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Empirical midwife
A midwife who has entered the profession as an apprentice to a practicing midwife rather than attending a formal school program
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- Anemia, Mediterranean Better known today as thalassemia (or as beta thalassemia or thalassemia major). The clinical picture of this…
- Thrombolytic agent A drug that is able to dissolve a clot (thrombus) and reopen an artery or vein. Thrombolytic agents may be…
- Complete androgen insensitivity syndrome A genetic disorder that makes XY fetuses insensitive (unresponsive) to androgens (male hormones). Instead…
- Bullous Characterized by blistering, such as in a second-degree burn. Bullous is the adjective for bulla. A bulla is…
- Fear of nudity An abnormal and persistent fear of nudity is called gymnophobia. Sufferers of this phobia experience undue…
- Erythrodermic psoriasis A particularly inflammatory form of psoriasis that often affects most of the body surface. It is the least…
- Amplification, DNA The production of multiple copies of a sequence of DNA. Repeated copying of a piece of DNA. DNA amplification…
- NIDCD Stands for National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, one of the US National…
- NCV Nerve conduction velocity. See: Nerve conduction velocity test
- Makeup, permanent See: Permanent makeup
- Colorblindness The inability to perceive colors in a normal fashion. The most common forms of colorblindness are inherited…