childhood epilepsy with occipital paroxysms |
A benign epilepsy syndrome characterised by frequent occipital spikes often activated by eye closure. It has a seizure semiology that includes visual manifestations; not always remitting later in life. (05 Mar 2000) |
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childhood muscular dystrophy |
The most common childhood muscular dystrophy, with onset usually before age 6. Characterised by symmetrical weakness and wasting of first the pelvic and crural muscles and then the pectoral and proximal upper extremity muscles; pseudohypertrophy of some muscles, especially the calf; heart involvement; sometimes mild mental retardation; progressive course and early death, usually in adolescence. X-linked inheritance (affects males and transmitted by females). Synonym: childhood muscular dystrophy, Duchenne's disease, pseudohypertrophic muscular dystrophy. (05 Mar 2000) |
childhood schizophrenia |
A severe emotional disturbance of childhood characterised by qualitative impairment in reciprocal social interaction and in communication, language, and social development. Synonym: autistic disorder, childhood schizophrenia, early infantile autism, Kanner's syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
childhood tuberculosis |
Initial (primary) infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, characterised by pneumonic lesions in middle parts of lungs, rarely cavitary, with rapid spread to lymph nodes in hilar and paratracheal areas; more often seen in childhood, but pattern is not limited to children. (05 Mar 2000) |
childhood type tuberculosis |
First infection by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, typically seen in children but also occurs in adults, characterised in the lungs by the formation of a primary complex consisting of small peripheral pulmonary focus with spread to hilar or paratracheal lymph nodes; may cavitate or heal with scarring or may progress. Synonym: childhood type tuberculosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
children's immunizations |
In the United States, it is recommended that all children receive vaccination against: Hepatitis B, Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, Haemophilus influenzae type B (HIB), Poliovirus, Measles, mumps, rubella, Varicella zoster virus (chickenpox). Every child should have these vaccinations except when there are special circumstances and the child's doctor advises specifically against a vaccination. (12 Dec 1998) |
Chilean saltpeter |
NaNO3;formerly used for dysentery and as a diuretic. Synonym: Chilean saltpeter, cubic niter. (05 Mar 2000) |
chill |
1. A sensation of cold. 2. A feeling of cold with shivering and pallor, accompanied by an elevation of temperature in the interior of the body; usually a prodromal symptom of an infectious disease due to the invasion of the blood by toxins. Synonym: rigor. Origin: A.S. Cele, cold (05 Mar 2000) |
chilo- |
Chil- Lips. See: cheilo-. Origin: G. Cheilos, lip (05 Mar 2000) |
chilomastigiasis |
Infection with Chilomastix flagellates, such as C. Mesnili of the human caecum. Synonym: chilomastosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
Chilomastix |
A genus of protozoan flagellates parasitic in the large intestine of man and other primates, and in many other mammals, birds, amphibia, and reptiles; it is ordinarily nonpathogenic, but one species, Chilomastix mesnili, may be an occasional cause of diarrhoea in children. Origin: chilo-+ G. Mastix, whip (05 Mar 2000) |
chilomastosis |
Infection with Chilomastix flagellates, such as C. Mesnili of the human caecum. Synonym: chilomastosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
chiloplasty |
Plastic surgery of the lips. (27 Sep 1997) |
Chilopoda |
A class of centipedes (phylum Arthropoda). Origin: chilo-+ G. Pous, foot (05 Mar 2000) |
chilopodiasis |
Invasion of one of the cavities, especially the nasal cavity, by a species of Chilopoda. (05 Mar 2000) |