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Enteritis caused by bacteria.  

Referring to a disease caused by a microorganism, which can be caught from another person but which may not always be directly transmitted. An entity, be it a living organism or a virus, that possesses the ability to invade a host and induce an infection. This term is frequently modified to indicate the degree of…

Hepatitis transmitted by a carrier through food or drink.  

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…