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The place where a person is located in the sibling structure of the family.  

An outdated term describing identical twins that have not been completely separated at birth. Twins born joined together at one or more body parts and often sharing a body part. Most Siamese twins can be separated surgically, the prognosis depending on the site of connection and the extent of shared organs. Also called conjoined twins.…

A passageway between two blood vessels or between two sides of the heart. The passing of fluid through a channel which is not the usual one. A channel which links two different blood vessels and carries blood from one to the other. A medical technique that involves insertion of a bypass tube, or shunt, to…

A small discharge of blood and mucus from the cervix that indicates birth is imminent. The first discharge of blood at the beginning of childbirth. In pregnancy, the bloody mucus that appears just before the onset of labor. The sanguinoserous discharge from the vagina during the first stage of labor or just preceding menstruation. Also…

A ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and the glenoid fossa of the scapula. A ball and socket joint which allows the arm to rotate and move in any direction. Ball-and-socket joint in which the humerus articulates with the scapula. The ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and the glenoid cavity…

The encircling bony structure supporting the upper limbs and comprising the scapula and the clavicle and their central attachments. The bony structure to which the bones of the upper limbs are attached. It consists of the right and left scapulas (shoulder blades) and clavicles (collar bones). The bones that attach the upper limbs to the…

According to the Atkinson and Shiffrin model, the store that holds information being processed at the moment. The is limited in size, and without practice, and retention is only about 30 s.  

A form of therapy for mental illness employing convulsions produced by electric shock or a drug, insulin shock therapy; electroconvulsive shock therapy. A method of treating some mental disorders by giving an anaesthetised patient an electric shock to induce an epileptic convulsion. The therapeutic approach for mental or psychiatric patients that involves inducing a coma,…

A transient personality decompensation in the face of sudden, acute stress.  

The microscopic organism that causes bacillary dysentery. A species that causes severe, epidemic diarrhea.