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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- Micturition syncope The temporary loss of consciousness upon urinating. (Syncope is the temporary loss of consciousness or, in…
- Takayasu disease Takayasu disease: A chronic inflammatory disease of the aorta and its branch arteries. The cause is unknown…
- Guided imagery An alternative medicine technique in which patients use their imagination to visualize improved health, or to…
- Papillomatosis, juvenile laryngeal Juvenile laryngeal papillomatosis involves the growth of numerous warty growths on the vocal cords in…
- Diverticula The plural of diverticulum. As a person ages, pressure within the large intestine (colon) causes pockets of…
- Age of father See: Paternal age
- Papillomavirus, human Pregnancy-associated plasma protein A.
- Hypochondria 1. Synonym for the disorder officially called hypochondriasis. 2. The plural of hypochondrium, referring to…
- Douglas, pouch of >Culdoscopy, the introduction of a viewing tube (endoscope) through the vagina into the cul-de-sac…
- Hemithorax Half of the thorax or, more simply, one side of the chest. The plural is hemithoraxes or hemithoraces. A…
- MCAF Monocyte chemotactic and activating factor. See: MPC1
- Human Genome Research Institute, National RI): One of the newest of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), NHGRI's mission in formal terms is to…