| CHILD syndrome | <syndrome> Congenital hemidysplasia with ichthyosiform erythroderma and limb defects. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| child welfare | Organised efforts by communities or organizations to improve the health and well-being of the child. (12 Dec 1998) |
| child, abandoned | A child who is deserted by parents or parent substitutes without regard for its future care. (12 Dec 1998) |
| child, exceptional | A child who deviates from the average in mental, physical, or social characteristics to such an extent that he requires a modification of services in order to develop his maximum potential. (12 Dec 1998) |
| child, gifted | A child whose intelligence is in the upper two percent of the total population of his age. A gifted child is a child having outstanding ability in any respect. (12 Dec 1998) |
| child, hospitalised | Child hospitalised for short term care. (12 Dec 1998) |
| child, institutionalised | The normal or defective child who is being cared for in an institution either because he is homeless or requires special care. (12 Dec 1998) |
| child, preschool | A child between the ages of 2 and 5. (12 Dec 1998) |
| child, unwanted | The child who is not wanted by one or both parents. (12 Dec 1998) |
| childbearing | Pregnancy and parturition. (05 Mar 2000) |
| childbearing age | The period in a woman's life between puberty and menopause. (05 Mar 2000) |
| childbed fever | Postpartum sepsis with a rise in fever after the first 24 hours following delivery, but before the eleventh postpartum day. Synonym: childbed fever, puerperal sepsis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| childbirth | The process of labour and delivery in the birth of a child. See: birth, accouchement. Synonym: parturition. (05 Mar 2000) |
| childhood | The period of life between infancy and puberty. (05 Mar 2000) |
| childhood absence epilepsy | A generalised epilepsy syndrome characterised by the onset of absence seizures in childhood, typically at age six or seven years. There is a strong genetic predisposition and girls are affected more often than boys. EEG reveals generalised 3 Hz spike-wave activity on a normal background. Prognosis for remission is good if the patient does not also have generalised tonic-clonic seizures. See: absence. Synonym: petit mal epilepsy, pyknolepsy. (05 Mar 2000) |