click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Bonewit Chapt 9
Pediatrics (Tayebria Howard)
Term | Definition |
---|---|
adolescent | an individual 12 to 18 years old |
immunity | the resistance of the body to the effects of a harmful agent, such as a pathogenic microorganism and its toxins |
immunization (active, artificial) | the process of becoming immune or of rendering an individual immune through the use of a vaccine or toxoid |
infant | a child from birth to 12 months old |
length (recumbent) | the measurement from the vortex of the head to the heel of the foot in a supine position |
pediatrician | a physician who specializes in the care and development of children and the diagnosis and treatment of children's diseases |
pediatrics | the branch of medicine that deals with the care and development of children and the diagnosis and treatment of children's disease |
preschool child | a child 3 to 6 years old |
school-aged child | a child 6 to 12 years old |
toddler | a child 1 to 3 years old |
toxoid | a toxina poisonous substance produced by a bacterium)that has been treated by heat or chemicals to destroyits harmful properties. It isadministered to an individual to prevent an infectious disease by stimulating |
vaccine | a suspension of attenuated (weakened) or killed microorganisms administered to an individual to prevent and infectious disease by stimulating the production of antibodies in that individual |
vertex | the top of the head |