Category: B

Infant, child, or adolescent who has been seriously injured, generally many times, by one or more adults, frequently the parent(s), whose mistreatment of the victim shows a pattern of abnormal, abusive behavior.  

Sensation in the deeper parts of the body (e.g., the muscles and joints), as opposed to the skin. A consciousness or sensibility of parts of the body beneath the skin.  

Unusually low placement of the heart, not caused by disease.  

Chronic behavior response of self-consciouness, timidity, and avoidance of personal attention in public; a withdrawing, self-conscious temperament.  

Measurement of oxygen intake by a person about 14 hours after eating as an indication of the amount of energy required to maintain vital body functions (e.g., circulation, respiration, digestion). Breathing into a tube that leads to a measuring apparatus, the person remains at rest (but does not sleep) during the test. For each interval…

Poisoning resulting from the use of barbiturates, marked by slurred speech, sleepiness, loss of memory, disorientation, and in serious cases, depressed respiration, coma, and death. Addiction to drugs of the barbiturate group. Signs of intoxication include confusion, slurring of speech, yawning, sleepiness, loss of memory, loss of balance, and reduction in muscular reflexes. Withdrawal of…

Inflammation of the hair follicles of the face, caused by bacterial or fungal infection. Folliculitis of the hair follicles of the beard; usually caused by staphylococcal or fungal infection.  

Inability to determine weight differences. Inability to estimate weight of objects, indicates presence of a parietal lobe lesion. The inability to estimate weights; the opposite of barognosis. It is indicative of a parietal lobe lesion.  

Progressive disorder characterized by enlargement of the spleen, anemia, gastrointestinal bleeding, and other symptoms and often occurring as a complication of alcoholic cirrhosis of the liver; also called Banti’s disease. Condition characterized by anemia, enlarged spleen and hemorrhages, culminating in cirrhosis of the liver due to portal hypertension. A disorder in which enlargement and overactivity…

Science of the movement and path of projectiles, such as bullets and missiles. Medically important in the treatment of victims of gunshot and shrapnel wounds. For example, bullets typically tumble as they pass through tissue, causing far more damage than the exterior wound might suggest. The science of the motion and trajectory of projectiles, including…