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Delivery, footling
There are single-footling or double-footling deliveries depending upon whether the presenting part of the baby at delivery is just one foot or both feet
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- Hyperhidrosis Hyperhidrosis: Excessive sweating. Hidrosis meaning sweating, so hyperhidrosis is too much sweating.
- Osteogenesis imperfecta tarda See: Osteogenesis imperfecta type I.
- Shock, vasogenic Shock caused by widening of the blood vessels, usually from medication
- Population, study See: Study population
- Refractory anemia Anemia (a shortage of red blood cells) unresponsive to treatment
- Hejama Alternate Arabic term for cupping. The preferred Arabic term for this practice is al-hijamah. See: Cupping
- Hypoosmolar In biochemistry, referring to hypoosmolarity, an abnormal decrease in the osmolarity of the body fluids
- Skin, scalded, syndrome See Scalded skin syndrome
- Sabin, Florence R. Sandy or gritty. For example, the sludge in bile may be sabulous. And the stony sediment in urine may be…
- Fat, brown See: Brown fat
- Beta cell A type of cell in the pancreas. Within the pancreas, the beta cells are located in areas called the islets of…