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| period of life between the start of puberty and attainment of complete height |
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| period of life between attainment of height and the moment of death |
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| occuring before childbirth |
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| period of life between infancy and puberty |
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| pertaining to pregnancy and pueperium |
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| the period of life between birth and the first year or two of life |
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| occuring during labor and childbirth |
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| a pregnant woman who has been previously pregnant one or more times |
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| a woman who has given birth to an infant (dead or alive) 2 or more times; multip |
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| the period of life between birth and 28 days; newborn |
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| a woman who has never been pregnant |
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| a woman who has not given birth to an infant (alive or dead) |
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| a woman who has given birth to an infant (dead or alive) |
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| period of life between the moment of birth and the moment of death |
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| occuring after childbirth |
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| a woman's state beteen conception and birth; gestation or cyesia |
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| an infant born before reaching 37 weeks of prenatal development |
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| period of life between conception and birth |
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| a woman in her first pregnancy |
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| a woman who has given birth to one infant, either dead or alive |
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| a woman who has just given birth |
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| adjective meaning pertaining to the period after puerperium (childbirth) |
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| period of mother's life from the termination of labor to the return to the state of having a reproductively capable uterus |
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| the process or state of aging |
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| a third of the period of pregnanct with a duration of approximately 3 months or 13 nd 1/3 weeks |
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| the embryonic and fetal membrane that encloses the embryo and fetus and is filled with a watery fluid called amniotic fluid; an amniotic sac |
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| the outer embryonic membrane that forms the fetal side of the placenta |
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| the developing human from the 2nd day after conception until the 8th week |
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| adjective meaning producing an embryo |
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| the developing human from the 8th week after conception to the moment of birth |
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| adjective meaning producing milk |
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| the moment of fertilization, or union of a male and female gamete |
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| the process of expulsion of the fetus and placenta from the uterus involving gradual dilation of the cervix |
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| vaginal discharge that normally follows childbirth |
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| the first stool of a newborn, which is usually a greenish-black semisolid |
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| the organ that provides an exchange of materials between the mother and the fetus; it is composed of the inner layer of the endometrium and fetal tissues, including the chorion |
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| composed of capullary walls, basement membrane, and chorin, it divides the mother's blood from the fetal blood supply |
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the physical, mental and emotional changes that oocur during the period of adolescence |
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| the cord-like connection that extends between the fetal side of the placenta and the fetus; it includes an artery and vein that carry materials between the mother and the fetus |
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| the cell resultinmg from the union of a male sperm with a female ovum |
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| abnormal discharge of amniotic fluid |
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| severe nausea and emesis during pregnancy that can cause severe dehydration in the mother and fetus |
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| an abnormal, spotaneous discharge of milk |
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| termination of pregnancy by expulsion of the embryo or fetus from the uterus |
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| premature separation of the placenta from the uterine wall, resulting either premature birth or fetal death |
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| inflammation of the amnion |
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| abnormal childbirth in which the buttocks, feet or knees emerge first |
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| progressive obliteration of the cervical canal during labor |
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| inflammation of the chorion and amnion |
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| congenital abnormality in which the roof of the mouth fails to close during prenatal development |
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| an abnormality present at birth |
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| congenital disordern caused by a genetic defect in chromosome 21, resulting in degrees of mental retardation and other physical defects; trisomy 21 or mongolism |
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| a condition characterized by convulsions and possibly coma, during pregnancy, which may follow preeclampsia |
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| a pregnancy occuring outside of the uterus |
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| expulsion or abortion of the embryo |
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| congenital absence of part of the esophagus , resulting in the inability of food to pass between the child's mouth and stomach |
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| fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) |
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| a condition caused by alcohol ingestion during pregnancy |
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| congenital abnormality of a small head |
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| inflammation of the umbilicus |
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| congenital herniation at the umbilicus, in which a segment of the small intestine pushes through the abdominal wall |
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| abnormal attachment of the placenta, in whihc it implants in the lower segment of the uterus, near or obstructing, the external os |
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| an abnormal development of high BP that may be accompanied with proteinuria and edema, all due to toxemia during pregnancy; pregnancy-induced hypertension |
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| an acute disease caused by the rubella virus (Rubivirus), which is capable of crossing the placental barrier to infect a fetus, producing abnormalities in prenatal development; German measles or epidemic roseola |
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| an abnormal pregnancy in which the embryo has implanted within the the fallopian tube |
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| a congenital defect of the vetebral column resulting from an absence of the vetebral arches and oftenleading to severe inflammation of the spinal meninges; hydrocele spinalis |
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| caused by the bacterium Toxoplamsa gondii, which maybe contracted by exposure to animal feces |
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| a drug that induces abortion |
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| surgical puncture through the amnion and aspiration of small amount of amniotic fluid for the purpose of analyzing the fluid for possible fetal abnormalities |
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| x-ray imaging of the amnion after the injection of a contrast medium |
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| examination of the amniotic fluid and the fetus with an amnioscope |
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| incision through the amnion, which ruptures the membrane as an inducement of labor |
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| surgical delivery by making an incision through the abdomen and uterus |
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| study of embryonic development |
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| incision through the perineum, often during labor to prevent tearing |
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| measurement of the size of the fetus |
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| the medical discipline concerned with old age |
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| a physician practicing in the field of gerontology |
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| the medical discipline concerned with the effects of aging |
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| ultrasound imaging of the pregnant uterus to observe fetal development |
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| a physician practicing in the field of obstetrics |
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| the medical discipline concerned with prenatal development, pregnancy, childbirth and the 42-day period following childbirth |
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| a physician practicing in the field of pediatrics |
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| the medical discipline concerned with infancy, childhood and adolescence |
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| measurement of a mother's pelvis to determine the potential size of the birth canal |
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| a drug administered to pregnant women for a brief period during the 1950s that has been shown to cause dramatic birth defects in their infants, including the underdevelopment of arms and legs |
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| therapeutic abortion (TAB) |
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| termination of pregnancy by artifically induced expulsion of the embryo fetus from the uterus by means of surgery or drugs |
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| a drug used to stop labor contractions |
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| expected date of delivery |
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