| A | B |
|---|
| six-year molars | The lower two front teeth which appear first |
| coordination | The skillful and balanced movement of different parts, especially parts of the body, at the same time |
| permanent teeth | The set of teeth that begin to come in during the school-age years and are meant to last a lifetime |
| decay | Rotting of the teeth |
| gross motor skills | Development of the large muscles |
| fine motor skills | Development of the small muscles |
| hand-eye coordination | The ability to perform tasks that involve coordinating the movement of the hands with what the eyes see---e.g., catching or hitting a ball |
| defiant | Deliberately and openly disobedient |
| ridicule | To laugh at or mock |
| flame-resistant | Fabric that has a treatment to keep it from burning |
| enuresis | Any instance of involuntary (accidental) urination by a child over three years of age |
| immunizations | An injection of weakened disease-carrying germs given to a person so their body can build a resistance to a certain disease |
| hepatitis B | A sometimes reccuring or fatal form of hepatitis that is caused by a virus and transmitted through contact with infected blood, blood products, and bodily fluids |
| diphtheria | A serious infectious disease, caused by a bacterium, Corynebacterium diphtheriae, that attacks the membranes of the throat and releases a toxin that damages the heart and the nervous system with the main symptoms being fever, weakness, and severe inflamation of the affected membranes |
| tetanus | An acute infectious disease, cause by a toxin released by the bacterium Clostridium tetani usually contracted through a penatrating wound, that causes severe muscular spasms and contractions, especially around the neck and jaw |
| pertussis (whooping cough) | An infectious bacterial disease that causes violent coughing spasms followed |
| polio | A severe infectious viral disease, usually affecting children or young adults, that inflames the brainstem and spinal cord, sometimes leading to loss of voluntary movement and muscular wasting |
| mumps | An acute contagious disease that causes a fever with swelling of the salivary glands |
| Rubella (German measles) | A highly contagious viral disease, especially affecting children, that causes swelling of the lymph glands and a reddish pink rash; may be harmful to the unborn baby of a pregnant woman who contracts it |
