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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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- Radon A radioactive element formed as a gas during the breakdown of radium.
- Rotavirus Rotavirus (RV): A leading cause of severe winter diarrhea in young children, RV each year causes an estimated…
- Neuropathy, Charcot-Marie-Tooth See Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
- Sacrum The large heavy bone at the base of the spine, which is made up of fused sacral vertebrae. The sacrum is…
- Aorta, abdominal The abdominal aorta is the final section of the aorta, the largest artery in the body. It is a continuation…
- Eastern equine encephalitis Abbreviated EEE. A mosquito-born viral disease. The EEE virus normally is found in freshwater swamp birds and…
- Appendix A small outpouching from the beginning of the large intestine (the ascending colon). Formally called the…
- Pre-sleep dream Also called a hypnagogic hallucination, this type of dream is characteristically vivid and occurs as one is…
- WF Abbreviation for 'white female' used by doctors as shorthand when jotting down the results of their physical…
- Leukomalacia, cystic periventricular Softening of the white matter near the ventricles of the brain resulting in abnormal cysts. Cystic…
- Hematoma An abnormal localized collection of blood in which the blood is usually clotted or partially clotted and is…