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Bonewit Chapter 9
The Pediatric Examination - Brooklynn Crowe
Question | Answer |
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an individual 12 to 18 years old | adolescent |
the resistance of the body to the effects of a harmful agent such as a pathogenic microorgamisn and its toxins | immunity |
the process of becoming immune or of rendering and indivivual immune through the use of a vaccine or toxoid | immunization |
a child from birth to 12 months | infant |
the measurement from the vertex of the head to the heel of the foot in a supine position | lenght (recumbent) |
a physician who specializes in the care and development of children and the diagnosis and treatment of childrens diseases | pediatrician |
the branch of medicine that deals with the care and development of children and the diagnosis and treatment of childrens diseases | pediatrics |
a child 3 to 6 years old | preschool child |
a child 6 to 12 years old | school-age child |
a child 1 to 3 years old | toddler |
a toxin that has been treated by heat or chemicals to destroy its harmful properities | toxoid |
a suspension of attenuated (weakened) or killed MOs admisistered to an individual to prevent infectious disease by stimulation the production of antibiodies in that individual | vaccine |
the top of the head | vertex |