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Solids
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Solids Foods given to babies other than formula or breast milk. Solids are usually introduced when an infant is around 6 months of age.
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Formula
An alternative to breast milk, baby formula is usually milk-based but is also made from soy products.
Breast
The breast refers to the front of the chest or, more specifically, to the mammary gland. The mammary gland is a milk producing gland. It is composed largely of fat. Within the mammary gland is a complex network of branching ducts. These ducts exit from sac-like structures called lobules, which can produce milk in females. The ducts exit the breast at the nipple.
Solids
Foods given to babies other than formula or breast milk. Solids are usually introduced when an infant is around 6 months of age.
Infant
A child under a year of age.
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Solicitational paraphilia
One of a group of paraphilias characterized by triumph wrested developmentally from sexuoerotic tragedy by means of a strategy that incorporates lust into the lovemap on the condition that an invitatory act belonging to the preliminary or proceptive phase be substituted for the copulatory act of the central or acceptive phase, thus ensuring that saintly love be not defiled by sinful lust.
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Sickle cell anemia
An inherited chronic anemia - caused by abnormally shaped red blood cells - exclusive to populations of African descent. If carefully monitored, women with sickle cell anemia can give birth to healthy babies.
Skin disorders
Any disorder of the skin, including rashes, eczema, and birthmarks.
Sleep disorders
Any of the problems that disturb regular sleep, including night terrors, sleep apnea, or trouble going to sleep.
Small for gestational age
An infant who is not as big as could be expected given her gestational age is termed "small for gestational age." SGA babies are small because of slow development, not because they've had less time in the womb, like premature babies.
Smegma
A cheesy lubricating secretion from the sebaceous glands of the penis that enables the foreskin to retract smoothly over the head of the penis.
Solids
Sperm allergy
An immune reaction to sperm, causing your body to produce antibodies that kill or disable sperm. In a small percentage of women (some estimate less than 2 percent) this condition can be serious enough to cause infertility; men can also develop antibodies to their own sperm.
Sperm antibodies
An immune reaction to sperm, causing your body to produce antibodies that kill or disable sperm. In a small percentage of women (some estimate less than 2 percent) this condition can be serious enough to cause infertility; men can also develop antibodies to their own sperm.
Sperm bank
An organization that collects and stores sperm for artificial insemination. Individuals or couples can store their own sperm for later use, or can get sperm from donors.
Sperm motility
The ability of sperm to move and swim quickly.
Spermicide
A chemical agent that kills sperm. Used as a form of birth control, either alone or paired with another method such as a condom or diaphragm.
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Formula
An alternative to breast milk, baby formula is usually milk-based but is also made from soy products.
Breast
The breast refers to the front of the chest or, more specifically, to the mammary gland. The mammary gland is a milk producing gland. It is composed largely of fat. Within the mammary gland is a complex network of branching ducts. These ducts exit from sac-like structures called lobules, which can produce milk in females. The ducts exit the breast at the nipple.
Solids
Foods given to babies other than formula or breast milk. Solids are usually introduced when an infant is around 6 months of age.
Infant
A child under a year of age.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Solicitational paraphilia
One of a group of paraphilias characterized by triumph wrested developmentally from sexuoerotic tragedy by means of a strategy that incorporates lust into the lovemap on the condition that an invitatory act belonging to the preliminary or proceptive phase be substituted for the copulatory act of the central or acceptive phase, thus ensuring that saintly love be not defiled by sinful lust.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Sickle cell anemia
An inherited chronic anemia - caused by abnormally shaped red blood cells - exclusive to populations of African descent. If carefully monitored, women with sickle cell anemia can give birth to healthy babies.
Skin disorders
Any disorder of the skin, including rashes, eczema, and birthmarks.
Sleep disorders
Any of the problems that disturb regular sleep, including night terrors, sleep apnea, or trouble going to sleep.
Small for gestational age
An infant who is not as big as could be expected given her gestational age is termed "small for gestational age." SGA babies are small because of slow development, not because they've had less time in the womb, like premature babies.
Smegma
A cheesy lubricating secretion from the sebaceous glands of the penis that enables the foreskin to retract smoothly over the head of the penis.
Solids
Sperm allergy
An immune reaction to sperm, causing your body to produce antibodies that kill or disable sperm. In a small percentage of women (some estimate less than 2 percent) this condition can be serious enough to cause infertility; men can also develop antibodies to their own sperm.
Sperm antibodies
An immune reaction to sperm, causing your body to produce antibodies that kill or disable sperm. In a small percentage of women (some estimate less than 2 percent) this condition can be serious enough to cause infertility; men can also develop antibodies to their own sperm.
Sperm bank
An organization that collects and stores sperm for artificial insemination. Individuals or couples can store their own sperm for later use, or can get sperm from donors.
Sperm motility
The ability of sperm to move and swim quickly.
Spermicide
A chemical agent that kills sperm. Used as a form of birth control, either alone or paired with another method such as a condom or diaphragm.
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