| childhood | The period of life between infancy and puberty. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| 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) |
| childhood epilepsy with occipital paroxysms | A benign epilepsy syndrome characterised by frequent occipital spikes often activated by eye closure. It has a seizure semiology that includes visual manifestations; not always remitting later in life. (05 Mar 2000) |
| childhood muscular dystrophy | The most common childhood muscular dystrophy, with onset usually before age 6. Characterised by symmetrical weakness and wasting of first the pelvic and crural muscles and then the pectoral and proximal upper extremity muscles; pseudohypertrophy of some muscles, especially the calf; heart involvement; sometimes mild mental retardation; progressive course and early death, usually in adolescence. X-linked inheritance (affects males and transmitted by females). Synonym: childhood muscular dystrophy, Duchenne's disease, pseudohypertrophic muscular dystrophy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| childhood schizophrenia | A severe emotional disturbance of childhood characterised by qualitative impairment in reciprocal social interaction and in communication, language, and social development. Synonym: autistic disorder, childhood schizophrenia, early infantile autism, Kanner's syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| childhood tuberculosis | Initial (primary) infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, characterised by pneumonic lesions in middle parts of lungs, rarely cavitary, with rapid spread to lymph nodes in hilar and paratracheal areas; more often seen in childhood, but pattern is not limited to children. (05 Mar 2000) |
| childhood type tuberculosis | First infection by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, typically seen in children but also occurs in adults, characterised in the lungs by the formation of a primary complex consisting of small peripheral pulmonary focus with spread to hilar or paratracheal lymph nodes; may cavitate or heal with scarring or may progress. Synonym: childhood type tuberculosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| children's immunizations | In the United States, it is recommended that all children receive vaccination against: Hepatitis B, Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, Haemophilus influenzae type B (HIB), Poliovirus, Measles, mumps, rubella, Varicella zoster virus (chickenpox). Every child should have these vaccinations except when there are special circumstances and the child's doctor advises specifically against a vaccination. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Chilean saltpeter | NaNO3;formerly used for dysentery and as a diuretic. Synonym: Chilean saltpeter, cubic niter. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chill | 1. A sensation of cold. 2. A feeling of cold with shivering and pallor, accompanied by an elevation of temperature in the interior of the body; usually a prodromal symptom of an infectious disease due to the invasion of the blood by toxins. Synonym: rigor. Origin: A.S. Cele, cold (05 Mar 2000) |
| chilo- | Chil- Lips. See: cheilo-. Origin: G. Cheilos, lip (05 Mar 2000) |
| chilomastigiasis | Infection with Chilomastix flagellates, such as C. Mesnili of the human caecum. Synonym: chilomastosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Chilomastix | A genus of protozoan flagellates parasitic in the large intestine of man and other primates, and in many other mammals, birds, amphibia, and reptiles; it is ordinarily nonpathogenic, but one species, Chilomastix mesnili, may be an occasional cause of diarrhoea in children. Origin: chilo-+ G. Mastix, whip (05 Mar 2000) |
| chilomastosis | Infection with Chilomastix flagellates, such as C. Mesnili of the human caecum. Synonym: chilomastosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chiloplasty | Plastic surgery of the lips. (27 Sep 1997) |
Synonyms : Child Reactive Disorder, Reactive Disorder, Child
Synonyms : Child Rearings, Rearing, Child, Rearings, Child
Synonyms : Health, Child, Welfare, Child
Synonyms : Adolescent, Abandoned, Children, Abandoned, Abandoned Adolescent, Abandoned Adolescents, Abandoned Child, Abandoned Children, Adolescents, Abandoned
Synonyms : Children, Exceptional, Exceptional Children
| Chironomus |
type genus of the Chironomidae
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| chittem bark |
cascara: dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative
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| chiasma |
an intersection or crossing of two tracts in the form of the letter X
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| chiasmal |
of or relating to a chiasm
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| chiasmatic |
chiasmal: of or relating to a chiasm
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| CHI | Asiatic herb cultivated for its short pods with one or two edible seeds |
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| CHI | any of various plants related to the common chickweed |
| CHI | any of various plants of the genus Stellaria |
| CHI | low mat-forming herb of rocky places in United States |
| CHI | gum-like substance from the sapodilla |
| CHI | gum-like substance from the sapodilla |
| CHI | elegance by virtue of being fashionable |
| CHI | United States comedian |
| CHI | crisp spiky leaves with somewhat bitter taste |
| CHI | root of the chicory plant roasted and ground to substitute for or adulterate coffee |
| CHI | perennial Old World herb having rayed flower heads with blue florets cultivated for its root and its heads of crisp edible leaves used in salads |
| CHI | the dried root of the chicory plant: used as a coffee substitute |