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Pregnancy calendar
A pregnancy calendar is a chronological depiction of changes in a pregnant woman and the embryo/fetus during the 40-week course of pregnancy. Pregnancy calendars usually describe development and growth of the fetus and changes in the…
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Show more- Sensory neuron A neuron that receives electrical input signals from sensory cells and from other neurons
- Familial mental retardation 1 See FMR1.
- CADASIL Cerebral Autosomal Dominant Arteriopathy with Subcortical Infarcts and Leukoencephalopathy. An inherited form…
- Son 1. Principally, a male offspring. 2. Also a male adopted child. 3. A term of address for a male. From the Old…
- Alzheimer disease See: Alzheimer's disease
- RX Medical abbreviation for treatment
- Mucopolysaccharidosis type VI Maroteaux-Lamy syndrome, due to deficiency of the enzyme N-acetylgalactosamine-4-sulfatase. See also…
- Orchiopexy Surgery to bring down an undescended testicle
- VBAC Vaginal Birth After Cesarian section. Although the abbreviation VBAC (pronounced VEE-back) does not appear in…
- Undulant fever An infectious disease due to the bacteria Brucella that characteristically causes rising and falling fevers…
- Adenoiditis Infection of the adenoids.
- Compression, nerve See: Nerve compression