Category: I
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Intestinal infantilism
Infantilism associated with a chronic intestinal disorder, causing poor growth.
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Ineffective infant feeding pattern
Impaired ability to suck or to coordinate the suck-swallow response resulting in inadequate oral nutrition for metabolic needs.
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Infant of substance-abusing mother
All-inclusive term describing a newborn whose birth mother used alcohol, cocaine, opiates, or other potentially hazardous chemicals during pregnancy. These babies are considered to be at high risk for complications during the neonatal period; many also exhibit related long-term disabilities that influence their potential for normal growth and development. Perinatal complications include intrauterine growth retardation,…
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Infant stimulation
The use of various techniques to provide neonates and infants identified with or at risk for developmental delay with an environment that has a rich and diverse range of sensations and experiences.
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Infanrix
Diphtheria, tetanus toxoids, and acellular pertussis (Dtap) vaccine, adsorbed.
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Infancy
The very early period of life from birth until age one year. The period of human growth that persists from the time of emergence to roughly a couple of years afterward.
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Indwelling
Inside the body; said of invasive diagnostic or therapeutic devices; pert, to a catheter, drainage tube, or other device that remains inside the body for a prolonged time.
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Indulin
Any one of a group of dyes used in histology.
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Inductance
That property of an electrical circuit by virtue of which a varying current induces an electromotive force in that circuit or a neighboring circuit. The unit of inductance, or self-induction, is the henry. Inductive reactance, also known as bucking, is the characteristic of a circuit that counteracts the flow of electric current in an inductance…
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Indolaceturia
The excretion of an increased amount of indoleacetic acid in the urine. This occurs in patients with phenylketonuria and may also be increased by eating serotonin-containing foods (e.g., bananas).