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A limited intellectual development reflected in an IQ score between 50 and 70. Children in this range are considered to be educably mentally retarded.  

A general classification for disorders that involve learning and/or social or interpersonal behavior disorders that generally are discovered in a school-based setting. Usually this classification is assigned to those who fall 1-2 standard deviations from the norm and can still be taught in a regular class setting for the majority of a day.  

Founded in 1905 for the purpose of improving the physical, mental, and moral condition of humanity and the advancement of charitable and benevolent projects.  

A woman who is pregnant for the first time, multigravida.  

A type of periodically recurring headache, often confined to one side of the head. Periodic and severe pain in the head associated with vertigo, photosensitivity, scintillation, nausea, and vomiting. An especially severe, long-lasting headache that may be caused by swelling of the brain’s blood vessels.  

A process or art of assisting in childbirth. The person trained in is a midwife. The profession of a midwife. The study of the practical aspects of obstetrics. The profession of providing assistance and medical care to women undergoing labor and childbirth. The field dedicated to aiding women during pregnancy and labor, as well as…

The period of the life cycle between 45 and 65 years. Denoting (approximately) the ages from 35 to 55 years.  

A school for the intermediate grades that has largely replaced the junior high school. Most often, includes grades 5-8 or 6-8 elementary school; high school. An institution providing education to students between elementary school and high school, if the middle grades—for example, grades 5 to 8, 6 to 8, or 7 to 8—are taught in…

An antechamber to the inner ear that amplifies sound vibrations of the eardrum and transmits them to the cochlea. That part of the ear consisting of air-filled space in the temporal bone and extending from the tympanic membrane, which separates it from the external ear, to the inner ear. It contains three small bones (the…

A line dropped from the midpoint of either clavicle.