Medical dictionary
Medical terminology normalized via MeSH, ICD-11, SNOMED CT.
62,341 terms indexed
Sexual maltreatment of the child or minor.
Promotion and protection of the rights of children; frequently through a legal process.
Any observable response or action of a child from 24 months through 12 years of age. For neonates or children younger than 24 months, INFANT BEHAVIOR is available.
Disturbances considered to be pathological based on age and stage appropriateness, e.g., conduct disturbances and anaclitic depression. This concept does not include psychoneuroses, psychoses, or personality disorders with fixed patterns.
Care of CHILDREN in the home or in an institution.
The formally authorized guardianship or care of a CHILD.
Facilities which provide care for pre-school and school-age children.
The continuous sequential physiological and psychological maturing of an individual from birth up to but not including ADOLESCENCE.
Severe distortions in the development of many basic psychological functions that are not normal for any stage in development. These distortions are manifested in sustained social impairment, speech abnormalities, and peculiar motor movements.
The psychiatric, sociological and psychological study and treatment of the developing child with emphasis on preventive or prophylactic measures focused on the familial, educational and socio-environmental milieu of the child.
Facilities which administer the delivery of mental health counseling services to children.
Organized services to provide health care for children.
The language and sounds expressed by a child at a particular maturational stage in development.
Number of deaths of children between one year of age to 12 years of age in a given population.
Disorders caused by nutritional imbalance, either overnutrition or undernutrition, occurring in children ages 2 to 12 years.
The study of NUTRITION PROCESSES as well as the components of food, their actions, interaction, and balance in relation to health and disease of children, infants or adolescents.
Nutritional physiology of children aged 2-12 years.
The medical science that deals with the origin, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of mental disorders in children.
Reactions to an event or set of events which are considered to be of pathological degree, that have not developed into a neurosis, psychosis, or personality disorder with fixed patterns.
The training or bringing-up of children by parents or parent-substitutes. It is used also for child rearing practices in different societies, at different economic levels, in different ethnic groups, etc. It differs from PARENTING in that in child rearing the emphasis is on the act of training or bringing up the child and the interaction between the parent and child, while parenting emphasizes the responsibility and qualities of exemplary behavior of the parent.
Devices used to protect and restrain infant and child automotive passengers.
Organized efforts by communities or organizations to improve the health and well-being of the child.
Child with one or more parents afflicted by a physical or mental disorder.
A child or adolescent who is deserted by parents or parent substitutes without regard for its future care.
A child whose needs, abilities, or other characteristics vary so much from the average in mental, physical, or social areas that a greater than usual level of services is needed to facilitate the child's maximum potential development.
A child or adolescent who, when compared to others of the same age or experience, exhibits capability of high performance in intellectual, creative, or artistic areas, possesses an unusual capacity for leadership or excels in specific academic fields. (From PL 100-297, Sec. 4103, Definitions)
Child hospitalized for short term care.
A child who is receiving long-term in-patient services or who resides in an institutional setting.
Child who has lost both parents through death or desertion.
A child between the ages of 2 and 5.
The child who is not wanted by one or both parents.
Children with mental or physical disabilities that interfere with usual activities of daily living and that may require accommodation or intervention.
Federal program, enacted in 1997, for the funding of children's health insurance coverage at the state level for low-income families, affording them effective protection against erosions in employer sponsored coverage.
A country in southern South America, bordering the South Pacific Ocean, between Argentina and Peru.
The sudden sensation of being cold. It may be accompanied by SHIVERING.
An individual that contains cell populations derived from different zygotes.
A GTPase activating protein that is specific for RAC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS. It is expressed primarily in the brain and may be involved in signal transduction. The alternatively spliced form of CHIMERIN 1 (alpha-2 Chimerin) contains an additional src homology domain and is expressed in both the brain and testes.
A family of GTPASE-ACTIVATING PROTEINS that are specific for RAC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS.
The occurrence in an individual of two or more cell populations of different chromosomal constitutions, derived from different individuals. This contrasts with MOSAICISM in which the different cell populations are derived from a single individual.
The anatomical frontal portion of the mandible, also known as the mentum, that contains the line of fusion of the two separate halves of the mandible (symphysis menti). This line of fusion divides inferiorly to enclose a triangular area called the mental protuberance. On each side, inferior to the second premolar tooth, is the mental foramen for the passage of blood vessels and a nerve.
A country spanning from central Asia to the Pacific Ocean.
A genus of the family Chinchillidae which consists of three species: C. brevicaudata, C. lanigera, and C. villidera. They are used extensively in biomedical research.
A family of nonbiting midges, in the order DIPTERA. Salivary glands of the genus Chironomus are used in studies of cellular genetics and biochemistry.
An occupational discipline founded by D.D. Palmer in the 1890's based on the relationship of the spine to health and disease.
Order of mammals whose members are adapted for flight. It includes bats, flying foxes, and fruit bats.
A linear polysaccharide of beta-1->4 linked units of ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE. It is the second most abundant biopolymer on earth, found especially in INSECTS and FUNGI. When deacetylated it is called CHITOSAN.
An enzyme that converts UDP glucosamine into chitin and UDP. EC 2.4.1.16.
Glycoside hydrolases that break down glycosidic bonds in CHITIN. They are important for insect and worm morphogenesis and plant defense against pathogens. Human chitinases may play a role in the etiology of allergies and asthma.