| TF | free thyroxine; tactile fremitus; tail flick [reflex]; temperature factor; testicular feminization; ... |
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| ap | anteroposterior; attachment point |
| CAP | camptodactyly-arthropathy-pericarditis [syndrome]; Canada Assistance Plan; capsule; captopril; catab... |
| VAS | vascular; ventriculo-atrial shunt; Verapamil Angioplasty Study; vesicle attachment site; viral arthr... |
| VAD | venous access device; ventricular assist device; vinblastine and dexamethasone; vitamin A deficiency... |
| bottle feeding | Use of nursing bottles for feeding. Applies to humans and animals. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| breast feeding | The ability of the breast to produce milk diminishes soon after childbirth without the stimulation of breastfeeding. Immunity factors in breast milk can help the baby to fight off infections. Breast milk contains vitamins, minerals, and enzymes which aid the baby's digestion. Breast and formula feeding can be used together. (12 Dec 1998) |
| gastric feeding | Giving of nutriment directly into the stomach by means of a tube inserted via the nasopharynx and oesophagus or directly through the abdominal wall. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sham feeding | A procedure used in the study of the psychic phase of gastric secretion: in experiments on dogs, the food, after being eaten, does not enter the stomach but issues from an oesophageal fistula made in the neck; the chewing and swallowing of food causes an abundant secretion of gastric juice. Synonym: fictitious feeding. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nasal feeding | The giving of nourishment through a flexible tube passed through the nasal passages into the stomach. (05 Mar 2000) |
| feeding | Giving food or nourishment. (05 Mar 2000) |
| 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) |
| feeding behaviour | Behavioural responses or sequences associated with eating including modes of feeding, rhythmic patterns of eating, and time intervals. (12 Dec 1998) |
| feeding, breast | The ability of the breast to produce milk diminishes soon after childbirth without the stimulation of breastfeeding. Immunity factors in breast milk can help the baby to fight off infections. Breast milk contains vitamins, minerals, and enzymes which aid the baby's digestion. Breast and formula feeding can be used together. (12 Dec 1998) |
| feeding centre | A region of the lateral zone of the hypothalamus, electrical stimulation of which in the rat elicits uninterrupted eating; destruction of the region causes long-lasting anorexia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| feeding methods | Methods of giving food to humans or animals. (12 Dec 1998) |
| fictitious feeding | A procedure used in the study of the psychic phase of gastric secretion: in experiments on dogs, the food, after being eaten, does not enter the stomach but issues from an oesophageal fistula made in the neck; the chewing and swallowing of food causes an abundant secretion of gastric juice. Synonym: fictitious feeding. (05 Mar 2000) |
| forced feeding | Giving liquid food through a nasal tube passed into the stomach, forcing a person to eat more food than desired. Synonym: forced alimentation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| formula feeding | The ability of the breast to produce milk diminishes soon after childbirth without the stimulation of breastfeeding. Immunity factors in breast milk can help the baby to fight off infections. Breast milk contains vitamins, minerals, and enzymes which aid the baby's digestion. Breast and formula feeding can be used together. (12 Dec 1998) |
| attachment | 1. The act attaching, or state of being attached; close adherence or affection; fidelity; regard; an passion of affection that binds a person; as, an attachment to a friend, or to a party. 2. That by which one thing is attached to another; connection; as, to cut the attachments of a muscle. "The human mind . . . Has exhausted its forces in the endeavor to rend the supernatural from its attachment to this history." (I. Taylor) 3. Something attached; some adjunct attached to an instrument, machine, or other object; as, a sewing machine attachment (i. E, a device attached to a sewing machine to enable it to do special work, as tucking, etc). 4. A seizure or taking into custody by virtue of a legal process. The writ or percept commanding such seizure or taking. The term is applied to a seizure or taking either of persons or property. In the serving of process in a civil suit, it is most generally applied to the taking of property, whether at common law, as a species of distress, to compel defendant's appearance, or under local statutes, to satisfy the judgment the plaintiff may recover in the action. The terms attachment and arrest are both applied to the taking or apprehension of a defendant to compel an appearance in a civil action. Attachments are issued at common law and in chancery, against persons for contempt of court. In England, attachment is employed in some cases where capias is with us, as against a witness who fails to appear on summons. In some of the new England States a writ of attachment is a species of mesne process upon which the property of a defendant may be seized at the commencement of a suit and before summons to him, and may be held to satisfy the judgment the plaintiff may recover. In other States this writ can issue only against absconding debtors and those who conceal themselves. See Foreign, Garnishment, Trustee process. Synonym: Attachment, Affection The leading idea of affection is that of warmth and tenderness; the leading idea of attachment is that of being bound to some object by strong and lasting ties. There is more of sentiment (and sometimes of romance) in affection, and more of principle in preserving attachment. We speak of the ardor of the one, and the fidelity of the other. There is another distinction in the use and application of these words. The term attachment is applied to a wider range of objects than affection. A man may have a strong attachment to his country, to his profession, to his principles, and even to favorite places; in respect to none of these could we use the word affection. Origin: F. Attachment. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |