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OB
Abbreviation for obstetrician or for obstetrics, the art and science of managing pregnancy, labor and the puerperium, the time immediately after delivery
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- Refractory Not yielding (at least not yielding readily) to treatment
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- Genome, cow See: Bovine genome
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- DTP Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis vaccine
- Female gonad The female gonad, the ovary or 'egg sac', is one of a pair of reproductive glands in women. They are located…
- Inhibin One of two hormones (designated inhibin-A and inhibin-B) secreted by the gonads (by Sertoli cells in the male…