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Multipara, grand
The term 'multipara' applies to any woman who has given birth 2 or more times. A woman who has given birth 5 or more times is called a grand multipara. For a pregnancy to count as a 'birth,' it must go to at least 20 weeks' gestation (the…
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Show more- Gonad, male The male gonad, the testicle (or testis), located behind the penis in a pouch of skin (the scrotum). The…
- Rhogam Rh0 immunoglobulin, also called anti-Rh or anti-D immunoglobulin. An injectable blood product used to protect…
- Soft palate The muscular part of the roof of the mouth. The soft palate is directly behind the hard palate. It lacks bone…
- Truncation The act of truncating, cutting short. See: Truncate
- Physiatrist Next to child neglect, physical abuse is the second most frequently reported form of child abuse, accounting…
- Antidote An agent that counteracts a poison and neutralizes its effects. A chemical antidote is a substance that…
- Lobectomy An operation done to remove a lobe of an organ such as the lobe of a lung or a lobe of the thyroid gland. The…
- Recalcitrant Stubborn. For example, a recalcitrant case of pneumonia stubbornly resists treatment
- Intelligence, verbal Innate or learned ability to understand and answer questions given in writing or verbally
- Pneumoconiosis The deposition of particulate matter such as asbestos and silicon in the lungs. See also: Black lung disease
- Overgrowth syndrome One in a group of disorders resulting in overgrowth, as evidenced by unusually large size at birth, excessive…
- Psychoimmunology The study of the connections between the mind and the immune system. The basic concept of psychoimmunology is…