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Cesarian section, vaginal birth after
It was once the rule that, after a C-section, the next delivery also had to be by C-section. Now, vaginal delivery after Cesarian section (VBAC) is sometimes feasible. Age is one the factors that need to be considered, since women over 30…
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- Osteoid osteoma A benign tumor of bone tissue. It emerges most often in the teens or 20s, and is found most frequently in the…
- Dysplasia, thanatophoric A form of short-limbed (micromelic) dwarfism that usually causes death within the first few hours after…
- Macrogenitosomia Condition in which the external sex organs are prematurely enlarged or abnormally enlarged. In males, it is…
- Regenerate To reproduce or renew something lost. For example, after an injury, the liver has the capacity to regenerate
- Nervous system, human The sum total of the tissues that record and distribute information within a person, and does so by…
- Macrovascular Pertaining to the macrovasculature, the portion of the vasculature of the body comprising the larger vessels…
- Mucormycosis Also known as zygomycosis, mucormycosis is a fungal infection (most commonly of the sinuses, brain, or lungs)…
- Homosexual A person sexually attracted to persons of the same sex. Homosexuals include males (gays) and females…
- Articulations of the body, principal The principal articulations (joints) of the human body. They include the following: > >Acromioclavicular…
- Familial Parkinson disease type 4 A familial form of Parkinson disease inherited in an autosomal dominant manner due to a gene on chromosome…
- Tachycardia, paroxysmal atrial A fast heartbeat (tachycardia) because of rapid firing of the sinoatrial (sinus) node. The sinoatrial (or…