• S like SMILE : ” expression of the face with the corners of the mouth turned up, showing amusement, happiness….” when a child [...]

  S like SMILE / S como SANGUE

  September 9, 2013
• D as Dependence : ”  Trust in somebody, reliance on something , state of  having to be supported by others or need  of [...]

  D as Dependence / D como Dependência ( from A to Z) 2

  October 15, 2012
• REHABILITATION : ” process of recovering, restoring….that takes its time.” Rehab has always 2 sides: the first is that it is a [...]

  R like Rehabilitation / R como Recuperação

  October 2, 2012
• U como UNIÃO : ” Agrupados física ou mentalmente, reunidos, juntos…” É assim que devemos ser os que trabalham juntos, os que [...]

  U como União / U like UNDERSTAND

  September 21, 2012

• Z LIike ZEN : ” Japanese form of Buddhism that stresses the importance of meditation more than the reading of religious writings..” [...]

  Z like ZEN / Z como ZEN

  August 7, 2012
• A like ADMIRATION : ” feeling of respect, warm approval or pleasure for somebody or something done…” We watch and enjoy the [...]

  A like Admiration / A como Auto-conhecimento

  August 5, 2012
• E  like END: ” Final part of something, finish, term of an event or situation…”                               [...]

  E like END / E como ESCONDER

  June 9, 2012
• Q like Question: ” form of expression in speech or writing that requests an answer from somebody” This word has probably a link with [...]

  Q like Question / Q como Questionar

  January 23, 2012

• V like vein : ” One of the type of tubes carrying blood from all parts of the body to the heart….” Finding  veins to puncture [...]

  V like Vein / V como viagem

  September 19, 2011
• M as MEMORY / M como MEMORIZAR MEMORY :” POWER OF THE MIND BY WHICH FACTS CAN BE REMEMBERED” MEMORIZAR:” AÇÃO DE LEMBRAR, [...]

  M as Memory / M como Memorizar

  August 17, 2011
• K like Karate : ” Japanese system of unarmed combat in which the hands and  feet are used as weapons” Karate is not considered a [...]

  K like Karate / K como Karaokê

  July 17, 2011
• N like NO : ” word used to indicate that something is not allowed” FOR KIDS with hemophilia, Von Willebrand…. when parents have [...]

  N like NO / N como Negar

  May 3, 2011

• L like LESION : ” wound, injury….harmful change in the tissue of a bodily organ…” L como LESÃO: ” Ferimento, [...]

  L like lesion / L como Lesão

  January 6, 2010
• I would like to indicate the excellent monograph of RIVA MILLER about GENETIC COUSELLING, written for the WFH.toh-25_english_genetic_counselling [...]

  X like X chromosome / X como cromossomo X

  November 24, 2009
• CALM: “still, not nervous nor agitated” and I would define it as a  “State of spirit that maintains tranquility” Calm is [...]

  C like CALM / C como Calma (the origen in greek comes from Kauma= flame!!)

  August 17, 2009