |
| bowel disorders and fibre | High fibre diets help delay the progression of diverticulosis and, at least, reduce the bouts of diverticulitis. In many cases, it helps reduce the symptoms of the Irritable Bowel Syndrome ( IBS ). It is generally accepted that a diet high in fibre is protective, or at least reduces the incidence, of colon polyps and colon cancer. (12 Dec 1998) |
| rehabilitation of speech and language disorders | Procedures for assisting a person with a speech or language disorder to communicate with maximum efficiency. (12 Dec 1998) |
| schizophrenia and disorders with psychotic features | Marked disorders of thought (delusions, hallucinations, or other thought disorder accompanied by disordered affect or behaviour), and deterioration from a previous level of functioning. (12 Dec 1998) |
| sexual and gender disorders | Mental disorders related to sexual dysfunction, paraphillias, and gender identity disorders. (12 Dec 1998) |
| feeding and eating disorders of childhood | Mental disorders related to feeding and eating that are usually diagnosed in infancy or early childhood. (12 Dec 1998) |
| butterfly eruption | Origin: Perh. From the colour of a yellow species. AS. Buter-flege, buttor-fleoge; cf. G. Butterfliege, D. Botervlieg. See Butter, and Fly. <zoology> A general name for the numerous species of diurnal Lepidoptera. See: Illust. Under Aphrodite] Asclepias butterfly. See Asclepias. Butterfly fish, a kind of double clack valve, consisting of two semicircular clappers or wings hinged to a cross rib in the pump bucket. When open it somewhat resembles a butterfly in shape. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| passive eruption | The apparent continued eruption of the teeth, actually the result of regression of the gingivae and crestal bone. Polymorphous light eruption, a common pruritic papular eruption appearing in a few hours and lasting up to several days on skin exposed to shortwave ultraviolet light; subepidermal oedema and deep perivascular lymphocytic infiltration is seen microscopically. Eruption sequestrum, spicule of bone overlying the central occlusal fossa of an erupting permanent molar. Serum eruption, urticaria seen in serum sickness. Surgical eruption, the uncovering of an unerupted tooth to permit its further eruption into the oral cavity by surgically removing overlying soft tissue, bone, and sometimes teeth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| medicinal eruption | drug eruption |
| volcanic eruption | The ash, dust, gases, and lava released by volcanic explosion. The gases are volatile matter composed principally of about 90% water vapor, and carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, hydrogen, carbon monoxide, and nitrogen. The ash or dust is pyroclastic ejecta and lava is molten extrusive material consisting mainly of magnesium silicate. (12 Dec 1998) |
| clinical eruption | Development of the crown of a tooth that can be observed clinically. Continuous eruption, the eruption of a tooth into the mouth and its continuous movement in a vertical direction. (05 Mar 2000) |