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Bonewit Chapt 9
The Pediatric Examination- Sierra Waugh
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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. |