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Infant, post-term
An overly mature baby that has not been born until well after the usual term pregnancy. A post-term baby is specifically one born 2 weeks (14 days) or more after the usual 9 months (280 days) of gestation. The gestation (length of the…
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Show more- Binaural Relating to both ears. From the Latin bini, a pair, + auris, ear = a pair (of) ears = both ears. Synonymous…
- PEG Stands for percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy, a surgical procedure for placing a feeding tube without…
- IPT Interpersonal therapy
- Therapy, adjuvant Treatment that is given in addition to the primary (initial) treatment. Adjuvant treatment is an addition to…
- Disorder, mathematics A condition characterized by math skills that are significantly below normal, given the person's age…
- Longitudinal section A section that is cut along the long axis of a structure. The opposite is a cross section
- Gene, zygotic lethal A gene that is lethal (fatal) for the zygote, the cell formed by the union of a sperm (male sex cell) and an…
- Antigen A substance that is capable of causing the production of an antibody. Antigens may or may not lead to an…
- Interventional radiology (IR) Rventional radiologists employ image guidance methods to gain access to the deep interstices of most organs…
- PPMA (post-polio muscular atrophy) Late muscle wasting that occurs as part of the post-polio syndrome (PPS), a constellation of symptoms and…
- Pharyngoesophageal diverticulum See: Zenker diverticulum
- Occiput The back of the head. A direct borrowing of the Latin word for the part of the head opposite the front