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Postterm infant
An infant born after the beginning of the 42nd week of gestation (longer than 288 days).
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Infanrix
Diphtheria, tetanus toxoids, and acellular pertussis (Dtap) vaccine, adsorbed.
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Infancy
The very early period of life from birth until age one year. The period of human growth that persists from the time of emergence to roughly a couple of years afterward.
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Sleep inertia
The normal impairment in thinking and motor performance that immediately follows awakening.
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Indwelling
Inside the body; said of invasive diagnostic or therapeutic devices; pert, to a catheter, drainage tube, or other device that remains inside the body for a prolonged time.
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Gray induration
Unresolved pneumonia with fibrosis of the lung, and no pigmentation.
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Granular induration
Fibrosis of an organ such as the liver or kidney in which small fibrotic granules are present.
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Cyanotic induration
Induration from long continued venous hyperemia, pressure on vessels causing transudation of blood and serum, and formation of a dark, hard mass. In the liver or spleen it leads to absorption of the parenchyma with formation of scar tissue.
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Brown induration
Pigmentation and fibrosis of the lung as a result of chronic venous congestion of the lung. Persistent passive congestion in the lung combined with fibrosis and coloring from an iron-rich blood pigment.
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Brawny induration
Pathological hardening and thickening of tissues, usually due to inflammation.
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