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Doula
1. A non-medical assistant in childbirth. A doula is not the father but is usually a woman who is experienced in childbirth. The role of the doula is to provide the mother with physical and emotional assistance before, during, or after…
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Show more- Myoclonic twitch A rapid, involuntary muscle contraction, particularly near the eye. Myoclonic tics resemble, and may be…
- Diabetic neuropathy Diabetic neuropathy: A family of nerve disorders caused by diabetes. Diabetic neuropathies cause numbness and…
- RAST An allergy test done on a sample of blood. The aim with RAST, as with skin tests, is to check for allergic…
- Metaphase chromosome A chromosome in the stage of the cell cycle (the sequence of events in the life of a cell) when a chromosome…
- Toxicogenomics The collection, interpretation, and storage of information about gene and protein activity in order to…
- Occipital bone The bone that forms the rear and the rear bottom of the skull. The occipital bone encloses a large oval hole…
- Noncompliance The failure or refusal to comply: the failure or refusal to conform and adapt one's actions to a rule or to…
- Charles D. Kelman See: Phacoemulsification
- Scale, Centigrade Thermometer scale in which the freezing point of water is 0°C and the boiling point of water at sea level is…
- Immunization, hepatitis A See: Hepatitis A immunization
- Promoter In molecular biology, a site on DNA to which the enzyme RNA polymerase can bind and initiate the…
- HHDN The abbreviation for the scientific name of aldrin. (The scientific name for aldrin…