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31Fetal membranes — Latin adnexa fetalia Code TE E6.0.2.0.0.0.1 The fetal membranes, or chorioamniotic membranes, are the amnion and chorion which surround and protect a developing fetus.[1] References …
32fetal death rate — fetal mortality rate the ratio of the number of fetal deaths in one year to the total number of both live births and fetal deaths in that year. Cf. fetal death ratio …
33Fetal position — (British English: foetal) is a medical term used to describe the positioning of the body of a prenatal fetus as it develops. In this position, the back is curved, the head is bowed, and the limbs are bent and drawn up to the torso. This position… …
34fetal fibronectin — fetal fibronectin, a form of fibronectin that acts as an adhesive for fetal and maternal tissues during pregnancy and becomes a lubricant before the onset of labor: »Now, it appears that fetal fibronectin may serve another purpose as a… …
35fetal rights — The rights of any unborn human fetus, which is generally a developing human from roughly eight weeks after conception to birth. Dictionary from West s Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. fetal rights The …
36fetal tissue research — Scientific experimentation performed upon or using tissue taken from human fetuses. Dictionary from West s Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. fetal tissue research Scientific experimentation per …
37fetal alcohol syndrome — n a highly variable group of birth defects including mental retardation, deficient growth, central nervous system dysfunction, and malformations of the skull and face that tend to occur in the offspring of women who consume large amounts of… …
38fetal alcohol syndrome — n. a condition affecting infants, characterized variously by mental retardation, heart defects, physical malformations, etc. and caused by excessive consumption of alcohol by the mother during pregnancy: also called, in less severe cases, fetal… …
39fetal hemoglobin — fetal hemoglobin. См. гемоглобин F. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …
40fetal hemoglobin — n hemoglobin that consists of two alpha chains and two gamma chains and that predominates in the blood of a newborn and persists in increased proportions in some forms of anemia (as thalassemia) called also hemoglobin F * * * the hemoglobin… …
