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The most complete online medical dictionary: 16,436 terms covering anatomy, physiology, pathologies, diagnostic exams, pharmacology and every clinical specialty.
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The consumption of alcohol during pregnancy carries the danger of damaging the fetus and causing fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) or fetal alcohol effects
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- Anesthetic, epidural An anesthetic injected into the epidural space surrounding the fluid-filled sac (the dura) around the spine…
- Plethoric Florid, red-faced.
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- EBM Evidence-based medicine
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- Childbirth assistant See: Doula (the first meaning)
- Joint hypermobility syndrome A common benign childhood condition involving hypermobile joints (that can move beyond the normal range of…
- Pain, chest See: Chest pain
- Smoke, second-hand Environmental tobacco smoke that is inhaled involuntarily or passively by someone who is not smoking…
- Pulmonary fibrosis Pulmonary fibrosis: Scarring throughout the lungs which can be caused by many conditions such as…