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Perinatal transmission
Transmission of a disease-causing agent (a pathogen) from mother to baby during the perinatal period, the period immediately before and after birth. The perinatal period is defined in diverse ways. Depending on the definition, it starts at…
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Show more- Cyanotic Showing cyanosis (bluish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes due to not enough oxygen in the…
- Myriad A great number, a very large number, a huge number of something. There are, for example, myriad ways in which…
- Hospital gown A short collarless gown that ties in the back, worn by patients being examined or treated in a doctor's…
- Ginger Ginger: A perennial tropical herb that has been used as a treatment for nausea and bowel spasms. Ginger may…
- Sesamoid bone A little bone embedded in a joint capsule or tendon. The kneecap (patella) is a sesamoid bone
- Zhong-Wei Chen See: Chen, Zhong Wei
- School, first American medical See: First American medical school
- Exonuclease An enzyme that cleaves nucleotide bases sequentially from the free ends of a nucleic acid (DNA or RNA)
- Corneal dystrophy, microcystic A disorder in which the cornea (the normally clear front window of the eye) shows dots (or microcysts)…
- Allelic Pertaining to an allele, an alternative form of a gene. A single allele is inherited from each parent
- Endotracheal tube A flexible plastic tube that is put in the mouth and then down into the trachea (the airway). The doctor…
- Monochromatism 1) Total inability to perceive color. A person with true monochromatism perceives only black, white, and…