(n.) A son or a daughter; a male or female descendant, in the first degree; the immediate progeny of human parents; -- in law, legitimate offspring. Used also of animals and plants.
(n.) A descendant, however remote; -- used esp. in the plural; as, the children of Israel; the children of Edom.
(n.) One who, by character of practice, shows signs of relationship to, or of the influence of, another; one closely connected with a place, occupation, character, etc.; as, a child of God; a child of the devil; a child of disobedience; a child of toil; a child of the people.
(n.) A noble youth. See Childe.
(n.) A young person of either sex. esp. one between infancy and youth; hence, one who exhibits the characteristics of a very young person, as innocence, obedience, trustfulness, limited understanding, etc.
(n.) A female infant.
(v. i.) To give birth; to produce young.
Example Sentences:
(1) A 2.5-month-old child with cyanotic heart disease who required long-term PGE1 infusions; developed widespread periosteal reactions during the course of therapy.
(2) Child benefit has already been withdrawn from higher rate taxpayers.
(3) Unfortunately, due to confidentiality clauses that have been imposed on us by the Department of Immigration and Border Protection, we are unable to provide our full names and … titles … However, we believe the evidence that will be submitted will validate the statements that we are making in this submission.” The submission detailed specific allegations – including names and dates – of sexual abuse of child detainees, violence and bullying of children, suicide attempts by children and medical neglect.
(4) The proportion of teeth per child with calculus was approximately 8 percent for supragingival and 4 percent for subgingival calculus.
(5) In the past, the interpretation of the medical findings was hampered by a lack of knowledge of normal anatomy and genital flora in the nonabused prepubertal child.
(6) There were 101 unwanted pregnancies, and 1 child was born with intersexual genitals.
(7) Parents believed they should try to normalize their child's experiences, that interactions with health care professionals required negotiation and assertiveness, and that they needed some support person(s) outside of the family.
(8) After a due process hearing, the child was placed in a school for autistic children.
(9) By adjustment to the swaying movements of the horse, the child feels how to retain straightening alignment, symmetry and balance.
(10) 'The only way that child would have drowned in the bath is if you were holding her under the water.'
(11) After these two experimental years, a governmental institute for prevention of child abuse and neglect was organized.
(12) Discriminant analysis was performed with the fourth child in the family as the index case.
(13) The authors describe a case of expulsive choroidal effusion which occurred in the course of a fistulating operation in a child with Sturge-Weber syndrome.
(14) An age- and education-matched group of women with no family history of FXS was asked to predict the seriousness of problems they might encounter were they to bear a child with a handicapping condition.
(15) No case of oromandibular-limb abnormality was seen in the CVS groups, but 1 child in the AC group had aplasia of the right hand.
(16) The authors used a linear multivariate regression to evaluate the effects of distance from the highway, age and sex of the child, and housing condition.
(17) Child age was negatively correlated with mother's use of commands, reasoning, threats, and bribes, and positively correlated with maternal nondirectives, servings, and child compliance.
(18) The safe motherhood initiative demands an intersectoral, collaborative approach to gynecology, family planning, and child health in which midwifery is the key element.
(19) Because the HRG level is increased in Child A liver cirrhosis, we suggest that other mechanisms, other than simply a decreased synthetic capacity of the liver, contribute to the changes in HRG levels in patients with liver disease.
(20) A nine-year-old male child presented with a history of recurrent chest infections and breathlessness.
Toddler
Definition:
(n.) One who toddles; especially, a young child.
Example Sentences:
(1) It took years of prep work to make this sort of Übermensch thing socially acceptable, let alone hot – lots of “legalize it!” and “you are economic supermen!” appeals to the balled-and-entitled toddler-fists of the sociopathic libertechian madding crowd to really get mechanized mass-death neo-fascism taken mainstream .
(2) A toddler with common variable hypoimmunoglobulinemia (CVH), inflammatory bowel disease, and recurrent Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) on intravenous gammaglobulin (IVIG) replacement was evaluated for a combined cellular immunodeficiency.
(3) Dairy pipeline cleaners were the single most common causative substance, injuring ten toddlers (mean age 1.6 years), perforating the esophagus in two.
(4) Sixty mother-toddler dyads (30 boys and 30 girls) participated as subjects.
(5) Children 1 to 6 months old had over twice the morbidity from diarrhea if assigned to the antimicrobial group as compared to placebo, while the toddler group (7-30 months) taking the antimicrobial had somewhat less diarrhea.
(6) Across a dusty lot sits a heap of scrap metal, patrolled by a couple of emaciated dogs, while a toddler squats in the street, examining the sole of a discarded shoe.
(7) These findings indicate a need for Los Angeles County to address the problem of drownings among infants and toddlers in private swimming pools and to investigate the failure of regulations requiring fencing of swimming pools to prevent these deaths.
(8) Pictures of children as young as toddlers posed in sexually suggestive ways are easily found online in Japan .
(9) Survey results suggest that parents are more likely to misuse car seats for infants than toddlers.
(10) There were significant differences in temperament dimension scores between Australian toddlers and those studied in an American setting.
(11) We examined a cross-section of infants and toddlers to determine whether the severity of asthma is associated with allergy as has been reported in older children with asthma.
(12) The provision of structure in the form of thematically related toy sets, instructions, and modeling did not reduce the discrepancy between demonstrated play behaviors of toddlers with SLI-E and their normally developing peers.
(13) An earlier observational study of mothers and toddlers in the supermarket revealed differential success of 2 styles of maternal behavior.
(14) The dental profession must not ignore the oral health needs of infants and toddlers under three years of age.
(15) Dr Sabah al-Zayyat, 52, paediatrician The doctor was the last medical professional to examine the toddler before his death and the only person so far sacked in connection with the case.
(16) Standing in the kitchen was a large, middle-aged woman wearing a sweater and keeping an eye on her toddler.
(17) Twenty-five mother-toddler dyads with depressed mothers were compared with 25 dyads with well mothers on measures of attention during 20 min of spontaneous play in a home-like setting.
(18) He’s supped at this table since he’s been three years old,” Biden’s beaming father said in celebrating the election of his son, who was a toddler when his father was elected to the Senate.
(19) As increasing numbers of women have entered the labor force, increasing numbers of children, particularly infants and toddlers, have become active participants in child care.
(20) Experience with the behavioral assessment of hearing sensitivity is reported for 211 babies and toddlers aged 6-24 months.