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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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- Yard In length, 3 feet or 36 inches or, metrically, 91.44 centimeters. The yard, along with the foot and inch, are…
- Colpoptosis A condition in which the vagina has dropped from its normal position against the abdominal wall
- Coprolith See: Fecalith
- Bone, heel A somewhat rectangular bone at the back of the foot. The words 'calcaneus' and 'calcium' are related…
- Facultative heterochromatin Chromosome material that can be either heterochromatin or euchromatin. The inactive X chromosome is made up…
- Typhus, urban. of Malaya Murine typhus, an acute infectious disease with fever, headache, and rash, all quite similar to, but milder…
- Pneumocystis pneumonia One of the cells lining the alveoli (the air sacs) in the lung. The alveoli are, in fact, lined with two…
- Hemoglobin, carbon monoxide See: Carboxyhemoglobin
- Nucleic acids See nucelic acid
- Nails, jogger's Very small semi-circular white spots on the nails. These spots may be found on the fingernails and…
- Canine genome See: Dog genome