Category: I

A wound into which bacteria have entered.  

A condition of newborn babies in which the lungs do not function properly. Respiratory distress syndrome is a pulmonary disorder that occurs primarily in infants born prematurely. The disorder is a result of incomplete lung development. Respiratory distress syndrome is due to insufficiency of a foamy fluid known as surfactant, a substance essential to expansion…

A former name for poliomyelitis.  

Convulsions or minor epileptic fits in small children.  

Referring to small children. Referring to a disease which affects children. Denoting conditions occurring in adults that are recognizable in childhood, e.g. poliomyelitis (infantile paralysis) and infantile scurvy.  

A child under two years of age. A child from birth to 1 year (some extend the range to 2 years). A child incapable of any form of independence from its mother: a child under one year of age, especially a premature or newborn child. In legal use the term denotes a child up to…

At the moment of death.  

(Of person) not moving.  

A state where a person is drunk, especially habitually drunk. State of being drunk on ethyl alcohol; intoxicated.  

A catheter left in place for a period of time after its introduction. Any catheter that is allowed to remain in place in a vein, artery, or body cavity. A type of catheter that remains in the bladder on a temporary or permanent basis. It is used only when intermittent catheterization is not possible or…