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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- Primary HIV infection The first few months after infection with HIV (the human immunodeficiency virus). During primary HIV…
- First stage of labor The part of labor when the cervix dilates fully (to 10 centimeters). The first stage of labor is also called…
- Thyroidectomy The surgical removal of part or all of the thyroid gland. NTER> Subtotal thyroidectomy, the more commonly…
- Milligray A unit of absorbed radiation equal to 0.001 gray. (A gray is the dose of one joule of energy absorbed per…
- Respiratory failure Inability of the lungs to perform their basic task of gas exchange, the transfer of oxygen from inhaled air…
- Lamin A/C The lamin family of proteins that make up the nuclear lamina, a matrix of protein located next to the inner…
- Psychoimmunology The study of the connections between the mind and the immune system. The basic concept of psychoimmunology is…
- Disease, Gilbert See Gilbert syndrome
- HHV-3 Human herpesvirus 3. See herpes zoster.
- Abortion, induced An abortion that is brought about intentionally. Also called an artificial or therapeutic abortion. As…
- Alembic A type of still, an apparatus used in the process of distillation. Alembics were employed in chemistry and…
- Serum amyloid A A superfamily of acute-phase proteins. The level of serum amyloid A (SAA) in the blood increases dramatically…