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Bonewit Chapt 9
The Pediatric Examination- Sierra Waugh
Question | Answer |
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Adolescent | An individual 12-18 years old. |
Immunity | The resistance of the body to the effects of a harmful agent, such as a pathogenic MO and its toxins. |
Immunization | The process of becoming immune of or rendering an individual immune through the use of vaccine of toxoid. |
Infant | A child from birth to 12 months old. |
Length | The measurement from the vertex of the head to the heel of the foot in a supine position. |
Pediatrician | A physican who specializes in the care and development of children and the diagnosis and treatment of childrens dieseaes. |
Pediatrics | The branch of medicine that deals with the care and development and the diagnosis and treatment of childrens disease. |
Preschool child | A child 3-6 years old. |
School age child | A child 6-12 years old. |
Toddler | A child 1-2 years old. |
Toxoid | A toxin that has been treated by heat or chemicals to destroy its harmful properties. |
Vaccine | A suspension of attenuated or killed MO'S administered to and individual to prevent and infectious disease. |
Vertex | The top of the head. |