Category: C

A cyclical, recurring, and potentially progressive pattern of pervasive sadness that is experienced by a parent or caregiver, or individual with chronic illness or disability in response to continual loss, throughout the trajectory of an illness or disability.  

The need for supplemental oxygen in an infant born prematurely, especially when that need is present after 36 weeks’ gestation. This condition was formerly called bronchopulmonary dysplasia.  

The condition of being long lasting or of showing little or slow progress.  

Continued exposure(s) to a toxic agent or radiation over an extended period of time.  

Having a general level of intellectual function that is significantly below average and that exists concurrently with deficits in adaptive behavior. These behavioral changes may first appear in childhood or may develop after head trauma or stroke. This condition is sometimes called “organic brain syndrome” in adults or “mental retardation” in children. Chronically neurologically impaired…

The use of colored light to treat disease. Often termed Color Therapy, a type of alternative medicine that uses color as a treatment for various ailments. Usually part of a general category of healing called reflexology, color is used sometimes purely by itself and sometimes in conjunction with such enhancers as selected musical sounds or…

A rearrangement of genetic material in which a sequence of DNA reads backward instead of forward. In human beings chromosomal inversions may result in fetal anomalies, miscarriage, or other conditions.  

One of a group of conjugated proteins consisting of a protein combined with hematin or another colored, metal-containing, prosthetic group (e.g., hemoglobin, hemocyanin, chlorophyll, flavoproteins, cytochromes).  

A subjective sensation of a spot of color in the eye.  

Any cell or tissue that stains either poorly or not at all; a type of cell found in the pars distalis of the pituitary gland.