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Para
Any woman who has given birth once or more is termed a 'para.' Note that, for a pregnancy to count as a 'birth', it must go to at least 20 weeks' gestation (the mid-point of a full-term pregnancy) or yield an infant that weighs at least…
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- Lycanthropy The delusion that one has become a wolf or the werewolf transformation. Werewolf myths were associated with…
- Comminuted fracture A fracture in which bone is broken, splintered or crushed into a number of pieces. NTER> Note that…
- Menopause Menopause: The time in a woman's life when menstrual periods permanently stop; it is also called the 'change…
- Living will A living will is one form of advance medical directive. Advance medical directives pertain to treatment…
- Syndrome, Sjogren-Larsson The Sjogren-Larsson syndrome is a genetic (inherited) disease usually characterized by a triad of clinical…
- Funny bone As in 'it tickled my funny bone.' When the elbow is bumped, the ulnar nerve running past the elbow is…
- Keratosis follicularis A genetic skin disease characterized by slowly progressive hardening of the skin (keratoses) around the hair…
- Peptide A molecule consisting of 2 or more amino acids. Peptides are smaller than proteins, which are also chains of…
- Leukemic reticuloendotheliosis See: Hairy cell leukemia
- Synovial membrane A layer of connective tissue that lines the cavities of joints, tendon sheaths, and bursae and makes synovial…
- Pressure neuropathy Neuropathy: 'Pinching' a nerve by putting too much pressure on it. For example, the sciatic nerve may be…