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Midwife assistant
A person who assists a midwife with prenatal care, childbirth education, delivery, and post-natal care. Also known as a doula or labor assistant
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- Aortal Pertaining to the aorta, the largest artery in the body. Aortal is not often encountered (except in The New…
- Family history of colon cancer See: Colon cancer family history
- Asian influenza See: Asian flu
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- Orgasmic disorder See: Anorgasmia.
- Disorder, mathematics A condition characterized by math skills that are significantly below normal, given the person's age…
- Apolipoprotein E A type of lipoprotein (a protein connected to a fat). Apolipoprotein E is abbreviated ApoE and the gene that…
- Abortion, artificial An abortion that is brought about intentionally. Also called an induced or therapeutic abortion. As opposed…
- Medullary cystic kidney disease, recessive Ssive type: A childhood genetic kidney disease in which there is progressive symmetrical destruction of the…