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Midwife, traditional
See: Traditional midwife
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- Materterine See: Materteral
- Rib, cervical A extra rib which arises from the seventh cervical vertebra. It is located above the normal first rib. A…
- Genetic screening Testing a population to identify individuals at risk for a genetic disease or for transmitting it. Newborns…
- Septum, atrial The wall between the two upper chambers (the right and left atrium) of the heart
- Type I error The statistical error (said to be 'of the first kind' or alpha error) made in testing an hypothesis when it…
- Mitochondrial disease Mitochondrial disease: Mutations (changes) in the mitochondrial chromosome are responsible for a number of…
- Nasal passage The walls of the nasal passages are coated with respiratory mucous membranes which contain innumerable tiny…
- Osteogenesis imperfecta Brittle bone disease. Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is not one but a group of genetic diseases, all of which…
- Carney complex A multiple neoplasia syndrome with cardiac, endocrine, cutaneous, and neural tumors together with spotty…
- Film Slang shortening of X-ray film, an X-ray, a radiograph
- Sign, Lhermitte Sudden transient electric-like shocks extending down the spine triggered by flexing the head forward. Due to…