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81fetal bradycardia — a fetal heart rate of less than 120 beats per minute, generally associated with hypoxia and usually due to placental insufficiency; it may also result from placental transfer of local anesthetics or beta adrenergic blocking agents, or… …
82fetal cephalometry — measurement of the fetal skull in utero by means of x ray films or by interpreting the echoes of ultrasonic radiation received from each side of the skull …
83fetal displacement — a group of cells that becomes displaced from its normal relations during fetal development …
84fetal hypoxia — hypoxia in utero, caused by conditions such as inadequate placental function (often abruptio placentae), preeclamptic toxicity, prolapse of the umbilical cord, or complications from anesthetic administration. See also fetal asphyxia under… …
85fetal part of placenta — the nonmaternal part of the placenta, derived not from the fetus but from the trophoblast that envelops the fetus; from within outward, it consists of amnion, chorionic plate, and chorionic villi. Called also fetal placenta …
86fetal phonocardiograph — an instrument which provides continuous, instantaneous recording of fetal heart sounds …
87fetal growth retardation — intrauterine growth retardation birth weight below the tenth percentile for gestational age for infants in a given population; classified as symmetric or proportionate (both weight and length below normal) and asymmetric or disproportionate… …
88fetal triangle — a triangular space made by the side of the fetal trunk, the thigh above, and the arm below …
89fetal zone of adrenal cortex — the inner zone of the primordial adrenal cortex and that of the fetus and newborn; it begins involuting shortly after birth. See also definitive z. of adrenal cortex. Called also fetal adrenal cortex and provisional cortex …
90Fetal Distress — Fe|tal Dis|tress* [ fi:tl̩ di strɛs] das; <aus gleichbed. engl. fetal distress, eigtl. »fetale Not«> zusammenfassende Bez. für die Gefährdungen, die dem Fetus bzw. Neugeborenen vor, während u. nach der Geburt drohen (Med.); vgl. ↑Maternal… …
