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An acronym for Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Information System.  

An acronym for The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980. Also known as the Superfund. This is the legislation that created ATSDR.  

In biology, the fourth larval stage of a fluke usually free-swimming; penetrates the body of a second alternate host of definitive host. The final larval stage of any parasitic trematode. The cercariae, which have tails but otherwise resemble the adults, are released into water from the snail host in which the parasite undergoes part of…

The united head and thorax.  

A sequence of maturation in which the pattern of development is from the head downward, cephalocaudal.  

From head to tail along the central axis of the body. A gradient is evident in neuro muscular maturation in all vertebrates: cephalocaudal sequence.  

The development of larger and more elaborate brain and head in higher animals.  

A lipid released by platelets and injured cells is important in blood clotting. A phospholipid, similar to lecithin, present in the brain. One of a group of phospholipids that are constituents of cell membranes and are particularly abundant in the brain.  

Birth position in which the baby is presented head first at birth. The usual position of a baby in the uterus, where the baby’s head will appear first. Appearance of any part of the fetal head during vaginal delivery. Presentation of the head of the fetus in any position. A presentation where any portion of…

Cephalic presentation.