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Clinical Chapter 27
Terminology Pediatrics
Question | Answer |
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Acyanotic | Pertaining to an absence of cyanosis |
Cyanotic | Characterized by cyanosis, or a blue tint in the skin, which indicates reduced blood oxygen |
Fontanelle | Soft Spot = Located on the cranium of a newborn or infant, area of the skull that is not covered by bone at birth but where the cranial bones eventually come together, allowing for the growth of the brain and skull |
Lavage | Washing out a cavity |
Pediatrician | Physician who specializes in treating children from birth to age 20 |
Pediatrics | Medical Specialty that focuses on the care and treatment of children from birth through age 20 |
FAS | Fetal Alcohol Syndrome |
MMR | Measels Mumps Rubella Vaccine |
RSV | Respiratory Syncytial Virus |
VIS | Vaccination Information Sheet |