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Multipara, grand
The term 'multipara' applies to any woman who has given birth 2 or more times. A woman who has given birth 5 or more times is called a grand multipara. For a pregnancy to count as a 'birth,' it must go to at least 20 weeks' gestation (the…
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- Tachycardia A rapid heart rate, usually defined as greater than 100 beats per minute. The tachycardias include sinus…
- Chocolate A food or flavoring made from the seeds of the cacao or chocolate tree. Chocolate is rich in flavinoids…
- Postmortem examination An autopsy. Also called a necropsy. Postmortem examinations have been done for more than 2,000 years but…
- Palindrome Pertaining to a palindrome. A DNA sequence that reads the same in both directions is a palindromic sequence.
- Familial eosinophilia An autosomal dominant condition characterized by an abnormally high level of eosinophils in the blood…
- Fever, Q Quintan means recurring every 5 days, the characteristic duration of trench fever. Quintan or trench fever is…
- Hernia, diaphragmatic Hernia: Passage of a loop of bowel through the diaphragm muscle. This type of hernia occurs as the bowel from…
- Ovary, polycystic See: Polycystic ovary syndrome
- Denver Developmental Screening Test The Denver Developmental Screening Test (DDST) is a widely used assessment for examining children 0-6 years…
- Heel prick A procedure in which the heel is pricked and then a small amount of the blood is collected, usually with a…
- Thyroid hormone receptor A molecule that receives a thyroid hormone and permits it to dock on the nuclear membrane of a cell. The…