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miscarriage miscarriage
miscarriage Popular term for a spontaneous abortion, the loss of a fetus from the uterus... Read more
Stillbirth Stillbirth
Stillbirth Definition A stillbirth is defined as the death of a fetus at any time after the twentieth week of pregnancy. Stillbirth is also referred to as intrauterine fetal death (IUFD). Description It is important to distinguish between a stillbirth and other words that describe the... Read more
taboo taboo
taboo or tabu , prohibition of an act or the use of an object or word under pain of punishment. Originally a Polynesian word, taboo can apply to the sacred or consecrated or to the dangerous, unclean, and forbidden. A taboo can be placed on an object, person, place, or word that is believed to... Read more
Listeriosis Listeriosis
Listeriosis Definition Listeriosis is an illness caused by the bacterium Listeria monocytogenesthat is acquired by eating contaminated food. The organism can spread to the blood stream and central nervous system. In women who contract listeriosis while pregnant, the... Read more
Continuance Continuance
CONTINUANCE The adjournment or postponement of an action pending in a court to a later date of the same or another session of the court, granted by a court in response to a motion made by a party to a lawsuit. The entry into the trial record of the adjournment of a case for the purpose of formally... Read more
Choriocarcinoma Choriocarcinoma
Choriocarcinoma Definition A choriocarcinoma is type of cancer germ cell containing trophoblast cells. Description Choriocarcinomas are cancers that develop from germ cells, cells that ordinarily turn into sperm or eggs. Choriocarcinomas resemble the cells that surround an embryo in the... Read more
abortion abortion
abortion expulsion of the products of conception before the embryo or fetus is viable. Any interruption of human pregnancy prior to the 28th week is known as abortion. The term spontaneous abortion, or miscarriage, is used to signify delivery of a nonviable embryo or fetus due to fetal or maternal... Read more
Hysteroscopy Hysteroscopy
Hysteroscopy Definition Hysteroscopy enables a physician to look through the vagina and neck of the uterus (cervix) to inspect the cavity of the uterus with an instrument called a hysteroscope. Hysteroscopy is used as both a diagnostic and a treatment... Read more
induced abortion induced abortion
Abortion, induced Definition Induced abortion is the intentional termination of a pregnancy before the fetus can live independently. An abortion may be elective (based on a woman's personal choice) or therapeutic (to preserve the health or save the life of a pregnant... Read more
diethylstilbestrol diethylstilbestrol
diethylstilbestrol (dy-eth-il-stil-bes-trŏl) n. a synthetic female sex hormone (see oestrogen) that is licensed to treat breast cancer in postmenopausal women and prostate cancer but is now rarely used because of its toxicity. Prescribed in the 1950s to prevent miscarriage, it was... Read more

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Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England) ...horribly common and hugely...recurrent-miscarriage clinic...the field. Miscarriage has always been a bit taboo, she says...have had miscarriages have had...bad-luck miscarriages or whether...new book ...

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