| ACACN | American Council of Applied Clinical Nutrition |
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| ACN | acute conditioned neurosis; Ambulatory Care Network; American College of Neuropsychiatrists; America... |
| AIN | acute interstitial nephritis; American Institute of Nutrition; anterior interosseous nerve |
| AMRNL | Army Medical Research and Nutrition Laboratory |
| ANS | acanthion; American Nutrition Society; 8-anilino-1-naphthalene-sulfonic acid; anterior nasal spine; ... |
| musculoskeletal physiology | Functions and activities of the bones and muscles as a musculoskeletal unit or individually. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| hominal physiology | Physiology as applied to the elucidation of the normal functions of the human being. (05 Mar 2000) |
| skin physiology | The functions of the skin in the human and animal body. It includes the pigmentation of the skin and its appendages. (12 Dec 1998) |
| nervous system physiology | Functions and activities of the nervous system as a whole or with reference to the peripheral or the central nervous system. (12 Dec 1998) |
| dental physiology | Functions and activities of dentition as a whole. (12 Dec 1998) |
| digestive physiology | Functions and activities of the digestive system as a whole or of any of its parts. (12 Dec 1998) |
| ocular physiology | Functions and activities of the eye as a whole or of any of its parts. (12 Dec 1998) |
| up-regulation (physiology) | Process that increases ligand/receptor interactions due to an increase in the number of available receptors. (12 Dec 1998) |
| urinary tract physiology | Functions and activities of the urinary tract as a whole or of any of its parts. (12 Dec 1998) |
| battered child syndrome | <radiology> Multiple assymetrical fractures, separation of distal epiphyses, irregularity and fragmentation of metaphyses, bucket-handle fracture, corner fracture of elbow, knee, ankle (sudden twisting motion), isolated spiral fracture, extensive periosteal reaction (subperiosteal haemorrhage), exuberant callus formation, cortical hyperostosis extending to epiphyseal plate, avulsion fracture at ligamentous insertion, subdural haematoma (most common), brain atrophy (up to 100%), infarction (50%), subdural hygroma, encephalomalacia, porencephaly (12 Dec 1998) |
| parent-child relations | The interactions between parent and child. (12 Dec 1998) |
| maternal-child health centres | Facilities which administer the delivery of health care services to mothers and children. (12 Dec 1998) |
| maternal-child nursing | The nursing specialty that deals with the care of women throughout their pregnancy and childbirth and the care of their newborn children. (12 Dec 1998) |
| vulnerable child syndrome | <syndrome> A reaction characterised by disturbance in psychosocial development, often occurring in children whose parents expect them to die prematurely. (05 Mar 2000) |
| child | A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is child, preschool. (12 Dec 1998) |