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1. In obstetrics, the process of turning the fetus. A cephalic version brings the fetal head into the birth canal. 2. In gynecology, the tilting of the uterus. Uterine retroversion indicates the uterus is tilted backwards. 3. In…
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Show more- Wiedemann-Beckwith syndrome See: Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome
- Vaccinia immune globulin A blood product rich in antibodies against vaccinia, the virus in the smallpox vaccine. Vaccinia immune…
- Biological chemistry Another name for biochemistry -- the study of the chemistry of living cells, tissues, organs and organisms…
- Islet cell carcinoma See: Islet cell cancer
- Thrombocytopenia-absent radius syndrome See TAR syndrome
- Sequence tagged site (STS) A short (200 to 500 base pair) DNA sequence that occurs but once in the genome and whose location and base…
- Film, PA An X-ray picture in which the beams pass from back-to-front (posteroanterior). As opposed to an AP…
- Nephrosis, lipoid See: Minimal change disease
- Pneumomediastinum Free air in the mediastinum (space betweens the lungs) which may give rise to pneumothorax or…
- Cancer survivor Someone who has received the diagnosis of a potentially fatal form of cancer and is therefore forced to face…
- Pectoral muscles Muscles of the 'anterior chest' (the front of the chest). Familiarly called the pecs. The Latin 'pectus'…
- Radiation therapy, external Radiation therapy in which the source of radiation is a machine outside the body