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A surgically reconstructed pharynx. The surgery reestablishes the integrity of the throat after laryngectomy.  

A surgically constructed penis, made, e.g., from tissue grafts taken from other parts of the body.  

Killing of a newborn child, usually during the first day of life.  

The number of deaths in 1 year of infants aged 0 to 28 days divided by the number of live births in that same year.  

A rare congenital disorder causing iron overload in the fetus and newborn, resulting in intrauterine growth retardation, premature birth, end-stage liver disease at birth, or intrauterine death.  

The adverse consequences in the newborn of exposure to addictive or dangerous intoxicants during fetal development. The consequences include, but are not limited to, preterm delivery, intrauterine growth retardation, asphyxia, low birth weight, and behavioral, psychiatric, and learning disabilities later in life. Drug withdrawal that occurs in newborn infants whose mothers were frequent drug users…

A colorless gas that makes a reddish-orange glow when an electric charge strikes it.  

A rare, inert, gaseous element in the air. Only 18 parts per million parts of air are neon. Neon’s atomic mass is 20.183, and its atomic number is 10.  

Concerning the portion of the nervous system that regulates voluntary muscular control.  

An increase in the thickness of the lining of a blood vessel in response to injury or vascular reconstruction. It is an important cause of vein graft obstruction after coronary artery bypass surgery and in the premature closure of other vascular conduits (e.g., in dialysis access devices). It is characterized by the migration of smooth…