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Parturition
Childbirth, the process of delivering the baby and placenta from the uterus to the vagina to the outside world. Also called labor and delivery. Parturition comes from the Latin parturire, 'to be ready to bear young' and is related to…
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Show more- Factor X A laboratory-made agent similar to a normally existing substance in the body that stimulates the production…
- Cystocele Bulging of the bladder into the vagina. From cysto- (the bladder) + -cele (hernia) because the bladder…
- Tricyclic antidepressant One of a class of medications used to treat depression. The tricyclic antidepressants are also used for some…
- Hemi- Prefix meaning one half, as in hemiparesis, hemiplegia, and hemithorax. From the Greek hemisus meaning half…
- Hydrazine Hydrazine sulfate, an alternative medicine that has been claimed to be a treatment for cancer. It has been…
- Macrognathia An abnormally large jaw. This condition is associated with pituitary gigantism, tumors, and other disorders…
- Therapy, adjuvant Treatment that is given in addition to the primary (initial) treatment. Adjuvant treatment is an addition to…
- Mg Abbreviation for milligram, a unit of measurement of mass in the metric system equal to a thousandth of a…
- Melanoma, ciliary body See: Intraocular melanoma
- Promoter In molecular biology, a site on DNA to which the enzyme RNA polymerase can bind and initiate the…
- Alactasia Lack of the enzyme lactase which is needed to digest the milk sugar lactose. See: Lactase deficiency
- Diabetes, ketosis-prone See Diabetes, type 1