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Tocolysis
The delaying or inhibition of labor during the birth process
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- Hyperhidrosis, axillary See: Axillary hyperhidrosis
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- Winter depression See: Tooth, wisdom.
- Erythema dose The amount of radiation which, applied to the skin, makes it turn temporarily red (erythematous)
- Dystonia, dopa-responsive (DRD) Dystonia, dopa-responsive (DRD): A condition that typically begins in childhood or adolescence with…
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- Soper, Fred L. (1893-1977) American physician, epidemiologist and public health administrator. Soper won a Lasker Award in…
- Toes, six The presence of an extra sixth toe, a very common congenital malformation (birth defect This is called…
- Bone, ethmoid See: Ethmoid bone
- Corporeal Pertaining to the body of an organ or the entire body. The term also serves as a suffix, as in intracorporeal…