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the scientific study of the human mind and its functions, especially those affecting behavior in a given context.
Psychology
lack or loss of appetite for food (as a medical condition).
an emotional disorder characterized by an obsessive desire to lose weight by refusing to eat.
Anorexia
inflammation of the larynx and trachea in children, associated with infection and causing breathing difficulties.
Croup
A potentially serious sleep disorder in which breathing repeatedly stops and starts.
Risk factors include age and obesity. It’s more common in men.
Sleep Apnea
the period following the onset of puberty during which a young person develops from a child into an adult.
Adolescence
a condition in which fluid accumulates in the brain, typically in young children, enlarging the head and sometimes causing brain damage
Hydrocephalus
a medical practitioner specializing in children and their diseases.
Pediatrician
a developmental disorder of variable severity that is characterized by difficulty in social interaction and communication and by restricted or repetitive patterns of thought and behavior.
Autism
the quality of being logically or factually sound; soundness or cogency.
“one might question the validity of our data
Validity
test given to newborns soon after birth.
Apgar
a system of methods used in a particular area of study or activity.
Methodology
a system of methods used in a particular area of study or activity.
Denominator
is a species of Gram-positive, aerotolerant bacteria in the genus Streptococcus. These bacteria are extracellular, and made up of non-motile and non-sporing cocci that tend to link in chains.
Streptococcus pyogenes
an abnormal absence of menstruation
Amenorrhea
the number above the line in a common fraction showing how many of the parts indicated by the denominator are taken, for example, 2 in 2/3.
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