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Presentation, breech
Birth in which the buttocks present before the head
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- ASA (drug caution code) Abbreviation on a medication that indicates it contains acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin). This special caution…
- Exogenous Originating from outside the organism. Insulin taken by a diabetic is exogenous insulin
- Cerebral amyloidosis and spongiform encephalopathy See: Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker syndrome
- LOD score In genetics, a statistical estimate of whether two loci (the sites of genes) are likely to lie near each…
- Fetus The unborn offspring from the end of the 8th week after conception (when the major structures have formed)…
- HCM Abbreviation for hematocrit. The hematocrit is the proportion, by volume, of the blood that consists of red…
- Polyhydramnios Too much amniotic fluid.
- Condom, female Although the word 'condom' usually conjures up the male condom, there is a female condom. The Reality Female…
- Corticotropin-releasing hormone A hormone made by the hypothalamus that stimulates the release of corticotropin by the anterior pituitary…
- Medical symbol A staff or rod with a snake curled around it is the staff (the rod) of Aesculapius (also called Asklepios)…
- Dowager's hump An abnormal outward curvature of the vertebrae of upper back. Compression of the front (anterior) portion of…