| AD | accident dispensary; acetate dialysis; active disease; acute dermatomyositis; addict, addiction; ade... |
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| ADD | acceptable daily dose; adduction; adenosine deaminase; attentional deficit disorder; average daily d... |
| DED | date of expected delivery; defined exposure dose; delayed erythema dose |
| ED | early-decision [applicant]; early differentiation; ectodermal dysplasia; ectopic depolarization; eff... |
| HD | Haab-Dimmer [syndrome]; Hajna-Damon [broth]; Hansen disease; hearing distance; heart disease; helix ... |
| child psychology | The study of normal and abnormal behaviour of children. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| child reactive disorders | Reactions to an event or set of events which are considered to be of pathological degree, that have not developed into a neurosis, psychosis, or personality disorder with fixed patterns. (12 Dec 1998) |
| child rearing | The training or bringing-up of children by parents or parent-substitutes. It is used also for child rearing practices in different societies, at different economic levels, in different ethnic groups, etc. It differs from parenting in that in child rearing the emphasis is on the act of training or bringing up the child and the interaction between the parent and child, while parenting emphasizes the responsibility and qualities of exemplary behaviour of the parent. (12 Dec 1998) |
| CHILD syndrome | <syndrome> Congenital hemidysplasia with ichthyosiform erythroderma and limb defects. (05 Mar 2000) |
| child, unwanted | The child who is not wanted by one or both parents. (12 Dec 1998) |
| child welfare | Organised efforts by communities or organizations to improve the health and well-being of the child. (12 Dec 1998) |
| mother-child relations | Interaction between the mother and the child. (12 Dec 1998) |
| hyperactive child syndrome | <psychiatry> A condition seen in children where there is increased motor activity in association with poor attention span. Often treated with amphetamine medications. (27 Sep 1997) |
| only child | Child who has no siblings. (12 Dec 1998) |
| father-child relations | Interaction between the father and the child. (12 Dec 1998) |
| absorbed dose | The amount of energy absorbed per unit mass of irradiated material at the target site; in radiation therapy, the former unit for absorbed dose is the rad; the current (S.I.) unit is the gray. (05 Mar 2000) |
| air dose | The radiation dose, expressed in roentgens, delivered at a point in free air. Synonym: air dose. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bone marrow dose | The cumulative dose to the blood-forming organ from therapeutic or nuclear fallout irradiation; the presumed leukemogenic dose. (05 Mar 2000) |
| booster dose | A dose given at some time after an initial dose to enhance the effect, said usually of antigens for the production of antibodies. (05 Mar 2000) |
| breast dose in mammography | <radiology> 180 mrad / view -- mid-breast dose, guideline: less than 1 rad for 2-view exam (12 Dec 1998) |