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Rate, maternal mortality
The number of maternal deaths related to childbearing divided by the number of live births (or by the number of live births + fetal deaths) in that year. The maternal mortality rate in the United States in 1993 (and 1994) was 0.1 per 1,000…
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Show more- C-peptide A byproduct of insulin production, usually by the pancreas. The level of C-peptide is a gauge of how much…
- Music therapy The use of music in therapy; the therapeutic use of music. There are many different definitions of music…
- Flexion The process of bending or the state of being bent. Flexion of the fingers results in a clenched fist.
- Angiostrongylus infection Also called angiostrongyliasis. See: Angiostrongyliasis
- Rate, respiratory See: Respiratory rate
- EBA (epidermolysis bullosa acquisita) See: Epidermolysis bullosa acquisita
- Nasal septum perforation A hole in the nasal septum, the wall inside the nose that runs down the middle dividing it into two sides…
- Anaphia The inability to feel touch. From the Greek prefix an, not + Greek haphe, touch = inability to (feel) touch…
- Calculi, renal Kidney stones, by another name. A common cause of blood in the urine and pain in the abdomen, flank, or…
- Amylo- (Amyl- before a vowel.) A prefix pertaining to starch. From the Greek amylon, meaning starch
- Polyglandular autoimmune syndrome (PGA) A genetic autoimmune disease with an extraordinary array of clinical features but characterized most often by…
- Acid reflux A common condition and an abnormal one in which acid in the stomach rises up into the esophagus. This occurs…