SOME OF THE Medical terms defined

Sunday Independent
June 15, 2014

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/some-of-the-medical-terms-defined-30354983.html

Pertussis: also described as whooping cough

Convulsions: seizures

Marasmus: acute malnutrition

Debility from birth: weakness

Congenital syphilis: bacterial infection that can be passed on to an infant in pregnancy

Congenital idiocy: archaic term covering range of neurological and developmental conditions

Uraemic fits: seizures associated with kidney failure