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Experiential learning
The process of learning from experience. Alternate term for a learning style focusing on student discovery of rules and conclusions from given materials.
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Enterally
Referring to a method of feeding a person by nasogastric tube or directly into the intestine.
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Alograph
An X-ray photograph of the ventricles and spaces of the brain taken after air has been injected into the cerebrospinal fluid by lumbar puncture.
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Dyslexic
A person suffering from dyslexia.
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Delicate
Easily broken or harmed. Easily falling ill. Requiring great care or sensitivity.
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Crush fracture
A fracture by compression of the bone.
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Congenital hyperthyroidism
A disease caused by a malfunction of the thyroid before birth or in early life.
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Cardioscope
An instrument formed of a tube with a light at the end, used to inspect the inside of the heart.
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Caloric requirement
The amount of energy shown in calories which a person needs each day.
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Azygous vein
A vein which brings blood back into the vena cava from the abdomen.