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Surgery, fetal
The surgical treatment of the fetus before birth. Also called prenatal or antenatal surgery. Fetal surgery is done when the fetus is not expected to live long enough to make it through to delivery or to live long after birth unless fetal…
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- Renal Having to do with the kidney. From the Latin renes (the kidneys), which gave the French les reins which mean…
- Cachetic Common misspelling of cachectic
- Balance, acid-base Acid-base balance refers to the mechanisms the body uses to keep its fluids close to neutral pH (that is…
- Employment Retirement Income Security Act See: ERISA
- Porencephaly A disorder of the central nervous system involving a cyst or cavity in a cerebral hemisphere of the brain…
- Liquor cerebrospinalis See: Cerebrospinal fluid
- Beaufort wind scale A widely used wind force scale whih is a simple numerical relationship to wind speed based on an observation…
- Tocolytic agent A medication that can inhibit labor, slow down or halt the contractions of the uterus. Tocolytic agents are…
- Thyroid hormones Chemical substances made by the thyroid gland, which is located in the front of the neck. This gland uses…
- Usher syndrome Usher syndrome: A genetic disorder characterized by hearing impairment and an eye disorder called retinitis…
- Tumor registry Recorded information about the status of patients with tumors. Although a registry was originally the place…