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Colostrum
A sticky white or yellow fluid secreted by the breasts during the second half of pregnancy and for a few days after birth before the breast milk comes in
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Show more- Primordia See: Primordium
- Somatic mutation A mutation in a somatic cell, in contrast to a mutation in a germ cell. See also: Acquired mutation.
- Typhus, urban. of Malaya Murine typhus, an acute infectious disease with fever, headache, and rash, all quite similar to, but milder…
- Dystonia, focal, due to torticollis See: Focal dystonia due to torticollis
- Progestational hormone A synonym for the hormone progesterone. See: Progesterone
- Foramen, intervertebral See: Intervertebral foramen
- Filariasis See Lymphatic filariasis
- MPS Abbreviation for mucopolysaccharidosis
- Paterfamilias The male head of the family; the father figure. Paterfamilias is the Latin for father of the household. It is…
- Tinel's sign An examination test that is used by doctors to detect an irritated nerve. Tinel's sign is performed by…
- Histoplasma capsulatum See: Histoplasma
- Reduction division The first cell division in meiosis, the process by which germ cells are formed. A unique event in which the…