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51fetal position — n. a position resembling that of the human fetus in the uterus, in which the arms and legs of a person lying on one side are drawn in to the chest and the head is bent down …
52Fetal distress — ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = MeshID = D005316 In medicine (obstetrics), fetal distress is the presence of signs in a pregnant woman mdash;before or during childbirth mdash;that the fetus is not well or is becoming… …
53Fetal rights — The term fetal rights can refer either to legal rights accorded to fetuses or to ethical rights of fetuses. Fetal protection in law Some laws seek to protect or otherwise recognize the fetus. Some of these grant recognition under specific… …
54Fetal distress — Compromise of the fetus during the antepartum period (before labor) or intrapartum period (birth process). The term fetal distress is commonly used to describe fetal hypoxia (low oxygen levels in the fetus). The concern with fetal hypoxia is it… …
55Fetal Dilantin syndrome — Dilantin is the brand name of the drug phenytoin sodium in the United States, commonly used in the treatment of epilepsy. About one third of children whose mothers are taking this drug during pregnancy develop minor face and limb birth defects. A …
56Fetal Position (House) — House (TV series) episode episode name = Fetal Position episode no = HOU 317 airdate = April 3, 2007 writer = Russel Friend Garrett Lerner director = Matt Shakman guest star = Anne Ramsay as Emma Sloan Tyson Ritter as himself season = 3 diagnosis …
57Fetal mortality rate — The ratio of fetal deaths divided by the sum of the births (the live births + the fetal deaths) in that year. In the United States, the fetal mortality rate plummeted from 19.2 per 1,000 births in 1950 to 9.2 per 1,000 births in 1980. However,… …
58Fetal heart rate — The fetal heart rate is faster that the normal heart rate of an adult. The younger the fetus the faster the rate. In middle and late pregnancy the fetal heart beat can be heard almost anywhere over the uterus depending on the position of the… …
59fetal transplant — specific cells taken from a healthy newly aborted fetus and transplanted into a person suffering from a specific disease. These fetal cells take over the function of the specific diseased or damaged cells of the host. Examples are fetal brain… …
60fetal blood sampling — withdrawal of a sample of fetal blood, either from the umbilical vein during the antenatal period (see cordocentesis) or from a vein in the presenting part (usually the fetal scalp) during labour. The latter procedure is used to detect hypoxia,… …
