| perturbation |
Any departure introduced into an assumed steady state of a system. The magnitude is often assumed to be small so that product terms in the dependent variables may be neglected; the term
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| Perthes' disease |
inflammation of the growing head of a femur; a type of osteochondritis juvenilis
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| pertussis |
a bacterial infection of the respiratory tract characterized by short, convulsive coughs that end in a whoop sound when breath is inhaled (commonly called whooping cough); mainly affects children
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| pertussis |
An infectious disease characterized by recurrent spasmodic bouts of coughing that continues until the breath is exhausted, then ending in an inspiratory stridor (the "whoop") caused by laryngeal spasm. It is caused by Bordetella pertussis.
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| Perthes' disease |
a form of avascular necrosis of the hip occuring in children or adolescents. It causes a limp with hip or knee pain between the ages of 5 and 11 with boys normally more affected than girls.
Ãâó: www.arc.org.uk/about_arth/glossary.htm
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